Ismail Industries: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Ismail Industries (PSX: ISIL) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan that owns 3 consumer brands.[1]
Ismail Industries is a Karachi food and packaging manufacturer, incorporated on 21 June 1988 and listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. It began with CandyLand confectionery, added Bisconni biscuits in 2002, and now also mills flour under the Ghiza name and makes plastic packaging film as Astro Films. It owns 78.53 per cent of Hudson Pharma and all of Bisconni Middle East Manufacturing in Abu Dhabi. Its report for the nine months to March 2026 no longer names the Snackcity snacks brand among its brands.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Ismail Industries Limited (also IIL)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan
- Founded
- 1988
- Tickers
- PSX: ISIL
- Website
- ismailindustries.com.pk
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Ismail Industries in numbers
- Ismail Industries owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 3 brands.[1]
Everything Ismail Industries owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Ismail Industries own?
Ismail Industries owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including Bisconni, Ghiza and CandyLand.
Is Ismail Industries a Pakistani company?
Yes. Ismail Industries is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan and was founded in 1988.
Who owns Ismail Industries?
Ismail Industries is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as ISIL on the PSX.
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] Ismail Industries Limited Annual Report 2025 — Ismail Industries Limited, Annual report; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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