Product Catalogue

Company profile
Who we areToa Kasei is an innovative natural wax manufacturer in Japan. Since its foundation in 1913, Toa Kasei
has been focusing on providing high quality of natural waxes to contribute to the development of newtechnologies on general industry especially for the personal care field.
We will respond your demands with more than 100 years of experience so that could create variety
value in various fields.

Aikawa factory

Osaka Head office

History
1913

Opened joint-stock company “Matsunami sho-ten”

1952

Established “TOA KASEI Co.,Ltd.”（capital;2 million JPY）

1993

Opened Tokyo branch

2000

Established Aikawa factory

2007

Passed ISO Certification 14001

2012

Passed ISO Certification 9001

2013

Our Centennial anniversary

Tokyo officeTOWAX (Toa Kasei’s Natural Wax)
Toa Kasei provides high quality of Natural waxes produced by selective raw materials
Main products
Carnauba Wax

Bees Wax

Candellia Wax

Sunflower Wax

Rice Wax

Rose Wax

About Aikawa factory
Location : Aikawa area, Osaka
Establishment : 2000
Certification : ISO14001 , ISO9001
Production capacity : 1,200 tons/year
Main product : Natural waxes (Flake, Powder, Block types)< Main equipment list for Quality Control >- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)- Thermogravimetry/Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA)- Gas Chromatography (GC)- UV visible spectrophotometer- Laser Scattering Particle Size Distribution Analyzer- Hardness Analyzer- Penetrometer… and many types of equipments are using for the quality control.

About natural wax
What is different?
Between general natural wax and TOWAXMost of Natural Waxes are contained below three components

Wax

ResinOthers*Others is unknown components

Wax include
4 components••••

Ester waxes
Free fatty acids
Free alcohols
Hydrocarbons••Candelilla include 15~18%
Carnauba include 3~4%

Other waxes do not contain Resin

Toa Kasei controls the quality by using the technologies and know-how as below< Main technologies >- Blending: Uniform the quality- Purification : Enhance performance- Separation : Create suitable waxes for each application< Applications of separation technology on Carnauba wax>
Wax
Wax
Wax

Resin Others

ResinOthers

Toa Kasei solves your problem.

The characteristic of each natural waxes
Component of natural waxesCarnauba wax

Candellia wax

C48～C64

24～30％ C42 ～Ｃ56

80～85％

ALCOHOL
C 20～C34
Mainly C30・C32・C34
C32 is about 50％～60％

Ester

ALCOHOLC 30・C32・C34

FATTY ACID C16～Ｃ34
Mainly C20・C32・C33・C34

FATTY ACID C14～C34
Mainly C20・Ｃ22・C24
・C26・C28

Rice wax

Bees wax( High acid value )67～72％

93～97％
ALCOHOL
C 22～C36
Mainly C26・C28・C30
FATTY ACID C 16～C34
Mainly C22・Ｃ24・C26
The amount of C 28・Ｃ30
・C32 is small

Sunflower wax
97～99％ C42～Ｃ62

Rose wax
Approx. 35%
C38~C52( Low acid value )68～75％
ALCOHOL

C 24～C34FATTY ACID C16～Ｃ18
C16 is about 82～94％

Good emulsifying property due
to 30～35％ of Hydroxy ester

Free fatty acid

3～4％

C16～C32

10～20％

C20～C35

4～7％

C16・C18・C18:1・C18”3

MainlyC20・C26・C28・C30

Almost

C30・C32・C34

MainlyC16( High acid value )13～16％ C16～C32
Mainly C24

1～3％( Low acid value )5～9％ C16～C34
Mainly C32
C16～C32

10～12％

Free alcohol

10～15％

C26～C34

1～2％

C24～C32

MainlyC 28～ C32

MainlyC30

Others : Sterol, Neutral resin, .
Odd－number alcohol
1～3％

C20～C3340～45％

C28～C33

MainlyC27・C29・C31

About 70％ isC31

Hydrocarbon

ETCDSC Chart

Resin 3~4%
Lactone 3~5%

Resin 15~18%( High acid value )10～14％ C21～C35

PhospholipidSqualene( Low acid value )16～21％ C23～C35( Low acid value )About 4% of Glyceride(C14・C16・C18)

Approx. 65%
C17~C33

Product introduction
Carnauba Wax
INCI name : Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
Chinese INCI : 巴西棕榈树（COPERNICIA CERIFERA）蜡
Origin : Brazil

Carnauba wax is isolated from leaves from Copernicia cerifera that is the palm family tree.
Copernicia cerifera is grown in northern Brazil, Argentine and Paraguay which are arid zone.
Since it grows slow, it takes about 15 years to obtain wax. 300g of Carnauba wax is obtained from1 three. The high quality of carnauba wax is from a tip of leaves, and it is 20% in total wax quantity.

