Kakui Co., Ltd.

Kakui Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of cotton-based products headquartered in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The company traces its origins to 1881 and has built its business around the permanent theme of "Creating Affluence and Comfort." It describes itself as having celebrated its 140th anniversary in business, and its official materials emphasize a long, continuous engagement with cotton processing and cotton-related manufacturing. Kakui's principal sales items include cosmetic puffs, absorbent cottons, oil adsorbents, and the Kakui Oilsolver® product line. The company also manufactures sanitary materials such as absorbent and cut cotton, alcohol-impregnated cotton, cotton balls, hemostatic compressed cotton, gauze and square-cut gauze, X-ray gauze, sterile gauze, gauze for inserting, non-woven fabric, gauze-covered absorbent cotton, four-side gauze-covered absorbent cotton, and cotton bandages. It states that it has acquired the marketing license for quasi-pharmaceutical products and the marketing license for medical devices, and that it manufactures every product in Japan under stringent quality control. According to its company profile, Kakui was founded in March 1881 and was established as a company limited in December 1964. Its representative is Masataka Iwamoto, and its head office is located at 4-16-1 Toso, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima 890-0081, Japan. The company reports 155 employees and an affiliate, Kakuix Co., Ltd. It operates a Laboratory Research & Development Team at its head office. Kakui positions itself as aiming to become the market leader in cotton products. Its corporate philosophy is "Nature, Environment, and Human," and it says it endeavors to develop new products centered on environmental issues. The company emphasizes stable quality achieved by purchasing a wide variety of rigorously selected cotton from around the world and by using a manufacturing process that it describes as the only one in the world that maintains uniform quality by degreasing and bleaching belt-like raw cotton. It also highlights the softness of its cotton puffs as a principal reason customers choose them. Kakui's history includes an important early milestone: in 1898, spinning machines that had belonged to the Shimadzu clan were surplused to Kakui, and cotton milling operations by Western-style mechanization started for the first time in Japan. After World War II, the company introduced state-of-the-art cotton milling machines in short bursts, consolidating its manufacturing base. More recently, the company launched antibacterial non-woven masks in December 2020, a new item called SB-PRO in July 2021, and baby bottom wipes cotton in September 2021.

Kakui Co., Ltd. was founded in March 1881 and has since continued its business related to cotton under the permanent theme of "Creating Affluence and Comfort." The company describes itself as having celebrated its 140th anniversary in business, indicating a long uninterrupted history in cotton processing and manufacturing. A significant early milestone came in 1898, when spinning machines that had belonged to the Shimadzu clan (governor) were surplused to Kakui, and cotton milling operations by Western-style mechanization started for the first time in Japan. This event positioned Kakui at the beginning of mechanized cotton milling in the country. After World War II, the company introduced state-of-the-art cotton milling machines in short bursts, thereby consolidating its basis as a manufacturer. Over the decades, Kakui developed know-how on cotton accumulated since its foundation and applied it to develop absorbent cottons that fit various usages. The company highlights a manufacturing process it describes as the only one in the world that maintains uniform quality by degreasing and bleaching belt-like raw cotton. This process is said to result in fiber with less damage and a soft texture by retaining a slight amount of oily ingredients, taking advantage of the tenderness that cotton naturally has. In December 1964, Kakui was established as a company limited. The company's head office is located at 4-16-1 Toso, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima 890-0081, Japan. Its representative is Masataka Iwamoto. As of its company profile, Kakui has 155 employees and an affiliate, Kakuix Co., Ltd. It operates a Laboratory Research & Development Team at its head office. Kakui's principal sales items include cosmetic puffs, absorbent cottons, oil adsorbents, and Kakui Oilsolver®. The company also manufactures sanitary materials, including absorbent and cut cotton, alcohol-impregnated cotton, cotton balls, hemostatic compressed cotton, gauze and square-cut gauze, X-ray gauze, sterile gauze, gauze for inserting, non-woven fabric, gauze-covered absorbent cotton, four-side gauze-covered absorbent cotton, and cotton bandages. It states that it has acquired the marketing license for quasi-pharmaceutical products and the marketing license for medical devices, and that it manufactures every product in Japan under stringent quality control. In recent years, Kakui has continued to launch new products. In December 2020, it began selling antibacterial non-woven masks. In July 2021, it launched a new item called SB-PRO. In September 2021, it began selling baby bottom wipes cotton. The company's corporate philosophy is "Nature, Environment, and Human," and it says it endeavors to develop new products centered on environmental issues, giving attention to both nature and human. Its management policy emphasizes delivering satisfactory products to customers, building a highly reliable organization, and improving products and management systems. The company motto is to deliver services and commodities that serve people and realize a comfortable society through personal growth.

• 2021

  Launched new item SB-PRO.

• 2021

  Began selling baby bottom wipes cotton.

• 2020

  Began selling antibacterial non-woven masks.

• 1964

  Established as a company limited in December 1964.

• 1898

  Spinning machines from the Shimadzu clan were surplused to Kakui, and cotton milling by Western-style mechanization started for the first time in Japan.

• 1881

  Founded in March 1881.

Aiming to become the market leader in cotton products, with a focus on safe, comfortable, high-quality cotton-based products under the philosophy "Nature, Environment, and Human."

• Cosmetic puffs

  Cotton puffs known for their softness, a principal reason customers choose them.

• Absorbent cottons

  Absorbent cottons developed to fit various usages using long-accumulated cotton know-how.

• Oil adsorbents

  Oil adsorbent products, including the Kakui Oilsolver® line.

• Kakui Oilsolver®

  A principal sales item of the company.

• Sanitary materials

  A range of sanitary materials including absorbent/cut cotton, alcohol-impregnated cotton, cotton balls, hemostatic compressed cotton, gauze, non-woven fabric, and cotton bandages.

• Antibacterial non-woven masks

  Launched in December 2020.

• SB-PRO

  New item launched in July 2021.

• Baby bottom wipes cotton

  Launched in September 2021.

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