Hindustan Unilever
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| Traded as | : BSE SENSEX Constituent |
| Industry | Consumer goods |
| Predecessor | Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company (1931-1956) Lever Brothers India Limited (1933-1956) United Traders Limited (1935-1956) Hindustan Lever Limited (1956-2007) |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
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Area served
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India |
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Key people
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Harish Manwani (Non-executive Chairman), Sanjiv Mehta (CEO and MD) |
| Products | Foods, beverages, cleaning agents personal care products and water purifiers. |
| Revenue | ₹30,170 crore (US$4.5 billion) (2014-15) |
| ₹4,315 crore (US$640 million) (2014-15) | |
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Number of employees
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18,000 (2014) |
| Parent | Unilever |
| Website | www |
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever which owns a 67% controlling share in HUL as of March 2015 and is the holding company of HUL. HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.
HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and employs over 16,000 workers, whilst also indirectly helping to facilitate the employment of over 65,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as "Hindustan Unilever Limited".
Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India directly and its products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of HUL's brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2014), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The Economic Times.
The "most trusted brands" from HUL in the top 100 list (their rankings in brackets) are: Lux (6), Surf Excel (7), Clinic Plus (8), Rin (13), Lifebuoy (15), Close up (21), Pond's (22), Pepsodent (24), Fair & Lovely (29), Dove (30), Sunsilk (34), Vim (48), Wheel (67), Vaseline (70),Pears (78), Lakme (91).
The latest launches for Hindustan Unilever include: Knorr Chinese Noodles, Schezwan and Hot & Spicy, Lakme Absolute Sculpt Range, Lakme Lip Love, Magnum Choco Cappuccino and Axe Gold Temptation.
Its brands include: Food brands:
Homecare Brands
Personal Care Brands:
Water Purifier Brand:
HUL has produced many business leaders for corporate India, including Harish Manwani, the non-executive chairman of HUL and the former chief operating officer of Unilever. He was also a member of Unilever Leadership Executive team (ULE), which comprises the company's top management and is responsible for managing Unilever's profit and loss, and delivering growth across its regions, categories and functions. Sanjiv Mehta was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HUL with effect from 10 October 2013. He has also been appointed as Executive vice-president, South Asia, Unilever and is also the executive head of the South Asia cluster for Unilever.
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