Kao Chemicals Europe
a company with a past, present and future. 

At the dawn of this new century, the global corporation to which we belong has established itself as one of the largest manufacturers of personal care consumer products, detergents, prestige cosmetics, and their basic chemical components.

With a history dating back to 1887 in Tokyo, Kao Group has evolved and expanded to all five continents where it presently operates , and comprises of more than 19.350 collaborators working for all the group’s companies.

Kao Chemicals Europe is one of these companies, founded in 1999 as an organizational group in Manufacturing and Research Centres located in Germany (Emmerich), Spain (Olesa de Montserrat, Mollet and Barberà del Vallès) and México (Guadalajara).

Some of these centres had already existed as independent companies outside Kao since the seventies.

The result of a history full of professionalism, drive and teamwork now enables all Kao members to be fully committed to supplying excellent value products and brands that satisfy our customers / consumers needs. As a result, we constantly modernise and extend our facilities, leading to the sustained growth we are planning for the future.

Basic Principles for Corporate Activities

1. Innovative Products
2. Profitable Growth
3. Management by "Select and Focus"
4. A Coordinated Corporate Effort
5. Responsibilities to Society

Kao Chemicals Europe’s mission, in line with that of Kao Corporation Japan, is to satisfy market needs and customer expectations through the development, production and marketing of chemical products, while at the same time, reaching an adequate level of profitability and continuously improving our competitive position, additionally contributing to the development of the people who constitute the company, all within a framework of total respect for society and the environment.