Vision/Mission
Nihon Kolmar is distinctly an ODM (original design manufacturing) operator with strong R&D capabilities, not simply a contract manufacturer. It is driven to be the global Nº1 in cosmetics contract manufacturing by serving clients’ every requirement.
Business Description
Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Osaka, the commercial center of western Japan, Nihon Kolmar is the Nº1 private label contract manufacturer/ODM of cosmetics and quasi-drugs.
We serve over 300 clients from all market categories both domestic and international with a signature “one-stop total service” which covers from concept and formula development and packaging all the way to production.
Background
1912 – Established a cosmetic manufacturing and distribution company, Kinryo-en, with trademarks registered as Rozen and Shiraho.
1968 – Entered into a license agreement with Kolmar Laboratories Inc., USA.
1972 – Corporate name changed to present Nihon Kolmar Co., Ltd.
1990 – Established a joint venture company, Korea Kolmar Co., Ltd.
1997 – Established Kolmar Cosmetics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. in China.
Products/Services
You name it, we have it. “We do every type of cosmetics” – skincare, make-up, hair care, body care, sunscreen, and others such as toothpaste and quasi-drugs – all with a signature “one-stop total service” approach that clients need to make just one stop to obtain high quality products on time without devoting too much of their own resources.
The number of products we produce per year reaches 8,000 SKU (shop-keeping units), including 800 SKU of new products. In addition, 90% of our products are our own formula.
Markets
Our clients are from Japan, North America, Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. They come from a vast range of market categories/distribution routes: mass to prestige, internet retailing to department stores. It means the business is always stable regardless of ever-changing market trends.
Industry
Cosmetics – A leading private label cosmetics and quasi-drugs contract manufacturer/ODM in Japan.
Location
Headquarters – Chuo-ku, Osaka
Branch – Minato-ku, Tokyo
Yao Factory/R&D Center – Yao, Osaka
Kashiwara Factory/R&D Center – Kashiwara, Osaka
Izumo Factory/R&D Center – Izumo, Shimane
Shizuoka Factory – Makinohara, Shizuoka
Yokohama R&D Center – Yokohama, Kanagawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology campus)
Kolmar Cosmetics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. – 100% subsidiary in China
Korea Kolmar Co., Ltd. – Joint venture in Korea
Competitive Advantages
Financial Projection
JPY 30 billion – estimated turnover (consolidated) for the fiscal year 2016.
Company Goals & Objectives
We aim to be the global Nº1 in cosmetics contract manufacturing in the not-too-distant future by further strengthening and enlargement of our R&D capabilities and expanding our manufacturing facilities both domestically and internationally. For instance, Nihon Kolmar currently plans to build a factory in Vietnam in two to three years, with the ambition of exploring further business opportunities in North & South America and India in the future.
In addition, investment or acquisition of small to mid-sized cosmetic/pharmaceutical /health food firm(s) in the contract manufacturing sector will also be one of ways of achieving the objective.
Management
Chairman, CEO – Tomoji Kanzaki
President, COO – Yoshihide Kanzaki
Director and Senior Advisor – Shigeru Kanzaki
Senior Vice President – Yoshihiro Yoshii
Senior Vice President – Toshiyuki Ishigami
Director – Shigeki Kanzaki
Auditor – Masakatsu Nishiura
Employees
Approximately 1,300 employees including part-timers (Nihon Kolmar only).
Highlights
Nihon Kolmar’s recent leap in turnover was obvious after its R&D obtained its basic research and marketing functions early this millennium.
Our basic research team develops original cosmetic raw materials, provides efficacy evaluation of raw materials or finished products both in vitro and in vivo, and conducts safety assessment of raw materials and finished products without using animals.
The R&D marketing team translates the market trend well from scientific points of view and delivers the information to clients in order to make the product marketable.