Utilizing natural fats and oils as main raw materials, Kao has long been manufacturing integrated fatty chemical products ranging from all kinds of fatty chemicals and surfactants to a wide variety of household products including shampoos and hair rinse products. Having been developed under such a situation, our materials for cosmetics and toiletry goods now occupy a prominent position for their superior quality and richest technological knowledge which, we believe, are of great service and help to the formulators.

Application of surfactants in the field of infrastructures includes concrete chemical admixtures, gypsum foaming agents, water reducers foe gypsum slurry and asphalt emulsifiers. As for concrete additives, those which are effective at low dosage may be classified as air-entraining agents, water reducers, air-entraining water reducers and super plasticizers. They're using are increasing rapidly.

Based on the kinds of the hydrophilic groups of surfactants, they are classified into anionic types. The functions of surfactants for agrochemical are studies not only physically and chemically but also biologically. In addition to many kinds of additives for insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and plant growth regulators, some functional chemicals such as adjuvant have been developed.

At Kao, We have developed a ?CLEANTHROUGH? series, the effective cleaner for cleaning printed circuit boards and glass molds. This development has been achieved by our cleaning technologies accumulated through our long experiences in wide household and industrial applications.

Many kinds of additives such as stabilizer, antioxidant, ultraviolet ray absorbent, blowing agent, coloring agent, plasticizer, lubricant, antistatic agent, antifogging agent, and mold release agent are used in processing plastics. Appropriate additives for actual use should be chosen in consideration of types of plastics to be processed, processing method and the desired qualities of the end products.

In the metal treating industry, many kinds of surfactants are used to enhance process performance and the quality of end products. To satisfy the needs for reducing the consumption of energy and raw materials and for labor saving, novel surface treating technology involving surface treating agents has been developed. Although, we are a late entrant in rolling oil and cleaning agent technology. We are confident that we do not lose to the initial and rolling oil cleaning agent maker in the areas of fundamental knowledge and technology concerning oil, cleaning agent and the application of emulsification and dispersion in the actual used of oil and cleaning agent.

In the foundry industry, the decision to use chemical binder systems in a foundry operation for molds and cores is based on the evaluation of many factors such as production rate, capital outlay, operating costs, quality level, environmental impact, skill of labor, sand available and so on. Kao is one of the world leaders of foundry supplier.