It is a preemptive investment to actively respond to the rapidly increasing demand for product safety verification due to the global expansion of K-beauty and to increase the accuracy of analysis.
The preservation test is a test to verify how safe cosmetics are from microorganisms such as bacteria and molds.
It is a procedure to check whether consumers are not deteriorated or contaminated even in the daily living environment in which they use products, and is a safety verification item necessary to respond to cosmetics regulations in countries such as the United States (MoCRA, OTC) and Europe (CPNP).
Since the introduction of the automation system, the test processing capacity has improved significantly. With the introduction of robots in a simple repetitive process, the processing speed has become 2.5 times faster than before, and the throughput of microbial response verification work has also increased by about 50%. It is also possible to operate unmanned at night.
As a result, it is expected to reduce the amount requested by external testing agencies by up to 80% per year and increase the speed and accuracy of issuing test reports for compliance with regulations.
Kolmar Korea plans to gradually expand and apply robots and AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to the future cosmetics preservation test process.
The plan is to establish a system in which AI analyzes test sample data secured by robots, and to have a physical AI-based environment in which robots and AI are combined.
To this end, as part of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s task, AI is developing a program to analyze the final results of the preservation test.
An official from Kolmar Korea said, “With the introduction of this automation system, we will be able to respond more quickly and stably to customers’ test demands targeting the global market. We will continue to expand our robot and AI-based research environment to increase the safety and competitiveness of K-beauty products.”
SALLY LEE
US ASIA JOURNAL
