PT Kino Indonesia Tbk, formerly PT Kinocare Era Kosmetindo, or simply known as Kino, is an Indonesian multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Tangerang, Banten, founded in 1999 by Harry Sanusi. It specializes the manufacturing of its products in the wide range of personal care, hygiene, health care, confectionery, pastry, beverages, and pet care. As of 2022, the company is currently led by Sidharta Prawira Oetama as its president director while Sanusi act as its president commissioner.
History
The origin of Kino Indonesia started from the small distribution company called Dutalestari Sentratama (DLS), that was founded in 1991 by Pontianak businessman Harry Sanusi, with the capital.[2] At the time, DLS was the sole distributor of the Three Legs Cooling Water, which manufactured and marketed by Sinde Budi Sentosa under license of Singapore-based company Wen Ken Group. However, the relationship of DLS and Sinde has strained in late 1996. In 1997, Sanusi founded Kino Sentra Industrindo (KSI) which produced candies, snacks, chocolate and the flavoured drinks. The first product that launched by KSI was Kino Candy.
With the successful achievement in the past, he established Kinocare Era Kosmetindo on 8 February 1999, that produced the wide range of personal care and hygiene products. The products were launched by Kinocare at the time, such as Ovale 2 in 1 face lotion, followed by Ellips hair care, Resik-V feminine hygiene, and Eskulin perfumes.