On September 7, 2016, Kao Corporation opened a new research facility, Beauty Research & Innovation Centre, at its Odawara Complex cosmetics research and production site in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In July 2015, Kao also constructed a new factory building at the same complex, bringing the total amount invested since last year in equipment and facilities for the enhancement of research and production at the Odawara Complex to about 13 billion yen. The Odawara Complex will have the largest range of research functions of any cosmetics research and production site in Asia.

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