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Unilever's predecessor companies conducted research in Bebington from 1890 and the first dedicated research building was built in 1911 by Lever Brothers.Unilever was formed in 1929, and until 1951 Port Sunlight was its main research laboratory worldwide.
Port Sunlight is a model village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry , on the Wirral Peninsula . Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever ); work commenced in 1888.
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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]
Unilever has a holding company Unilever PLC and N.V. with Anglo-Dutch structure, which has its registered office at Port Sunlight in Merseyside, United Kingdom and its head office at Unilever House in London, United Kingdom. [92] The company has been restructured several times, for example in 2018 and 2020 (see "history"). [93] [94]
Sunlight Soap packages from Belgium. Sunlight Soap ad in the trenches of WW I (1915) Sunlight is a brand of laundry soap, laundry detergent and dishwashing detergent manufactured and marketed around the world by Unilever, except in the United States and Canada, where it has been owned by Sun Products (now Henkel Corporation) since 2010. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Unilever" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory; W.
At the time of construction in 1956, Vlaardingen was the third-busiest port in the Netherlands, situated on the Nieuwe Maas. [2]On 14 February 1945, a neighbouring Unilever factory was set up as a V-1 launching site, with another site at Ypenburg, on the coast.