Unilever
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Unilever Head Office Building in Rotterdam
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Dual-listed (Naamloze vennootschap/ Public limited company) |
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Euronext: UNA : : UN, UL |
| Industry | Consumer goods |
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| Founded | 1930 (by merger) |
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| Headquarters | Unilever N.V. Rotterdam, Netherlands Unilever House, London |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Products | Foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products |
| Revenue | €52.713 billion (2016) |
| €7.801 billion (2016) | |
| €5.184 billion (2016) | |
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Number of employees
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168,000 (2016) |
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| Website | www |
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé. Unilever is the world's largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries.
Unilever owns over 400 brands, but focuses on 13 brands with sales of over 1 billioneuros: Axe/Lynx, Dove, Omo, Becel/Flora, Heartbrand ice creams, Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Magnum, Rama, Rexona, Sunsilk and Surf. It is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever N.V., based in Rotterdam, and Unilever plc, based in London. The two companies operate as a single business, with a common board of directors. Unilever is organised into four main divisions - Foods, Refreshment (beverages and ice cream), Home Care, and Personal Care. It has research and development facilities in the United Kingdom (2), the Netherlands, China, India and the United States.
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