Kolmar Korea wins CES 2027 Best of Innovation award

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Cosmetics manufacturer Kolmar Korea earned the Best of Innovation Award in the Beauty Tech category for CES 2027, marking two consecutive annual wins for the company.

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kolmar Korea announced today that it has become the first company in the global cosmetics industry to win the Best of Innovation Award in the Beauty Tech category at CES for two consecutive years, securing the prestigious recognition for CES 2027, the world's premier technology event.

Following its award-winning "Scar Beauty Device" at CES 2026, Kolmar Korea once again claimed the top honor with "ChromaFlow," an AI-powered personalized lip color creation system. The back-to-back wins on the global stage underscore Kolmar Korea's technological excellence and leadership in the evolving K-beauty landscape.

At CES 2027, taking place in Las Vegas from January 6 to 9, 2027, ChromaFlow was named a Best of Innovation Award honoree in Beauty Tech and an Innovation Award honoree in Artificial Intelligence. Kolmar Korea's AI skincare device, "LumiJet Pro," also earned an Innovation Award in Artificial Intelligence, bringing the company's total to three awards.

The Best of Innovation Award is the highest distinction presented at CES, reserved for products earning the top scores across all evaluation criteria. The Beauty Tech category was introduced in 2025 (with Samsung Electronics as its inaugural recipient), and Kolmar Korea became the first cosmetics company to earn the title in 2026. As the pioneer of Korea's R&D-driven Original Development Manufacturing (ODM) model, Kolmar Korea is now recognized globally for its AI transformation (AX) capabilities, which seamlessly integrate AI from initial R&D through to manufacturing.

ChromaFlow, recipient of the Best of Innovation Award, is an AI-driven personalized lip color device that enables users to precisely recreate desired lip shades, such as those worn by creators on screen.

When the device is placed on the lips, an AI-powered optical sensor analyzes the user's natural lip tone and condition.

Conventional lip products often render differently on individuals due to natural variations…

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