Company was founded in 1942 on the base of Novaya Zarya factory that was evacuated from Moscow. Serious buildings reconstruction and equipment modernization were made in 1970-s. First production lot of Troynoy eau-de-cologne was manufactured in 1974 in a new perfume workshop. New skin care production line was installed in 1975 for creams in tubes manufacturing. KALINA installed new lines for tothpaste production, plastic packaging line, soap manufacturing and packaging lines, laminated tube lines in the 1990-s. In 1999 Company obtained ISO-9001 international quality certificate being the first in the industry to implement it. Company products are recognized among foreign experts as those meeting the rigid European requirements.
After privatization in 1992 Timur Goryaev has consolidated a controlling stake of Company shares, and  in 2000 EBRD has acquired a new issue of shares and become 19.24% shareholder (together with its two venture capital funds). In 1999 Open Joint Stock Company “Uralskie Samotsvety” changed its name to Open Joint Stock Company Concern “KALINA”. In 2004 the Company placed additional issue of ordinary shares within the framework of the initial public offering on MICEX which resulted in increase of its free-float approximately up to 33%.
In 2005 KLINA made further important steps in its development. In spring 2005 the controlling stake of the German cosmetics manufacturer Dr. Scheller Cosmetics AG was acquired. Also within 2005 there has technical production modernization been fulfilled in order to create productive capacities reserves as well as to correspond with the development program of the Concern, raising automation and production quality.
At present JSC Concern “KALINA” is a leading Russian manufacturer of cosmetic and personal care products.  Concern is one of the leaders on the Russian cosmetic and perfumery market with consolidated sales of 182.6 mln US dollars according to 2004 results. The major brands are “Black Pearl”, “Clean Line” and “MIA” among skin care products, “32” and “Forest Balsam” among oral care products, “Angelika Varum” among perfumeries. The Company also promotes to the markets of Russia and the CIS countries brands of the German manufacturer of cosmetics and perfumery Dr. Scheller Cosmetics AG – “Manhattan”, “Manhattan Clearface”, “Apotheker Scheller”.
Concern consists of the main production facility in Ekaterinburg and subsidiaries: “Pallada Ukraine”(Ukraine), Kalina Overseas Holding B.V. (the Netherlands) and Dr. Scheller Cosmetics AG (Germany), "Glavskazka International", "Dr.Scheller Beauty Center".