Rohto Mentholatum Kenya Ltd

The Rohto Pharmaceutical Company Ltd has its history dating back from as early as 1899. It was founded by Yasutami Yamada. The company gradually picked up and in 1959 the current head office and plant were set up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Due to the great innovations of the company, Rohto Pharmaceutical Company Ltd was listed in stock exchange. In 1975, Rohto acquired the trademark rights of The Mentholatum Company, Inc. USA. Rohto acquired full management rights of The Mentholatum Company, Inc. USA in 1988. Today, Rohto Mentholatum Group boasts of having operational links in 15 countries in the world with marketing/distribution agreements in more than 150 countries globally. Rohto has main production plants and Research & Development centers of pharmaceutical products and cosmetics in Japan and also across US, UK, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Indonesia. With a strong presence across international markets, the company has manpower strength of over 5000 employees.

Rohto Mentholatum Kenya Ltd is a subsidiary company of the Rohto group and was incorporated in Kenya on May 2013 with the aim of expanding the Group's network in Africa for the betterment of the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry.