KOPL (India)
APAC
Bengaluru
,
India
Established
FOUNDED
1991
HEADCOUNT
101-500
FUNDING
Privately held
Keywords:
fermentation, yeast, biopolymers, cosmetics, hydrocolloids
BUSINESS
Kumar Organic Products Limited (KOPL) is a research-based specialty ingredients manufacturer supplying active ingredients for hair care, skin care, sun care, coatings and food/healthcare applications. Its biotechnology product KOPULAN is pullulan, a polysaccharide. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Partial; produces the polysaccharide pullulan (KOPULAN) via fermentation of cane sugar by Aureobasidium pullulans, within a broader specialty-chemicals/cosmetic-ingredients portfolio.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
pullulan (KOPULAN)