Among winners of the top inventor prize in 2022 is Kim Hung Won, a renowned scientist in the domestic field of cosmetics in the DPRK, who is Merited Scientist, professor, PhD and deputy chief of the Pomhyanggi institute of the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory.
In recent five years, he came up with several inventions conducive to increasing the proportion of domestic production of cosmetics. Among them, there is “Ganoderma incubate and anti aging nutritive solution made by using it” which was awarded a medal of inventor and certificate of the WIPO.
“In a word, Kim Hung Won is a hot blooded man. He always seeks for a new thing and when he buckles down to a research task, he focuses on it forgetting everything else,” said Kim Hye Yong, manageress of the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory.
According to her, while leading a new product development project, he developed 90 kinds of new products between 2016 and 2021 and introduced them into production to bring huge profits to the country.
He developed and introduced such functional additives as natural humectant, age resistor, whitening agent and ultraviolet preventive agent and improved the quality of beauty lotion for men, dyeing shampoo and cream, aqueous cream and nutritive cream.
His research findings that won inventions and patent rights include a transparent soap containing ornaments which does not irritate the skin, but has high moisturizing effect and is pleasing to see, a natural hair dyeing agent for dyeing hair using the extracts of plant without causing skin allergy, a manufacturing method of shampoo having dandruff removing effect, a manufacturing method of vitamin E micro capsule which has high oxidative safety under ultraviolet ray and oxygen conditions, a baby skin protective cream which prevents skin inflammation by diaper and a Ganoderma incubate and nutritive solution made by using it which increase the activity of skin cells and promote collagen formation.
Kim Hung Won majored in biochemistry at the University of Sciences for training scientists in the basic science sector, speaks different foreign languages and has a wealth of knowledge. Though he has turned 60, he is now devoting his wisdom and passion to the research and development of new products.