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Source: Unilever Annual Reports 2004, 2008. In 2001, Unilever split into two divisions: one for foods and one for home and personal care. [33] In the UK, it merged its Lever Brothers and Elida Fabergé businesses as Lever Fabergé in January 2001. [34] In 2003, Unilever announced the sale of the Dalda brand in both India and Pakistan. [35]
Camay is a British brand of bar soap owned by Unilever. It was introduced in 1926 by Procter & Gamble and was marketed as a "white, pure soap for women," as many soaps of the time were colored to mask impurities. For many years, Camay's slogan has been "Camay: the soap for beautiful women."
In September 1929, Unilever was formed by a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soapmaker Lever Brothers, named as a blend of the two firms' names. [1] By 1930, it employed 250,000 people and in terms of market value, was the largest company in Britain. [7] Unilever was the first modern multinational company. [7]
Charles Henry Wilson CBE [1] (16 April 1914 – 1 August 1991) [1] was an English business historian and Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. [2] His best known work is his multi-volume history of Unilever, which is credited with establishing corporate history as a subject worthy of academic attention in the UK.
Chesebrough and Pond's merged in June 1955 and, in 1987, Chesebrough-Ponds was acquired by the British consumer goods company Unilever. [11] Unilever paid $3.1 billion USD for Chesebrough-Ponds ($72.50 per share), in an all-cash deal. [2]
Breeze is a brand of laundry detergent manufactured by Unilever that is currently marketed as the counterpart of OMO detergent for the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand markets. History [ edit ]
Pears soap was made using a process entirely different from other soaps. A mixture of tallow and other fats was saponified by an alkali.This is currently caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) since the ingredients list shows sodium salts of fatty acids, but a chemist reports that in the 1960s, caustic potash (potassium hydroxide) was used.
In 1956, Helene Curtis went public after 32 years of private ownership (although the Gidwitz family held most of the voting shares until the company's 1996 takeover by Unilever). In the early 1960s the company began to build on the success of its Suave brand, introducing shampoos, creme rinses, and wave sets.