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Cosmetic Ingredients
Achieving customer satisfaction with an original palette of ingredients that reflect an esthetically sensitive development process.
Matsumoto Trading does not merely supply ingredients, but is deeply involved in linking the latest technology and knowledge in the field with development of consumer products.
Matsumoto Trading does not merely supply ingredients, but is deeply involved in linking the latest technology and knowledge in the field with development of consumer products.
A Stunningly Original Product Lineup
The desire to enhance personal beauty is a constant in every period of history and in every age group. The cosmetic industry regularly responds to consumers' wish for beauty with new products that offer increasingly sophisticated features.
Matsumoto Trading's approach to ingredients is closely tied to the close monitoring of trends to determine the final products consumers want, seeking out high value-added raw materials from Japan and abroad and maintaining an extensive research system charged with developing products that faithfully answer consumer needs. The process of selecting ingredients involves thoroughgoing analysis of their properties. When appropriate, data on the safety of a substance is consulted, together with its effects and proper formulation. In addition, the information necessary for marketing is compiled. This work goes on continually, as absolutely necessary for providing custormers with high-value options. The process of product development also involves a dimension of working with customers on new ideas； this input is vital for achieving a product lineup that is fully satisfactory.
Timely dissemination of information is the byword of our cosmetic marketing system, which is central to bringing about effective engagement of the public with our ample product line, thereby maintaining our status as one of Japan's foremost manufacturers, both from the standpoint of quality as well as quantity.
The desire to enhance personal beauty is a constant in every period of history and in every age group. The cosmetic industry regularly responds to consumers' wish for beauty with new products that offer increasingly sophisticated features.
Matsumoto Trading's approach to ingredients is closely tied to the close monitoring of trends to determine the final products consumers want, seeking out high value-added raw materials from Japan and abroad and maintaining an extensive research system charged with developing products that faithfully answer consumer needs. The process of selecting ingredients involves thoroughgoing analysis of their properties. When appropriate, data on the safety of a substance is consulted, together with its effects and proper formulation. In addition, the information necessary for marketing is compiled. This work goes on continually, as absolutely necessary for providing custormers with high-value options. The process of product development also involves a dimension of working with customers on new ideas； this input is vital for achieving a product lineup that is fully satisfactory.
Timely dissemination of information is the byword of our cosmetic marketing system, which is central to bringing about effective engagement of the public with our ample product line, thereby maintaining our status as one of Japan's foremost manufacturers, both from the standpoint of quality as well as quantity.
”Cosmetic Ingredients Seminars”, Recognized As Annual Event
Matsumoto Trading holds annual free admission seminars featuring expert speakers on the basics of various types of cosmetic ingredients. Begun in 1997, these seminars aim to provide young cosmetic formulators with basic knowledge and greater understanding of cosmetic ingredients.
Over the years, these seminars have received favorable acknowledgment from customers, and have been established as “An Fundamental Course For Beginners” in the cosmetic industry. currently they are held in Tokyo and Osaka, now drawing attendees with over nine hundreds.
Matsumoto Trading holds annual free admission seminars featuring expert speakers on the basics of various types of cosmetic ingredients. Begun in 1997, these seminars aim to provide young cosmetic formulators with basic knowledge and greater understanding of cosmetic ingredients.
Over the years, these seminars have received favorable acknowledgment from customers, and have been established as “An Fundamental Course For Beginners” in the cosmetic industry. currently they are held in Tokyo and Osaka, now drawing attendees with over nine hundreds.
Main Products
● Fatty acid polyglyceryls(Matsumoto Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.)
● Acrylic resin plasticizers
(Matsumoto Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.)
● Phenol sulfonates
(Matsumoto Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.)
● Conditioning polymers (Nalco Japan)
● Polymeric emulsifying thickeners
(ciba specialty Chemicals)
● Aluminum hydroxy chloride (Clariant Japan)
● UV Absorbers (Symrise)
● Silicones (Dow Corning Toray)
● A variety of emulsifiers and oils (Croda)
● Pearl pigments, high performance skin care ingredients (Merck)
● Film formers and viscosity-building resins (Nippon NSC Ltd.)
● Long-lasting cooling agent (Quest International)
● Ester oils and lanolin derivatives (Nippon Fine Chemical)
● Naturally derived gelling agents, high performance skin care ingredients (AMI)
● High performance skin care ingredients (Arysta Life Science)
● Special property silicone, high performance skin care ingredients (Degussa Japan)
● Foaming, cleansing and conditioning agents (Clariant Japan)
● Foaming, cleansing and conditioning agents (Toho Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.)
● Rice-based ingredients (Tsuno Food Industrial Co., Ltd.)
● Skin care, hair care, active ingredients (Yamakawa ＆ Co., Ltd.)
● Active spherical particles and active ingredients (Induchem)
● Many other types of cosmetic ingredients
