KAO CORPORATION 
By 2012/07/26
- Investing about 10 Billion Yen for New Plant Construction -
Kao Corporation (President and CEO: Michitaka Sawada)
announces construction of a second plant for PT Kao Indonesia
at Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC), located in
the east of Jakarta, Indonesia. This new plant project aims
to reinforce Kao's stable supply system, as the company
is anticipating active and increasing demand for daily-use
products in the Indonesian market on the back of rapid
economic growth in the country. The second plant site covers
about 140,000 square meters, which is 1.6 times larger than
the area of the existing plant. Construction will start in
October 2012, and operations are scheduled to begin at the
end of 2013.
The Cikarang plant, now in operation, has almost reached its
capacity. Moreover, as the current plant site area is
insufficient for future expansion, Kao decided to expand its
production base. With completion of construction of the
second plant at KIIC, Kao Indonesia will increase production
capacity for laundry detergent and sanitary napkins. At the
same time, Kao Indonesia will be capable of meeting future
business expansion, particularly for disposable diapers.
In the fields of cleanliness, beauty and health, Kao
continues to propose satisfaction and enrichment of the lives
of people globally by supplying products while realizing
profitable growth on a global basis. Kao positions Asia and
the ASEAN region-particularly growing countries such as
Indonesia, China and Vietnam-as very important to its
strategy and will actively promote business expansion in
these areas. Construction of the second plant is in line with
the strategy. Investment for the new plant, including land
and new facilities, will amount to approximately 10 billion
yen.
In building a second plant of Kao Indonesia adjacent to a new
chemical plant of PT Kao Indonesia Chemicals that is now
under construction for production of surfactants (materials
used for toiletries) and industry-use chemical products, Kao
Indonesia aims to achieve efficient production operations.
Corporate name: PT Kao Indonesia
Established: 1985
Representative: Atsushi Koizumi, President
Investment: Kao Corporation and PT Rodamas
Business: Production and sale of products including
laundry detergent, sanitary napkins, body cleanser and
facial cleanser
Kao Indonesia launched Bioré facial cleanser in 1985,
Bioré body cleanser in 1987, Laurier in 1989, and Attack
in 1992. This year the company plans to start importation
and marketing of Merries disposable diapers.
For reference:
Location of the second plant: Karawang International
Industrial City, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia
(Approximately 56 kilometers from the center of Jakarta)
Kao creates high-value-added products to help consumers
around the world enrich their everyday lives. Over 20
leading brands such as Asience, Attack, Bioré, Goldwell,
Jergens, John Frieda, Kanebo, Laurier, Merries and Molton
Brown are part of the lives of people in Asia, Oceania,
North America and Europe and help generate about 1,200
billion yen (about $US13 billion) in annual sales. Kao
employs about 35,000 people worldwide and has more than
120 years of history in innovation. Please visit the Kao
group web site for updated information.
http://www.kao.com/group/en/group/
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