Unilever expands production in Indonesia

Published: 5-Oct-2011

Personal care to benefit from €90m investment


Unilever is to expand production facilities in Indonesia with a €90m investment in a move to help drive sustainable growth for the company in this fast growing region.

The company will build a new, state-of-the-art personal care factory and will expand existing personal care and ice cream factories to increase its capacity for growth and service increasing demand in Indonesia and in other parts of Asia and Africa.

Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Unilever’s chief supply chain officer commented: “Unilever, as the emerging markets consumer goods company, has set itself an ambitious goal – to double the size of our business whilst reducing our environmental impact. These new facilities will help us to continue to grow in Indonesia, an important market in which we have strong category positions across our portfolio, as we do across southeast Asia.

“These markets contribute significantly to the 54% that Unilever currently generates from emerging markets, a figure we expect to rise substantially over the next ten years. We are excited by the enormous possibilities these markets offer and more investments will undoubtedly follow.”

This investment is part of a €550m, three-year investment programme in Indonesia.

“With almost 80 years of Unilever history in Indonesia, we have demonstrated long-term commitment to its growth and prosperity so far,” said Unilever Indonesia chairman Maurits Lalisang. “Our continuing and significant investment in Indonesia shows that we are equally committed to Indonesia’s future growth, economic and environmental development.”

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