Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based

inMumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever which owns a
67% controlling share in HUL as of March 2015 and is the holding company of HUL.
[2] HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care
products and water purifiers.
HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as
Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers, Hindustan
Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India
and employs over 16,000 workers,[2] whilst also indirectly helping to facilitate the
employment of over 65,000 people.[3] The company was renamed in June 2007 as
"Hindustan Unilever Limited".[4]
Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India
directly and its products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As
per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.

1Brands

2Leadership

3Awards

4Research facilities

5Sustainable living

6Headquarters

7Direct Selling Division

8Controversy

8.1Mercury pollution

8.2Skin lightening creams

8.3Triclosan

9See also

10Notes

11External links

Brands[edit]
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20
consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others
with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of HUL's brands
featured in the ACNielsenBrand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual
Survey (2014), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The Economic Times.
[5]
The "most trusted brands" from HUL in the top 100 list (their rankings in brackets)
are: Lux (6), Surf Excel (7), Clinic Plus (8), Rin (13), Lifebuoy (15), Close up (21),
Pond's (22), Pepsodent (24), Fair & Lovely (29), Dove (30), Sunsilk (34), Vim (48),
Wheel (67), Vaseline (70),Pears (78), Lakme (91).[5]
The latest launches for Hindustan Unilever include: Knorr Chinese Noodles,
Schezwan and Hot & Spicy, Lakme Absolute Sculpt Range, Lakme Lip Love, Magnum
Choco Cappuccino and Axe Gold Temptation.[6]
Its brands include: Food brands:

Annapurna salt and atta

Bru coffee

Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea

Kissan squashes, ketchups, juices and jams

Lipton tea

Knorr soups & meal makers and soupy noodles

Kwality Wall's frozen dessert

Modern Bread, ready to eat chapattis and other bakery items(now sold to
Everstone Capital)

Magnum (ice cream)[7]

Homecare Brands[8]

Active Wheel detergent

Cif Cream Cleaner

Comfort fabric softeners

Domex disinfectant/toilet cleaner

Rin detergents and bleach

Sunlight detergent and colour care

Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash

Vim dishwash

Magic Water Saver[9][10]

Personal Care Brands:[11]

Aviance Beauty Solutions

Axe deodorant and aftershaving lotion and soap

LEVER Ayush Therapy ayurvedic health care and personal care products

Breeze beauty soap

Clear anti-dandruff hair products

Clinic Plus shampoo and oil

Close Up toothpaste

Dove skin cleansing & hair care range: bar, lotions, creams and antiperspirant deodorants

Denim shaving products

Fair & Lovely skin-lightening products

Hamam

Lakm beauty products and salons

Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range

Liril 2000 soap

Lux soap, body wash and deodorant

Pears soap

Pepsodent toothpaste

Pond's talcs and creams

Rexona soap

Sunsilk shampoo

Sure anti-perspirant

Vaseline petroleum jelly, skin care lotions

TRESemm[12]

TIGI

Water Purifier Brand:

Pureit Water Purifier

Leadership[edit]
HUL has produced many business leaders for corporate India, including Harish
Manwani,[13] the non-executive chairman of HUL and the former chief operating
officer of Unilever. He was also a member of Unilever Leadership Executive team
(ULE), which comprises the company's top management and is responsible for
managing Unilever's profit and loss, and delivering growth across its regions,
categories and functions.[14] Sanjiv Mehta was appointed as the Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer of HUL with effect from 10 October 2013. He has also
been appointed as Executive vice-president, South Asia, Unilever and is also the
executive head of the South Asia cluster for Unilever.[15]
Hindustan Unilever Limited earned the highest recognition of Leadership in HR
Excellence across industries at the 5th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
National HR Excellence Awards 2014.[16]
With a ranking of three in the 2014 Global Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
survey, HUL was the highest ranked Indian company to feature on the list.[17]
HUL was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey 2007 with only GE, P&G
and Nokia ranking ahead of HUL in the ability to produce leaders.[18][19][20] A
study conducted by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and Fortune in 2011, ranked the
company number six in the list of 'Top Companies for Leaders 2011 Study Results'.
[21] The company was awarded the CII- Prize for Leadership in HR Excellence at the
2nd CII National HR Conclave 2011 held on October 2011.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based

inMumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever which owns a
67% controlling share in HUL as of March 2015 and is the holding company of HUL.
[2] HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care
products and water purifiers.
HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as
Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers, Hindustan
Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India
and employs over 16,000 workers,[2] whilst also indirectly helping to facilitate the

employment of over 65,000 people.[3] The company was renamed in June 2007 as
"Hindustan Unilever Limited".[4]
Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India
directly and its products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As
per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.
Contents
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1Brands

