Who owns L.A. Lights?
L.A. Lights is owned by Djarum (Indonesia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Djarum — About us (history), PT Djarum. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- PT Djarum reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Origin
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigarettes
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About L.A. Lights
L.A. Lights is a machine-rolled clove and tobacco cigarette from Djarum with a light, spicy taste. Djarum's product pages list it as the base of a family that includes L.A. Menthol, L.A. Bold (first launched in 2015) and L.A. Ice (launched in 2013), with later fruit-flavoured capsule extensions such as Purpleboost and Mangoboost.
Ownership timeline of L.A. Lights
Where L.A. Lights sits in Djarum
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Djarum brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Djarum
Djarum controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
- Djarum 76 (1976)
- Djarum Black
- Djarum Cigarillos
- Djarum Coklat (1972)
- Djarum Istimewa (1973)
- Djarum Super (1981)
- Dos Hermanos
Other brands in cigarettes, and who owns them
The 81 brands in cigarettes on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Imperial Brands, with 11; Djarum has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Camel (United States) | British American Tobacco | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Boston (Eastern cigarettes) | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Capstan | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| Camel | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Djarum
Djarum is a privately held company headquartered in Indonesia, founded in 1951. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Djarum is a privately held Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) maker. Its own About page says Oei Wie Gwan founded it on 21 April 1951 in Kudus, Central Java, after buying the Djarum brand name and licence nine months earlier, and that his sons Michael Bambang Hartono and Robert Budi Hartono led it after his death in 1963. It makes machine-rolled and hand-rolled kreteks and a small range of cigars and cigarillos.
🇮🇩 L.A. Lights and other Indonesian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 161 brands that began in Indonesia. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; L.A. Lights is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of L.A. Lights?
The parent company of L.A. Lights is Djarum, a privately held company headquartered in Indonesia.
Is L.A. Lights Indonesian?
Yes. L.A. Lights originated in Indonesia and its owner, Djarum, is also headquartered in Indonesia.
Is L.A. Lights still owned by Djarum?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, L.A. Lights is still owned by Djarum. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Djarum — About us (history) — PT Djarum, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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