About Kao Collins

Innovation for the Inkjet Industry

Kao Collins provides solutions for the inkjet industry around the world, offering a full line of inks, service, technical support, parts, and repair. We have unmatched knowledge and experience in the commercial and industrial inkjet printing markets.

Since 1990, the company has introduced innovative ink solutions enabling customers and OEMs to reduce costs, increase productivity, and expand offerings into various markets – graphics, commercial print, packaging, labeling, textiles, and consumer products. Kao Collins has produced thousands of unique inks for a wide range of clients around the world.

Kao Collins develops and sells inks for all the major printheads, including  Dimatix, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Funai, Ricoh, SII Printek, Xaar.

Innovation is more than a buzzword to us.

Ink formulation

Kao Collins formulates and manufactures innovative inkjet inks for high-speed printing, single-pass printing, and wide-format printing using a variety of technologies.

We’re stretching the limits of what inkjet can print on, like ceramics, textiles and the first water-based ink for flexible film packaging. Our chemists are also working with customers to expand our offerings in emerging areas like EB curable inks and security ink.

Research and development

Kao Collins invests in research and development to bring new inks to market and provide other value-added services. Unlike our competitors, research and development don’t start in the laboratory but with you, our customers.

Our chemists and engineers have direct access to end consumers, and that gives them an insight into evolving customer pain points and new potential markets. That information–not the whims of a corporate team–drives our research and development.

Customer satisfaction

Kao Collins remains committed to serving our customers and our planet. Central to that is our commitment to Yoki-Monozukuri, a philosophy that shifts our perspective to that of our customers, so that we may strive for the wholehearted satisfaction and enrichment of the lives of people globally.

We define “Yoki-Monozukuri” as “a strong commitment by all members to provide products and brands of excellent value for consumer satisfaction.”

The “Kao Way”

The “Kao Way” embodies our corporate philosophy and is the foundation of the business activities of the Kao Group. As our cornerstone, the “Kao Way” provides consistency to each business decision that we make every. Accordingly, it acts as a guiding principle for all of our members, bringing together the growth of our company and that of our individual members. As such, it is an essential element in making the work we do more rewarding and instilling in us a sense of purpose.