Who owns ONE?
ONE, a consumer-health brand, is owned by Karex (Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia: KAREX), which has owned the brand since 2014.[1][2][3]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Karex Berhad Annual Report 2025, 28 October 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Karex Berhad reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia, Port Klang, Selangor
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Lynn, Massachusetts
- Category
- Consumer health › Sexual wellness › Condoms & lubricants
- Parent ticker
- Bursa Malaysia: KAREX
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About ONE
ONE is the premium brand Karex acquired with Global Protection Corp. of Boston, whose takeover it says it completed in 2014 and which its 2025 accounts show as a wholly owned American subsidiary. It sells condoms and lubricants direct to consumers and through retailers, and builds its marketing around art and sexual health outreach, running a college ambassador programme and giving away products at gigs. Global Protection moved to a larger site north of Boston during 2025, tripling warehouse capacity.
Ownership timeline of ONE
Where ONE sits in Karex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Karex brand portfolio (5) →
Other brands owned by Karex
Karex controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in consumer health.
Also in consumer health
Other brands in condoms & lubricants, and who owns them
The 14 brands in condoms & lubricants on Brandtree belong to 4 owners. The largest is Okamoto Industries, with 7; Karex has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Jelly Monster | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Trojan | Church & Dwight | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Durex | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Okamoto 003 | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Groove | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Pepe | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Zero One (0.01) | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Zero Two (0.02) | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Karex
Karex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, founded in 1988. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bursa Malaysia: KAREX.
Karex is a Malaysian medical device manufacturer that makes more condoms than any other company in the world, from plants in Port Klang and Johor and a larger one at Hat Yai in Thailand. Most of what it produces carries somebody else's name: it manufactures for global brand owners and for government tender programmes, a business hit in the year to 30 June 2025 by the closure of USAID and the withdrawal of PEPFAR funding. Its own branded manufacturing, led by ONE, Carex and Pasante, overtook tender sales for the first time in the company's history the year before, and it commercialised synthetic condoms during 2025.
🇺🇸 ONE and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, ONE among them.
- Advil — Haleon 🇬🇧
- Alka-Seltzer — Bayer 🇩🇪
- Band-Aid — Kenvue 🇺🇸
- Breathe Right — Prestige Consumer Healthcare 🇺🇸
- Bufferin (United States) — Genomma Lab 🇲🇽
- Doan's — Dr. Reddy's 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ONE?
The parent company of ONE is Karex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia.
Is ONE American or Malaysian?
ONE originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Karex, which is headquartered in Malaysia. So ONE is an American-origin brand under Malaysian ownership.
Since when has Karex owned ONE?
Karex has owned ONE since 2014.
Is ONE still owned by Karex?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, ONE is still owned by Karex. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Karex Berhad Annual Report 2025 — Karex Berhad, Annual report, published 28 October 2025; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] Karex Berhad — our history — Karex Berhad, Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [3] About ONE Condoms — Global Protection Corp., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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