Unilever Leeds

Unilever is the UK's and the world's largest manufacturer of deodorants. Around 180m Unilever deodorants are sold in the UK each year. Unilever has three times the market share of its closest competitors. In the mid-1990s, the UK was producing 10% of the world's, and 25% of Europe's, aerosol products.[2]

The site is situated north of the roundabout of the A64 and A6120. Due to the flammable substances (LPG and ethanol) stored on site to create the propellants, the site is regulated by the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015.[3] The cosmetics industry across Europe is regulated by Cosmetics Europe.

The site employs around 50 people to test its products on; people are subjected to temperatures up to 56C. One of the main substances in aerosol anti-perspirants is aluminium chlorohydrate. There are around 150 scientists on the site.[4]

The site has worked with DCA Design International Ltd of Warwick, for design of its aerosol cans

The site makes all of these

It makes compressed aerosols. It produces close to a billion deodorants a year. It can produce around 3,665 aerosols per minute across 12 packing lines. The site also has 3 roll-on packing lines with a total output of 750 bottles per minute between them. [5]

• Economy of Leeds
• Journal of Applied Toxicology
• Procter & Gamble on Tyneside, its main competitor
• The British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association (BAMA)
• Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory on the Wirral

• Lynx
• Every Can Counts