KAO LAUNCHES HIGH-TECH INTERACTIVE AND EMOTIONALLY-SENSITIVE RESEARCH FACILITY

COSMETICS giant the Kao Group has opened a state of the art research facility at its existing plant in Odawara city, around 80 km south-west of Tokyo. Its new Beauty Research & Innovation Centre includes laboratory space where the company’s scientists, developers and marketing experts are encouraged to interact through technology in the search for new products. The new facility was opened on September 7, with Masumi Natsusaka, managing executive officer for the Kao Group's beauty care business and president of Kanebo Cosmetics, Yoshihiro Hasebe, director ...


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