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Unilever PLC

Market Cap:$39.3B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$47.8B

Public
UK

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Unilever doesn't stop at food. Unilever Plc (NYSE: UL (ADR) London) was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in London, UK. The company produces an enormous range of consumer goods, marketed worldwide. Its 400 packaged products include soups, sauces, noodles, oils, margarine, teas, ice creams, frozen foods, skin and hair care products, deodorants, fragrances, toothpaste, and laundry detergent. The company has annual revenue of about $54 billion and employs about 206,000 people. In July 2005 the company completed the sale of its prestige fragrance business, Unilever Cosmetics International, to Coty Inc.

Number of Employees 223,000

Contact Information

Unilever House

PO Box 68

Blackfriars

London EC4P 4BQ

unilever.com

(44) 2078225252

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NAICS Code Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance: 811490

Company News

Recent Events

Unilever CFO Jim Lawrence Quits

12/10/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CFO - View Story
10 Million Cans of Slim-Fast Recalled

12/07/09 - Product Recall - View Story
STOCKS NEWS UK-Galiform jumps as profit guidance raised

11/12/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Unisys to provide global computer services to Unilever

11/11/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Unilever and Unisys Ink IT Outsourcing Pact

11/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Market Report -- Story Stocks SLE

11/05/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
U.S. Stocks Rise; Rates on Hold in Europe

11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Unilever betting on "demand sensing" to weather volatile market conditions

10/30/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Stop & Shop Alerts Customers to Voluntary Recall of Breyer's All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip...

10/23/09 - Product Recall - View Story
Unilever Explores Transdermal Drug Delivery

10/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Clayton Dubilier & Rice Pays $477 Million For JohnsonDiversey Stake

10/07/09 - New Investment - View Story
Virtual Instruments Brings Improved SAN Efficiency to Unilever

10/06/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Unilever to acquire personal care business of Sara Lee Corporation

9/25/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Money has started flowing again and it could drive a stock surge

10/06/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Unilever Tests Dove Men+Care in Europe

9/21/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Ricoh delivers next generation print to Unilever across Europe

9/17/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
TriNorth's Subsidiary Feronia Inc. has Acquired Unilever's Palm Oil Plantation in the Democratic Republic of...

9/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
CORRECT (8/14): Consumer Cos Push High-End Products In China

8/26/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

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Dove brand donates 5% to good cause.

- 2006-11-09

Nov 09, 2006 (Grocers' Review NZ - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Unilever is holding a campaign in New Zealand espousing broader definitions of beauty. The campaign is for the consumer goods company's "Dove" brand. Unilever has forged an alliance Nov 09, 2006 (Grocers' Review...

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Russia's interior ministry has arrested a group of people in connection with fake Unilever brands including Timotei, Dove and Rexona.(European News)(Brief Article)

- 2004-11-05

* RUSSIA'S INTERIOR ministry has arrested a group of people in connection with fake ... * RUSSIA'S INTERIOR ministry has arrested a group of people in connection with fake Unilever brands including Timotei, Dove and Rexona, found at warehouses in Moscow.

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Dove threatens to topple Pantene: Boots decision could propel Unilever brand ahead of P&G's Pantene.

- 2002-04-18

Procter & Gamble's Pantene haircare brand could soon be toppled as market leader, following the successful launch of Lever Faberge's Dove haircare products only three months ago. Procter & Gamble's Pantene haircare brand could soon be toppled as market leader, following the successful launch...

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Unilever's goal: `Power brands'; One on one: Execs Burgmans, Goldstein to focus on 400 products, down from 1,600.

- 2000-01-03

Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever sent shockwaves when it disclosed plans to cut its brand roster from 1,600 to 400. The goal for the $44.8 billion marketer of such product staples as Lipton, Dove and Vaseline is to refocus its considerabl Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever...

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