Global Chemicals
Kao Indonesia
It has been more than 130 years since Kao introduced Japan's first cosmetic soap. Throughout its history, the Chemical Business has delivered high-quality chemical products for many industrial fields that are not only functional and high-performance, but also environmentally friendly. Here, we would like to introduce our history through the events related to the Chemical Business.
[Japan]
Opening of Nagase Shoten in Tokyo, Japan by Kao's founder, Mr. Tomiro Nagase
[Japan]
Crude glycerine is launched.
[Japan]
Establishment of Kao Sekken Nagase Shokai Co., Ltd.
Aimed at mass production and mass selling and undertook management modernization
[Japan]
Tokyo Azuma factory (currently Tokyo Plant) began producing soap Struggled to expand production scale of soaps and shifted to full glycerin production
[Japan]
Sales of ECONA edible oil for food industry use begun
Results from research into fats, the raw material used to produce soap, enabled Japan's first sales of shortening oil
[Japan]
Based on detached Azuma factory, Dai Nihon Yushi Co., Ltd. established
Sales of coconut fatty acid begun
[Japan]
Sales of fatty alcohol (octyl alcohol) begun
[Japan]
Hydrogenation and dehydration (HD) process invented
[Japan]
Nihon Yuki Co., Ltd. established through fifty-fifty investment with Tekkosha Co., Ltd.
Sakata Plant commenced operations in northern Japan
[Japan]
Dai Nihon Yushi's Wakayama Plant commenced operations in western Japan
Began trial production of aircraft lubricating oil
[Japan]
Kao Sekken Nagase Shokai Co., Ltd. renamed Kao Co., Ltd.
[Japan]
Nihon Yuki Co., Ltd. renamed Kao Soap Co., Ltd.
At the same time, Kao Yushi Co., Ltd. established through the merger of Kao Co., Ltd and Dai Nihon Yushi Co., Ltd.
[Japan]
Sales of VINYCIZER plasticizer begun
[Japan]
Sales of surfactants begun
[Japan]
Sales of FARMIN fatty amine begun
[Japan]
Kao Soap Co., Ltd. established through the merger of Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and Kao Yushi Co., Ltd.
Sales of NEW ECONA shortening begun (cooking oil division)
[Japan]
KAOLIZER urethane form catalysts, which served as the initial step towards the future development of urethane business
[Japan]
Industrial Science Research Laboratories established in Wakayama
Tokyo Research Laboratories established in 1967 to enhance R&D activities
Sales of MIGHTY concrete additives begun
Producing high-strength and high-durability concrete, MIGHTY is used for building expressways, skyscrapers and other structures
[Worldwide]
Kao Industrial (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established
Kao (Taiwan) Corporation established
[Japan]
Sales of De-inking agent for recycling waste paper begun
[Worldwide]
Sinor Kao S.A. (now Kao Corporation S.A.) established in Spain
[Japan]
Kao-Quaker Co., Ltd. established (furan resin for casting. Joint venture
with Quaker Oats Co.(U.S.) and became a fully-owned subsidiary in 1997)
[Worldwide]
Quimi-Kao S.A. de C.V. established in Mexico
[Worldwide]
Pilipinas Kao, Inc. established as a joint venture company with Aboitiz & Co., Inc. in the Philippines. Plant built in Mindanao in 1979, and production of fatty alcohol, etc. made from coconut fatty acid begun
P.T. Polekao Indonesia Chemicals (now P.T. Kao Indonesia Chemicals) established
[Japan]
Establishment of Tochigi Research Laboratories
[Japan]
Kashima Plant, the second domestic chemical plant after our Wakayama Plant, began operation
Sales of toner binders for copiers begun
Sales of toners begun in 1983
[Japan]
Toyohashi Plant completed. Began operating as our main plant for producing binder for casting
[Worldwide]
High Point Chemical Corporation (now Kao Specialties Americas LLC) acquired in the United States
[Worldwide]
Fatty Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established
Kao (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. (now Kao (Singapore) Private Ltd.) established
[Japan]
Sales of CLEANTHROUGH cleaning agent for alternative chlorofluorocarbons begun
[Worldwide]
Kao Oleochemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established
[Worldwide]
Chemische Fabrik CHEM-Y GmbH (now Kao Chemicals GmbH) acquired in Germany
[Worldwide]
Kao Plasticizer (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established and production of plasticizers begun
Kao Chemical Corporation Shanghai established in China
[Worldwide]
Kao Chemicals GmbH in Germany: Tertiary amine production plant opened
Kao Specialties Americas LLC in USA: Toner binders production plant operated and its sales begun
Kao Corporation S.A. in Spain: New plant for aroma chemicals opened
[Worldwide]
Kao Chemical Corporation Shanghai in China: New sulfation facilities and manufacturing plant for MIGHTY concrete additive opened
[Japan]
New fragrance production facility opened at the Wakayama Plant
[Japan]
Production and sales of polishing agents for hard disk manufacturing begun
[worldwide]
New plants for fragrance and toner binder go into operation and sales begun at Kao Corporation S.A. in Spain
[Japan]
Production and sales of colorants for inkjet printers begun
[Wordwide]
Fatty alcohol production plant expanded at Fatty Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia
[Worldwide]
New plant for producing MIGHTY concrete additive opened at Kao Chemicals GmbH in Germany
[Worldwide]
New plant opened in Thailand to boost production base in Southeast Asia
Kao Chemicals GmbH in Germany: Tertiary amine production plant expanded
[Worldwide]
Kao Chemical Corporation Shanghai in China: New plant for producing refrigerant oil base built
[Worldwide]
New plant in Pilipinas Kao, Inc. plant goes into operation, expanding yearly production capacity for fatty alcohol to 300 thousand tons
together with our Malaysia plant
[Worldwide]
Tertiary amine plant expanded at Pilipinas Kao, Inc in the Philippines.
[Japan]
Toner binder plant opened in Wakayama plant.
[Worldwide]
Kao do Brasil Representação Comercial Ltda established in Brazil.
New plants for casting agents go into operation at Huludao Jinxing Casting Materials Co., Ltd in China
[Worldwide]
New plant in P.T.Kao Indonesia Chemicals goes into operation at Karawang consolidating Tambun plants in Indonesia.
The Tambun plant moved and transferred their operation to Karawang until December 2014.
Capacity for fatty alcohol enhanced at Pilipinas Kao, Inc in the Philippines.
[Worldwide]
New plant established at Kao (Shanghai) Chemical Industries Co.,Ltd. in China
[Japan]
Pigment ink for Inkjet printer goes into operation and sales begins
[Worldwide]
Kao acquires Collins Inkjet Corporation (U.S.) and renamed it Kao Collins Inc.
Fatty acid production company established in Indonesia as a joint venture company.
[Worldwide]
Kao Acquired Chimigraf Holding (Spain) and renamed it Kao Chimigraf.
[Worldwide]
New chemical factory of Kao's Indonesian joint venture company (PT Apical Kao Chemicals)has been completed.
[Japan]
Began full-scale sales of “NEWTLAC 5000” a highly durable asphalt modifier made from waste PET.
[Japan]
Began sales of "LUNAPHENON", Kao's proprietary tea catechins and coffee bean-derived chlorogenic acid.
[Worldwide]
Chemical Business Division in Kao Vietnam Co., Ltd. established