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F O C U S SC Barva is a leader of the smalltonnage chemicals production in the Ukraine Barva (Ivano-Frankovsk region, Ukraine) is one of the large chemical and petrochemical enterprises of the Ukraine. It specialises in the production of surface-active substances, chemical-additives for rubber and polymer materials and high temperature heat carriers. Khimiya i Rynok, Summer 2002, 21-22 (2-3), 14-15 (in Russian)
Henkel to acquire Yugoslav firm A €14 M bid from Henkel to obtain a 70% stake in Yugoslavian soaps and detergents producer DP Merima has been approved by Yugoslavia’s privatization agency. Henkel was the only bidder. Henkel is to invest €100 M in Merima over the next 10 years. Henkel had a 13% rise in 2Q operating profits to €168 M, on sales up 3% to €2.5 bn. Chemical Week, 28 Aug-4 Sep 2002, 164 (34), 8
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Corporate strategy: Kao president set to take on overseas markets
Kao reorganizes production, development in Asia
Kao Corp is strengthening its operations overseas, as demonstrated by its recent acquisition of US hair care firm John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc. Kao is also planning to start sales of cosmetics in China in 2003. The firm is aiming to increase sales overseas from 24% to 30% of total sales by fiscal 2005 or 2006. The company’s new technology for manufacture of its detergent product, Attack, has allowed it to concentrate production at two factories instead of four, and an earlier target of Yen 5 bn in overall cost reductions is expected to be increased to Yen 7 bn as a result. Kao has seen prices of products such as shampoo and detergent fall by 1-2% in 1H fiscal 2002 compared with 1H fiscal 2001, representing a decrease of 13-14% compared with prices in the mid 1990s, and does not expect this trend to halt in the near future.
Kao Corp has consolidated its production bases for products such as plant alcohol, shampoo and detergent in Southeast Asia, in response to the steep reduction in tariffs in the region, and stable access to raw materials. The firm’s subsidiary in Malaysia has begun operations at a new facility in Penang, which has a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes/y of plant alcohol. The subsidiary’s total production capacity is now 165,000 tonnes/y. Kao’s factories in Thailand and Indonesia are being developed as production bases for household products in Southeast Asia, with an Indonesian factory taking over production of shampoos and other products which were made at a recently closed factory in Kuala Lumpur. Nikkei Net, 10 Sep 2002 (Website: http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/)
Nikkei Net, 18 Sep 2002 (Website: http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/)
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Henkel to acquire Yugoslav firm A €14 M bid from Henkel to obtain a 70% stake in Yugoslavian soaps and detergents producer DP Merima has been approved by Yugoslavia’s privatization agency. Henkel was the only bidder. Henkel is to invest €100 M in Merima over the next 10 years. Henkel had a 13% rise in 2Q operating profits to €168 M, on sales up 3% to €2.5 bn. Chemical Week, 28 Aug-4 Sep 2002, 164 (34), 8
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Corporate strategy: Kao president set to take on overseas markets
Kao reorganizes production, development in Asia
Kao Corp is strengthening its operations overseas, as demonstrated by its recent acquisition of US hair care firm John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc. Kao is also planning to start sales of cosmetics in China in 2003. The firm is aiming to increase sales overseas from 24% to 30% of total sales by fiscal 2005 or 2006. The company’s new technology for manufacture of its detergent product, Attack, has allowed it to concentrate production at two factories instead of four, and an earlier target of Yen 5 bn in overall cost reductions is expected to be increased to Yen 7 bn as a result. Kao has seen prices of products such as shampoo and detergent fall by 1-2% in 1H fiscal 2002 compared with 1H fiscal 2001, representing a decrease of 13-14% compared with prices in the mid 1990s, and does not expect this trend to halt in the near future.
Kao Corp has consolidated its production bases for products such as plant alcohol, shampoo and detergent in Southeast Asia, in response to the steep reduction in tariffs in the region, and stable access to raw materials. The firm’s subsidiary in Malaysia has begun operations at a new facility in Penang, which has a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes/y of plant alcohol. The subsidiary’s total production capacity is now 165,000 tonnes/y. Kao’s factories in Thailand and Indonesia are being developed as production bases for household products in Southeast Asia, with an Indonesian factory taking over production of shampoos and other products which were made at a recently closed factory in Kuala Lumpur. Nikkei Net, 10 Sep 2002 (Website: http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/)
Nikkei Net, 18 Sep 2002 (Website: http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/)
Focus on Surfactants (ISSN 1351-4210) is published monthly by Elsevier Advanced Technology, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK. 2002 annual subscription rate: US$732/€654, additional copies to the same address US$244/€218. Orders and enquiries International Sales Department, Elsevier Advanced Technology, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843687. Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843971. E-mail: [email protected] For US orders Elsevier Science Customer Support Department, PO Box 945, New York NY 10010, USA. Tel: (+1) 212 633 3730. Fax: (+1) 212 633 3680. E-mail: [email protected] Other Locations Elsevier Science Customer Support Department, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: (+31) 20 3853757. Fax: (+31) 20 4853432. E-mail: [email protected] © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Science Rights & Permissions Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK. Tel: (+44) 1865 843830. Fax: (+44) 1865 853333. E-mail: [email protected]. You may also contact Rights & Permissions directly through Elsevier’s home page (http://www.elsevier.nl), selecting first ‘Customer Support’, then ‘General Information’, then ‘Permissions Query Form’. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Contact the publisher at the address indicated. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Typeset by Land & Unwin, Bugbrooke Printed by Mayfield Press (Oxford)