26 02, 2019

Unilever (Nl/UK) acquires …Betty Ice… from Romania.

69dakp 2019-02-26T10:01:18+00:00 February 26th, 2019|Investment Project News|

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Unilever House, London HQ Unilever, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The British-Dutch consumer good company, Unilever, manufactures food and beverages, cleaning agents and beauty products (employees: 169000; turn-over 2017: 62 billion $). Unilever owns 400 brands such as Axe/ Lynx, Dove,Omo, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Magnum, Rexona, Sunsilk and Surf. The company acquires the largest local ice cream manufacturer of Romania, Betty Ice. This company has been created in 1994, has a turn-over of 30 million euro, 760 employees and a manufacturing site in Suceava (Romania).

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Source: adhugger.net November 1th 2018

Author: Romanita Oprea

Language: english

Google search terms: Unilever; Betty Ice

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