Unilever Sri Lanka

Unilever Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan consumer goods company located in Colombo.[4] It is wholly owned by Unilever, a British multinational consumer goods company. Its products include food, beauty products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and baby products. Unilever Sri Lanka was established in 1938 as Lever Brother Ceylon Limited. In 1972, it was renamed Unilever Sri Lanka. The company has been ranked as Most Valuable and Strongest Brand[5] and Most Respected Entity.[6] The company has over two dozen brands that are market leaders in Sri Lanka since the 1940s. Unilever operates from a factory complex in an industrial zone of Horana since 2012. About 96% of the company's products are manufactured locally, and more than twenty of its brands are exported outside Sri Lanka.[7]

Unilever Sri Lanka
IndustryConsumer goods
PredecessorLever Brother Ceylon Limited (1938–1991)
Unilever Ceylon (1991–1996)
Founded1938 (1938)
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Carl Cruz (Chairman)[1]
Products
  • Skin care
  • personal care
  • cleaning agents
  • drinks
  • food
  • toothpaste
  • baby food
  • pet food
  • chewing gum
  • pharmaceutical and consumer health care
  • pregnancy test
Brands
Number of employees
1,900 (2020)[2]
ParentUnilever
SubsidiariesBrooke Bond Ceylon (Pvt) Limited
Ceytea (Pvt) Limited
Lever Brothers (Exports and Marketing) (Pvt) Limited
Maddema Trading Company (Pvt) Limited
Unilever Sri Lanka Limited
Unilever Lipton Ceylon Limited[3]
Websiteunilever.com.lk

Awards

Unilever Sri Lanka's largest factory facility, in Horana, is ISO 9001-certified. It manufactures up to 200 products, covering fourteen brands.[8] In 2015, the company won the SLIM Brand Excellence award.[9] Unilever Sri Lanka has developed a plastic-free, environmentally friendly packaging system. It was awarded the first eco-friendly baby product SLS certification in 2020.[10]

Unilever Sri Lanka brands
Unilever Sri Lanka-manufactured brands[11]
Brand name Product type Sales (US$)
Signal Oral hygiene
Dove Skin care, hair care
Lux Women's soap, shower gel
Pond's Beauty products
Rexona Antiperspirant deodorant
Axe Deodorant, shower gel, body spray
Lifebuoy Soap
Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo
Fair& Lovely Skin-lightening cosmetic
Pears Baby soap, face wash
Sunsilk Hair care
Sunlight Dishwashing detergent
Lipton Tea, iced tea 320,000,000 (2012)[12]
Knorr Food
Close-Up Toothpaste
Astra Margarine
Rin Laundry detergent

See also

References
  1. "Carl Cruz takes over as Chairman of Unilever Sri Lanka". EconomyNext. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. "Our Company". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. Unilever, 10 February 2021 (23 February 2021). "Annual report and accounts 2020" (PDF). Unilever.
  4. "Contact form". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. "Sri Lanka's most valuable and strongest brands" (PDF). Brand Finance. April 2018.
  6. subra. "MOST RESPECTED 2019". LMD. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. "Unilever Sri Lanka ranked 'No.1 Employer' for 9th consecutive year | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. "Unilever's Horana facility receives ISO 9001". Daily News. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. "Unilever triumphs at SLIM Brand Excellence awards". Daily News. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. "Unilever Sri Lanka introduces plastic free packaging". Daily News. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. "USL owns 12 of Sri Lanka's Top 100 Brands". Unilever Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. "Annual report Sri Lanka tea" (PDF). Parliament of Sri Lanka.


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