Our Business

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Our Business Operations and Sectors

Kao is organised in a matrix structure. Our three Business sectors operate across regions and are supported by our regional Functions Operations Teams of R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Legal, IT and Communications. It is the role of the functions to enable our business sectors who serve consumers and stylists, hotels and retailers around the world. 

They create the work environment in which Kao people can be successful and make sure that our cash flow keeps our operations running. More than 150 researchers are developing new hair care technologies and products. Nearly 200 employees in our factories produce 140 million products  every year while constantly working hard to make our supply chain greener. What unites all of us is the passion for premium products of the highest quality that serve our consumers and customers while respecting our planet. 

Business Sectors

Kao Salon Division

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Kao Salon Division is the world’s fourth largest salon hair care business. Combining global reach with local expertise, we offer professional products and services to stylists, salons and consumers around the globe. Recognizing that every stylist and consumer is unique, we offer a diverse portfolio of salon-quality brands: Goldwell, KERASILK, KMS Hair, Oribe, and VARIS.

Consumer Care Business

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In the Consumer Care Business, we offer high-quality beauty and personal care solutions for our customers around the world. Whether it is hair transformations or skin protection: our brands John Frieda, Guhl, Bondi Sands, Bioré, JERGENS® and Curél offer a range of amazing, customer-focused products, developed and crafted with care.

Molton Brown

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Our British luxury brand Molton Brown has been creating distinctive fragrances and sensory experiences for over 50 years. Growing from small-scale artisans into the international brand it is today, its pioneering presence is felt in its stores, on its websites, in travel retail and luxury department stores as well as the most esteemed hotels around the world.

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