The factory is the honorable place associated with the sacred leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and the modern base of light industry well known to the people along with "Pomhyanggi" cosmetics.

Kim Il Sung saw to it that the factory was founded on Sept. 23 Juche 38 (1949) and ushered in a new history of Korean cosmetics industry and paid a deep concern to the factory in the whole period of his revolutionary leadership.

Kim Jong Il visited the factory several times and named the cosmetics "Pomhyanggi" and took the state measure to turn the factory into a modern base for cosmetics production by moving it to an excellent location in southern Sinuiju area with clean air and water.

The factory has written its proud history shining with creation and innovation playing a vanguard role in the development of cosmetics industry for the past 70 years since its foundation.

A meeting took place on Monday to mark its 70th founding anniversary.