Saica Group supplied Unilever with a recyclable paper grouping band replacing plastic shrink film on Axe deodorant duopacks. The solution has been on the French market since late 2025.
Unilever is investing EUR 14.7 million (US$16 million) in a new Hellmann's squeeze bottle production line at its Pouso Alegre plant in Brazil. The investment is expected to increase production capacity by double digits to meet rising demand.
Unilever's Lipton Ice Tea is switching to SIG aseptic carton packs using Signature Full Barrier material in the Netherlands, starting May 2022. The switch aims to reduce the product's carbon footprint, with around 20 million packs sold yearly.
Smurfit Kappa Italia developed a 100% corrugated cardboard display solution with Unilever for personal care and health brands, offering reusable, standardized display components and simpler logistics. The article is dated March 8, 2022.
Seri Industrial Group signed an agreement with Unilever to form a jointly owned business, Seri Plastic, which will buy and convert Unilever's Pozzilli plant to recycle plastic waste.
Unilever laid the groundwork for a new China food production base in Taicang, Jiangsu, with a total investment of 100 million euros. The site, scheduled to start operation in early 2022, will initially produce Wall's ice cream with annual capacity of 150,000 metric tons.
Mondi Kalenobel developed a recyclable polypropylene mono-material film replacing a multi-material laminate for Unilever's Knorr dry soup powder in Turkey. The packaging has been introduced to the Turkish market for selected Knorr designs.
Unilever, Arnest Group and the Tula region government signed a trilateral agreement at the St Petersburg forum in June 2019 to set up export-oriented contract manufacturing of cosmetic and household products in Novomoskovsk, to be run by Aerosol Novomoskovsk within three years.
Amcor is reinstalling a food packaging production line in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, relocated from Goiania, to supply Unilever mayonnaise, ketchup and soup lines. Operations are expected to start in July 2019 with an estimated 70 to 100 direct and indirect jobs.
SABIC, with customers Unilever, Vinventions and Walki Group, announced the launch of ISCC certified circular polymers to be produced at SABIC's Geleen site in the Netherlands from TACOIL feedstock supplied by Plastic Energy. The products will be introduced to market in 2019.
Unilever is investing R$127 million to expand its Pouso Alegre factory in Brazil, transferring Hellmann's and Arisco product lines from Goiás, with 200 direct and 150 indirect jobs and operations starting in 2019.
Constellium agreed to supply Czech aerosol maker Moravia Cans, which packages Unilever's Dove antiperspirants, with aluminium alloy from its Neuf-Brisach site in France.
Constellium supplies Czech aerosol can maker Moravia Cans with its Aeral aluminium solution for producing Unilever's Dove antiperspirant aerosols, using drawn and wall ironing technology.
Unilever and Veolia agreed to collaborate on processes and technologies for a circular economy on plastics waste, including used packaging collection, supporting Unilever's target of 25% recycled plastic content by 2025.
Dongwon Systems completed a $10 million expansion of its Bac Ninh factory in Vietnam, adding about 4,500 pyeong of space to produce flexible packaging and PET for customers including Unilever, P&G and PepsiCo.