Unilever Sri Lanka
Unilever Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan consumer goods company located in Colombo.[4] It is wholly by Unilever, a British multinational consumer goods company. Its products include food, beauty products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and baby products. Unilever Sri Lanka was established in 1938 as Lever Brother Ceylon Limited. In 1972, it was renamed Unilever Sri Lanka. Unilever Sri Lanka has been ranked as Most Valuable and Strongest Brand[5] and Most Respected Entity.[6] The company has over two dozen brands that are market leaders in Sri Lanka since the 1940s. Unilever operates from a factory complex in an industrial zone of Horana since 2012. About 96% of the company's products are manufactured locally and more than twenty of its brands are exported outside Sri Lanka.[7]
| Industry | Consumer goods |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Lever Brother Ceylon Limited (1938-1991) Unilever Ceylon (1991-1996) |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | 258. M Vincent Perera Mawatha, Colombo 14, Sri Lanka |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Carl Cruz (Chairman)[1] |
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Number of employees | 1,900 (2020)[2] |
| Parent | Unilever |
| Subsidiaries | Brooke Bond Ceylon (Pvt) Limited Ceytea (Pvt) Limited Lever Brothers (Exports and Marketing) (Pvt) Limited Maddema Trading Company (Pvt) Limited Unilever Sri Lanka Limited Unilever Lipton Ceylon Limited[3] |
| Website | unilever |
Awards
Unilever Sri Lanka has developed a plastic free, environment friendly packaging system. Unilever awarded Sri Lanka first eco-friendly baby product SLS certificated on 2020.[8] Unilever wins at the SLIM Brand Excellence awards year 2015.[9] Unilever's largest factory Horana facility receives ISO 9001. Factory up to 200 products covering 14 brands.[10]
Unilever Sri Lanka brands
| Brand name | Product type | Sales (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| Signal | Oral hygiene | |
| Dove | Skin care, hair care | |
| Lux | Women's soap, shower gel | |
| Pond's | Beauty products | |
| Rexona | Antiperspirant deodorant | |
| Axe | Deodorant, shower gel, body spray | |
| Lifebuoy | Soap | |
| Clear | Anti-dandruff shampoo | |
| Fair& Lovely | Skin-lightening cosmetic | |
| Pears | Baby soap, Face wash | |
| Sunsilk | Hair care | |
| Sunlight | Dishwashing detergent | |
| Lipton | Tea, ice tea | 320,000,000 (2012)[12] |
| Knorr | Food | |
| Close-Up | Toothpaste | |
| Astra | Margarine | |
| Rin | Laundry detergent |
References
- "Carl Cruz takes over as Chairman of Unilever Sri Lanka". EconomyNext. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Our Company". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- Unilever, 10 February 2021 (23 February 2021). "Annual report and accounts 2020" (PDF). Unilever.
- "Contact form". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Sri Lanka's most valuable and strongest brands" (PDF). Brand Finance. April 2018.
- subra. "MOST RESPECTED 2019". LMD. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Unilever Sri Lanka ranked 'No.1 Employer' for 9th consecutive year | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Unilever Sri Lanka introduces plastic free packaging". Daily News. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Unilever triumphs at SLIM Brand Excellence awards". Daily News. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Unilever's Horana facility receives ISO 9001". Daily News. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "USL owns 12 of Sri Lanka's Top 100 Brands". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- "Annual report Sri Lanka tea" (PDF). Parliament of Sri Lanka.