Kao Corp - Company Profile
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Kao Corp (Kao) manufactures, markets, and sells consumer and chemical products. The company's major products include cosmetics, facial and body cleansers, soaps, shampoos, conditioners, hair coloring and styling agents. It also offers sanitary napkins, baby diapers, health beverages, laundry detergents, kitchen cleaners, surfactants, fatty alcohol, edible fats and oils, toners, fragrances, and aroma chemicals. The company provides oleo chemicals, performance chemicals, and specialty chemicals. Kao markets these products under Attack, Biore, Ban, Blaune, Curel, Essential, Feather, New Beads, Quickle, Quickle Joan, Resesh, Goldwell, Guhl, Haiter and Jergens brands. The company has business operations in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Kao is headquartered in Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Products and Services
Products | Brands |
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Health and Beauty Care Business: | Asience |
Facial Care | Attack |
Body Care | Biore |
XYZ | XYZ |
XYZ | XYZ |
XYZ | XYZ |
History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
Year | Event | Description |
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2024 | Plans/Strategy | In February, the company announced its plans to launch a new moisturizing cream from Curel. |
2024 | Asset Disposal | In February, the company sold Healthya tea assets to Kirin Holdings. |
2024 | Plans/Strategy | In January, the company announced its plans to launch a new non-gas mist type sunscreen, Biore UV Athrhythm Protect Mist. |
Competitor Comparison
Key Parameters | Kao Corp | The Procter & Gamble Co | L'Oreal SA | Colgate-Palmolive Co | The Estee Lauder Companies Inc |
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Headquarters | Japan | United States of America | France | United States of America | United States of America |
City | Chuo-Ku | Cincinnati | Clichy | New York City | New York |
State/Province | Tokyo | Ohio | Ile-de-France | New York | New York |
No. of Employees | 35,411 | 107,000 | 94,605 | 34,000 | 62,000 |
Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Key Financial Charts
Sales Growth
Net Income Growth
Executives
Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
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Michitaka Sawada | Chairman | Executive Board | 2021 | 68 |
Yoshihiro Hasebe | Director; Chief Executive Officer; President | Executive Board | 2021 | 63 |
Hideki Mamiya | President - Kao Group Corporate Pension Fund; Chairman - Kao America Inc.; Senior Vice President - Human Capital Strategy; Senior Executive Officer | Executive Board | 2023 | - |
Masahiro Katayose | Senior Executive Officer; Chairman - Kao Chemicals Europe, S.L.; Chairman - Pilipinas Kao, Inc.; President - Senior Executive Officer | Executive Board | - | - |
David J. Muenz | Managing Executive Officer; Director | Executive Board | 2022 | 61 |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2024 | XY |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2024 | XY |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2024 | XY |
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