Who owns Savlon?
Savlon, a personal-care brand from Bangladesh, is owned by ACI Limited (Bangladesh, DSE: ACI), which has owned the brand since 1992.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ACI PLC — Company Profile and Business Pages, ACI Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Advanced Chemical Industries Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, Dhaka
- Origin
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Hand soap & sanitiser
- Parent ticker
- DSE: ACI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Savlon
This is the Bangladeshi Savlon, owned outright by ACI, built on cetrimide and chlorhexidine gluconate formulas originally developed by Imperial Chemical Industries. ACI kept ownership of the Bangladeshi Savlon trademark when ICI sold its stake to local management in 1992, and has since expanded it from antiseptic liquid and cream into handwash, bar soap, hand sanitiser, disinfectant spray and wet wipes. The same Savlon name is owned separately elsewhere: by ITC in India, which bought those rights from Johnson & Johnson in 2015, and by Reckitt Benckiser in other markets. The three ownerships are unconnected.
Ownership timeline of Savlon
- 1992 – present ACI Limited [1] reported
Where Savlon sits in ACI Limited
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ACI Limited
ACI Limited controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Impact (2014)
- Savlon Freedom
- Savlon Respect (2019)
- Savlon Twinkle (2017)
Other brands in hand soap & sanitiser, and who owns them
The 14 brands in hand soap & sanitiser on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 1.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Softsoap | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Wet Ones | Edgewell | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aqium | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Dermofarm | Farmec | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Avé | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
| Sterillium | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Savlon | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| Jolly | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
About the owner: ACI Limited
ACI Limited is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 1973. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as DSE: ACI.
ACI is one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates, spanning pharmaceuticals, consumer brands, agribusiness, motors and the Shwapno retail chain. It began as a branch of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in East Pakistan in 1968, was incorporated on 24 January 1973 as ICI Bangladesh Manufacturers Limited, and took its present name after ICI sold its stake to local management on 5 May 1992. Its Consumer Brands division makes toiletries, home care, hygiene, food staples and edible oil products sold through subsidiaries including ACI Formulations, ACI Foods, ACI Pure Flour and ACI Salt.
🇧🇩 Savlon and other Bangladeshi brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 51 brands that began in Bangladesh. 2 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Savlon is not one of them.
- Femina — Square Toiletries 🇧🇩
- All Time — PRAN-RFL 🇧🇩
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines — Biman Bangladesh 🇧🇩
- Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages — Coca-Cola İçecek 🇹🇷
- Energy Plus — Olympic Industries 🇧🇩
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of Bangladesh — LIC of India 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Savlon?
The parent company of Savlon is ACI Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in Bangladesh.
Is Savlon owned by ITC?
No. Savlon is owned by ACI Limited, not ITC.
Is Savlon owned by Reckitt?
No. Savlon is owned by ACI Limited, not Reckitt.
Is Savlon Bangladeshi?
Yes. Savlon originated in Bangladesh and its owner, ACI Limited, is also headquartered in Bangladesh.
Since when has ACI Limited owned Savlon?
ACI Limited has owned Savlon since 1992.
Is Savlon still owned by ACI Limited?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Savlon is still owned by ACI Limited. 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] ACI PLC — Company Profile and Business Pages — ACI Limited, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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