I'm KAI, too! #10

KAI has four manufacturing factories in Gifu prefecture. At the Senbiki factory they are assembling the razor blades manufactured at the Oyana factory and doing the packing and resin molding of the handle, metal parts pressing, etc.

The three women in charge of assembly and packaging of the long-selling ‘Pretty Series’, the top share of disposable razors for women, guide us through the factory. In an open space like a gymnasium, you can hear the sound of many machines moving rhythmically. A fully automated robot is carrying cardboard in the aisles while playing ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ with an electronic sound. You can tell which kind of package you are receiving according to the type of music they are playing. The automated factory is fully operational for 24 hours a day.

The assembly machine puts handles, blades, heads and caps into a single razor. It is an event that happens in a blink of an eye. The precision of the complex machine is packed with many ingenious ideas by KAI.
The assembled razor goes to the packaging process, 3 or 4 pieces are packed in the package and complete, ready to be shipped to the market. ‘I want KAI products to be long-needed by many people’ says Kiyomi Matsuda who has worked for 20 years in the factory and from this comment, we could feel her profound care for products of KAI.