- Business
- Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd. researches, develops, produces, and sells beauty, health, and pharmaceutical products primarily as a leading original design manufacturer (ODM) and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in South Korea and internationally. The company offers an extensive range of skincare cosmetics including toners, lotions, ampoules, essences, creams, mask sheets, mask packs, cleansers (oil, cream, water, and makeup removers), and lip balms; fragrance products such as perfumes; personal care items encompassing body and hair products; color cosmetics comprising makeup bases, primers, foundations, concealers, cushion foundations, and mascaras; powder base products like eye shadows, powder pacts, highlighters, blushers, shadings, loose powders, jelly powders, wet powders, multi-color formations, gradations, marble terracotas, hair cushions, essence powders, bubble salts, and eyebrow pencils; oil and emulsification base products including lipsticks, lip glosses, tints, essence pacts, stick foundations, sun sticks, skin covers, gel eyeliners, marble essence pacts, core sticks, two-tone sticks, marble sticks, serum sticks, eye sticks, balms, and concealers; health functional foods; and pharmaceutical dosage forms such as topical liquids, saline solutions, ointments, creams, gels, lotions, toothpastes, tablets, hard capsules, soft capsules, powders, granules, and pellets. It operates through specialized R&D labs including Skin Care, Make-up, Personal Care, UV Tech Innovation, Convergence Technology, Skin & Natural Products, Biome, Health Food, and Perfumery Labs, and provides the PLATIT147 health and beauty production platform along with real estate rental and plastic molded container manufacturing. Founded in 1990 as a joint venture with Japan's Nihon Kolmar and headquartered in Sejong City, South Korea, Kolmar Korea employs 1,152 people and serves domestic and global brands across cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and health functional foods segments with operations in Asia, North America, Europe, and South America. Recent developments include the completion and full operation of its second U.S. factory in Scott Township, Pennsylvania, in 2025 to establish a tariff-free production base for K-beauty brands targeting North American, European, and South American markets; an ongoing strategic partnership with Amazon initiated in 2024 and expanded through events like the K-beauty Conference and sponsorship of Amazon Beauty in Seoul 2025 to support global expansion of Korean indie beauty brands; and securing 253 new customer contracts in 2024, predominantly with indie brands, reflecting a 48.7% year-over-year increase.