Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company that produces foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company, which is 52% owned by Unilever. HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited through mergers and acquisitions over decades. It produces popular brands like Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Brooke Bond, Lipton, Kwality Walls and Pond's.
2. Company
LOGO About Unilever
Unilever is a British–Dutch multinational
consumer goods company. Its products includes
foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal
care products.
It is the world’s third largest consumer goods
company (according to 2011 revenues).
Unilever is a Dual listed company consisted of
Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC.
3. Company
LOGO A brief Introduction on HUL
HUL is India’s largest Fast Moving
Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Company.
It is owned by the British-Dutch
company Unilever which controls
52% majority stake in HUL.
It has an annual turnover of around
Rs. 21,736 crores (financial year
2011 - 2012).
HUL has a heritage of over 75
years.
4. Company
LOGO Establishment of HUL
HUL primarily known as Lever Brothers India Limited in 1933 and came into
being as Hindustan Lever Limited in 1956 through a merger of Lever
Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd.
Lever Brothers started its actual operations in India in the summer of 1888,
when crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in
England by Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata harbour and it
began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).
The company was renamed in June 2007 as “Hindustan Unilever Limited”.
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LOGO Expansion Of HUL
In 1933 they joint with Hindustan Vanaspati manufacturing
company.
In 1935 they joint with United traders limited.
In1912 Brooke bond with its brand Red Label joined with lever
brothers.
Unilever acquired LIPTON in 1972
Ponds India ltd is working in India since 1947 and it is acquired by
HUL in 1986 by an international acquisition.
Tata oil Mills Company merged with HUL in 1993.
In 1996 Tata made 50-50% joint venture for LAKME with HUL and in
1998 it was completely sold to HUL.
HUL made 50-50% joint venture with Kimberley Clark corp. in1994
as Kimberley clark lever ltd which makes haggis diapers and kotex
sanitary pads.
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LOGO HUL Products in India
Personal Wash Laundry Foods
Lux Surf Excel Kissan
Lifebuoy Sun Light Annapurna
Liril Rin Knorr Soup
Hamam Wheel Modern Bread
Breeze Ala Bleech Beauty Products
Moti Hair Care Fair & Lovely
Dove Sunsilk Lakme
Pears Clinic Pond’s
Rexona Dove vaseline
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LOGO HUL Products In India
Ice Cream Oral care
Kwality walls Pepsodent
Beverages:- Close Up
Tea Deo Spray
Brooke Bond Axe Rexona
Lipton Water Purifier
Taj Mahal Pure It
Coffee Dishwasher
Brook Bond Bru Vim
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LOGO Companies Merged with HUL
Bon Ltd. Tea Estate India Ltd
BON Ltd is a leading producer
and supplier of Bulgarian TEIL was incorporated on 12 August
striped sunflower seeds and 1922 with the main objective of
natural winter bird food. acquiring lands for cultivation in
“Bengal, Assam and elsewhere in
Bon Ltd was in 50% stake of British India”.
HUL but because it has not
engaged in any sufficient Estates were established for the
activity since 2003 so with cultivation of tea and coffee in Tamil
effect from April 1, 2010, it Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka and
merges to a wholly owned also in Assam.
subsidiary of HUL.
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LOGO Companies Merged with HUL
Unilever India Exports Pond’s export
Limited Limited
Unilever India Exports Limited
provides grocery home
shopping services in Mumbai.
The company offers a range
of branded and unbranded
products.
The company home delivers Established in 1981.
the products by taking orders Manufactures and exports
through the Web site or Phone Leather Shoe Uppers and
from the Customers. Shoes to UK, Germany,
The company was formerly France, Singapore, Italy,
known as Indexport, Ltd. Canada, & Middle East with a
turnover of Rs.70 Crores.
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LOGO Brief Description Of HUL Co.
TOMCO: TATA Oil Mills Co. Ltd. merged with HUL, effective
from April 1, 1993. In 1996, HUL and yet another Tata company,
Lakme Limited, formed a 50:50 joint venture.
Kwality Walls foods Pvt Ltd.:major producer and
distributor of ice cream and other dessert products in India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.
Aviance Limited: Aviance ltd beauty solutions
started in 2003 which makes beauty products for
women.
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LOGO Controversy
In 2008 Hindustan
Unilever made former
Miss World Priyanka
Chopra a brand
ambassador for Pond's
These advertisements,
showing Priyanka's face
with a clearly darker
complexion against the
visibly fairer Neha
Dhupia, were widely
Pond’s White Beaty Ad criticized for perpetuating
racism.