Unilever Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Oct 2018
by Sophie Jonsson
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Created bySophie Olivera
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ESTABLISHED
UNILEVER N.V.
1927Merged with
Lever Brothers LTD.
UNILEVER PLC
1930Acquired Batchelor's
Manufacturing Company
Canned Foods
Freeze-Dried Vegetables
1943SUNSILK
Launched
1950DOVE
Launched
1950P&G TIPS
Launghed
1950GOOD HUMOR
Acquired
Ice CreamLipton Tea bags
Acquired
1970ZWANBERGS MEAT
Business
Acquired
1970FRIGO ICE CREAM
Acquired
1970NATIONAL STARCH
Acquired
1970Acquired
Chesebrough-Pond's
Oil Business (Vaseline)
1986Lipton Ice
Launched
1992
(Netherlands)Breyers Ice Cream
Acquired
1993Organic Shampoo
Launched
1993
(Thailand)BEST FOODS
Acquired
2000BEN AND JERRY's
Aquired
2000AMORA MALLIE
Acquired
20000SLIM FAST
Acquired
20000Cressida Brands
A Family owned
Business in
Central America
(household items)
Acquired for 314M (USD)
2000DEXTRO Brand
Entered
Sports Drinks Industry
2001SOLD
Dutch Refinery
to Golden Hope
2002SOLD
Ambrosia to
Premier Foods
2003SOLD
Brown & Polson to
Premier Foods
2003SOLD
Subsidiary
(Edible oils &
White fats)
to Associated
British
FoodsKNORR VIE
Entered
Nectars C.
2005SOLD
Frozen Foods
Business
(majority)
to Premira FundsGrouping
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