Kao Corporation
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Head office
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| Public K.K. | |
| Traded as | : 17 March 2002 |
| Industry | Personal care, Cosmetics |
| Founded | Nihonbashi-Bakurocho, Tokyo, Japan (June 1887) |
| Founder | Tomiro Nagase |
| Headquarters | 14-10, Nihonbashi-Kayabacho Itchome, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Revenue |
 ¥1,186,831 million (US$14,273.4 million)(consolidated, March 2011, 83 yen/US dollar) |
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¥104,591 million (US$1,257.9 million) (consolidated, March 2011, 83 yen/US dollar) |
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¥46,737 million (US$562.1 million) (consolidated, March 2011, 83 yen/US dollar) |
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| Total assets |
 ¥1,022,799 million (US$12,300.6 million)(consolidated, March 2011, 83 yen/US dollar) |
| Total equity |
¥539,564 million (US$6,489.0 million) (consolidated, March 2011, 83 yen/US dollar) |
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Number of employees
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34,743 (consolidated) 5,924 (non-consolidated) |
| Subsidiaries | Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd. Kanebo Cosmetics, Inc. Kanebo Cosmetics Sales, Inc. Nivea-Kao Co., Ltd. Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd. Kao Corporation Shanghai Kao Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Kanebo Cosmetics (China) Co., Ltd. Kao Chemical Corporation Shanghai Kao (Hong Kong) Ltd. KPSS Hong Kong Ltd. Kao (Taiwan) Corporation Taiwan Kanebo Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Kao Vietnam Co., Ltd. Philippines Kao, Incorporated. Kao Industrial (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Kao Commercial (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Kao (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Kao Soap (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Kanebo Cosmetics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Kao Singapore Private Ltd. KPSS Pte. Ltd. P.T. Kao Indonesia P.T. Kao Indonesia Chemicals Kao Brands Australia Pty Limited KPSS Australia Pty. Ltd. KPSS New Zealand Ltd. Kao Brands Company KPSS, Inc. Kao Brands Canada Inc. KPSS Canada Ltd. KPSS Finland Oy KPSS A/S (Austria) Kao Corporation GmbH KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbH Kao Chemicals GmbH Kanebo Cosmetics (Europe) Co., Ltd. (Switzerland) Kao Brands Europe Ltd. KPSS (UK) Ltd., Great Britain Molton Brown, Ltd. (UK) Kao Brands Europe SARL (France) KPSS France S.A.R.L Kao Corporation, S.A. Quimi-Kao, S.A. De C.V. México. |
| Website | www |
Kao Corporation (花王株式会社 Kao Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a chemical and cosmetics company headquartered in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. 17 October 2001
Kao was established in 1887 by Tomiro Nagase as a manufacturer of domestic toiletry soap. Until 1940, they were known as Nihon Yuki Company (日本有機株式会社?), changing their name then to Kao Soap Company (花王石鹸株式会社?), and finally in 1985 to Kao Corporation.
This picture was part of an advertising campaign by the Andrew Jergens Company in 1917. It was given out for every purchase of a cake of Woodbury's Facial Soap. Valid in the United States and Canada through 5 October 1917
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