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Trade NameForm

Packing size

Characteristic

Application

Dosage(%) in
Formulation

Function in
formulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

Emulsion
Liquid foundation
Lip stickPowderfoundation
Hair wax

1 - 10Emollint
Thickner

80-86

Less than 1％

TOWAX-1F3

Flake

20kg

De-resin product /Could solidify thelow viscosity ofliquid paraffin

TOWAX-1B4

Block5kgHigh resin productMascara1-3

Film former

62~74

approx.95％

TOWAX-1F6

Flake

20kg

Stable solidification
effect with liquidparaffin

Lip stick1 - 10Thickner

80-86

approx.5％

TOWAX-1F12

Flake

20kg

High-resin product /High viscosity

MascaraEye liner
Hair Wax

1-5

Film former

80-86

approx.10％

TOWAX-1PF

Pellets

20kg

Food additives grade

General cosmetics

1 - 10Emollint
Thickner

80-86approx.5％

TOWAX-131

Powder20kg

Spherical powder

Cleansing foam
Body wash

1 - 10

Scrub

80-86

approx.5％

Product introduction
Candellila Wax
INCI name : Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax
Chinese INCI :小烛树（EUPHORBIA CERIFERA）蜡
Origin : Mexico

Candellia wax is obtained from Euphorbia cerifera and it grows in Mexico where is 1000 – 2000 altitude.
Euphorbia cerifera produces candellia wax to protect itself from severe condition, such as temperaturechanging and arid climate.
The quality is strictly controlled as well as its condition of cultivation and harvest. The content ofcandellia wax is 2% in the plant and candellia wax is consist of esters of fatty acids, free fatty acids,
high alcohols and hydrocarbons. It is known that 1,000 pieces plant is necessary to obtain 13kg ofcandellia wax.
TOA KASEI’s candellia wax is complied with CITES standard.

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Trade NameTOWAX-4F2

Form

Flake

Packing size

20kg

Characteristic

Application

Dosage(%) in
Formulation

Function in
formulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

Good solidification

Emulsion
Liquid foundation
Lip stickPowder foundation
Hair wax1 - 10

Emollint
Thickner

68-73

approx.25％

Product introduction

Rice Wax
INCI name : ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN WAX
Chinese INCI :稻（ORYZA SATIVA）糠蜡Origin : Japan, South-East Asia
Rice bran wax is isolated from rice bran. The content of Rice bran wax in rice bran is about 1.5%.
The rice bran wax is consisting of esters of fatty acids, free fatty acids and high alcohols. Main ester ofRice bran was is ester of behenic acid(C22) and lignoceric acid(C24).
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Trade Name

Form

Packing size

Characteristic

Application

Dosage(%) inFormulationFunction informulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

TOWAX-3P4

Pellet20kg

Food additives grade

General cosmetics

1-10Emollient
Thickner

77-83-Bees Wax
INCI name : Beeswax
Chinese INCI : 蜂蜡Origin : Australia
Beeswax is natural wax obtained from the honeycombs. While bees harvest 10g of honey, they secrete
only 1g of beeswax. Due to the wide variety of applications of beeswax, it has been used for thousands ofyears in human history. The earliest recorded uses of beeswax was in ancient Egypt (Around 4,200B.C.) as a preservative of mummy. Nowadays, beeswax is mainly used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticalfield.
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Trade NameTOAWAX-Bees

FormPellet

Packing size

20kg

Characteristic

Application

Emulsion
Non-chemical process /Liquid foundation
Light color / odorless /Lip stick
POV stability /Powder foundation
Food additives grade
Hair wax

Dosage(%) in
Formulation

Function informulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

1 - 10Emollint
Thickner

60-67-Product introduction
Sunflower Wax
INCI name : Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed wax
Chinese INCI :向日葵（HELIANTHUS ANNUUS）籽蜡
Origin : India
Sunflower wax is made from the oil of Sunflower seed (Helianthus annus)and it contains rich amount ofester. Sunflower seed oil contain Linoleic acid and it is well known as decrease cholesterol and improveblood circulation.

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Trade NameTOWAX-6F2

Form

Packing size

20kg

Flake

Characteristic

Application

Emulsion
Good transparency /Liquid foundation
good solidification at
Lip sticklow temperature / high Powder Foundation
content of ester
Hair wax
Make-up productDosage(%) in
Formulation

Function informulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

1 - 10Emollient
Texturizer
Thickner

73.5-79.5-Rose Wax
INCI name : Rosa damascena flower wax
Chinese INCI : 突厥蔷薇（ROSA DAMASCENA）花蜡Origin : Bulgaria
Rose wax is isolated from the Rosa damascena flower of Bulgaria. Rosa Damascena has a long history inAncient Persia. And since the 17th century, the oil of Rosa Damascena has impacted the livelihood,culture and traditions of Bulgarians. We developed the high-refined Rosa damascene flower wax byusing our purification technology.
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Trade NameTOWAX-6B2Form

Block

Packing size

CharacteristicApplication

1kg

Low melting point /Fragrance of damaskrose

Lip sticks
Hair wax
Hair colon
Emulsion

Dosage(%) inFormulation

Function informulation

Melting Point (℃）

Resin (%)

1-3

EmollintThickner
Naturalfragrance

50-63-Create new values with you

We cover a broad range of business fields. We are able to provide solution with novel perspectives
that are not bound by existing values.

We always create innovation
1. Technology transfer
Thanks to our network in different business fields, we are able to provide
the best solution to solve your problem.

2. Collaborative research with customers
In order to meet the needs of customer, we provide active supports for theresearch and development.
In our recent collaboration, we optimized the resin content of carnauba wax
for Mascara application to improve the long-lasting for the eyelashes shaperetaining.

3. Customizing
We provide the most suitable natural wax
in accordance with your purposes.
Please contact us for any challenges.

info@toakasei.com