2Leadership

3Awards

4Research facilities

5Sustainable living

6Headquarters

7Direct Selling Division

8Controversy

8.1Mercury pollution

8.2Skin lightening creams

8.3Triclosan

9See also

10Notes

11External links

Brands[edit]
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20
consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others
with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of HUL's brands
featured in the ACNielsenBrand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual
Survey (2014), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The Economic Times.
[5]
The "most trusted brands" from HUL in the top 100 list (their rankings in brackets)
are: Lux (6), Surf Excel (7), Clinic Plus (8), Rin (13), Lifebuoy (15), Close up (21),

Pond's (22), Pepsodent (24), Fair & Lovely (29), Dove (30), Sunsilk (34), Vim (48),
Wheel (67), Vaseline (70),Pears (78), Lakme (91).[5]
The latest launches for Hindustan Unilever include: Knorr Chinese Noodles,
Schezwan and Hot & Spicy, Lakme Absolute Sculpt Range, Lakme Lip Love, Magnum
Choco Cappuccino and Axe Gold Temptation.[6]
Its brands include: Food brands:

Annapurna salt and atta

Bru coffee

Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea

Kissan squashes, ketchups, juices and jams

Lipton tea

Knorr soups & meal makers and soupy noodles

Kwality Wall's frozen dessert

Modern Bread, ready to eat chapattis and other bakery items(now sold to
Everstone Capital)

Magnum (ice cream)[7]

Homecare Brands[8]

Active Wheel detergent

Cif Cream Cleaner

Comfort fabric softeners

Domex disinfectant/toilet cleaner

Rin detergents and bleach

Sunlight detergent and colour care

Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash

Vim dishwash

Magic Water Saver[9][10]

Personal Care Brands:[11]

Aviance Beauty Solutions

Axe deodorant and aftershaving lotion and soap

LEVER Ayush Therapy ayurvedic health care and personal care products

Breeze beauty soap

Clear anti-dandruff hair products

Clinic Plus shampoo and oil

Close Up toothpaste

Dove skin cleansing & hair care range: bar, lotions, creams and antiperspirant deodorants

Denim shaving products

Fair & Lovely skin-lightening products

Hamam

Lakm beauty products and salons

Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range

Liril 2000 soap

Lux soap, body wash and deodorant

Pears soap

Pepsodent toothpaste

Pond's talcs and creams

Rexona soap

Sunsilk shampoo

Sure anti-perspirant

Vaseline petroleum jelly, skin care lotions

TRESemm[12]

TIGI

Water Purifier Brand:

Pureit Water Purifier

Leadership[edit]

HUL has produced many business leaders for corporate India, including Harish
Manwani,[13] the non-executive chairman of HUL and the former chief operating
officer of Unilever. He was also a member of Unilever Leadership Executive team
(ULE), which comprises the company's top management and is responsible for
managing Unilever's profit and loss, and delivering growth across its regions,
categories and functions.[14] Sanjiv Mehta was appointed as the Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer of HUL with effect from 10 October 2013. He has also
been appointed as Executive vice-president, South Asia, Unilever and is also the
executive head of the South Asia cluster for Unilever.[15]
Hindustan Unilever Limited earned the highest recognition of Leadership in HR
Excellence across industries at the 5th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
National HR Excellence Awards 2014.[16]
With a ranking of three in the 2014 Global Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
survey, HUL was the highest ranked Indian company to feature on the list.[17]
HUL was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey 2007 with only GE, P&G
and Nokia ranking ahead of HUL in the ability to produce leaders.[18][19][20] A
study conducted by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and Fortune in 2011, ranked the
company number six in the list of 'Top Companies for Leaders 2011 Study Results'.
[21] The company was awarded the CII- Prize for Leadership in HR Excellence at the
2nd CII National HR Conclave 2011 held on October 2011.