Hindustan Unilever
| Hindustan Unilever Limited
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | INE030A01027 |
| founding | 1933 |
| Seat |
Mumbai , India
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| Number of employees | 16,000 (2014) |
| sales | 314.24 billion INR (2014/15) 4.7 billion euros |
| Branch | Consumer goods |
| Website | www.hul.co.in |
Hindustan Unilever Limited , formerly Hindustan Lever Limited (also known as HLL ) is an Indian consumer goods company with headquarters in Mumbai . The company is listed in the BSE Sensex share index.
The company is India's largest consumer goods manufacturer and employs around 16,000 people (as of 2014). The company is 67.25 percent owned by the British-Dutch group Unilever .
As a consumer goods manufacturer, HUL is the market leader in India in trading tea, soaps, detergents and other household products.
The company was founded in 1933 under the company name Lever Brothers India Limited .
Shakti project in rural India
Together with the governments of various Indian states , Hindustan Unilever launched the Shakti (in German: Kraft) project. The aim of this public-private partnership is to allow the poor rural population of India to participate directly in economic life and thus to sustainably raise the standard of living in rural regions.
The Shakti project is one of the many examples of successful cooperation between business , governments and non-governmental organizations as part of the Base of the Pyramid approach.
share
The company is listed in India's most important stock exchange index , the SENSEX 30 of the Bombay Stock Exchange .
Brands
The brands that HUL sells include several Indian brands as well as many brands offered in Europe, such as AX , Dove, Knorr , Lipton , Magnum and Rexona.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About. In: Hindustan Unilever Limited. From HUL.co.in, accessed January 30, 2019.
- ↑ Annual Report 2014–15. On HUL.co.in ( PDF ; 3.8 MB, English), accessed January 30, 2019.
- ↑ converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2015.
- ↑ Shakti means 'Strength'. 2004. In: HUL Shakti - Changing lives in rural India. From HLLshakti.com, accessed January 30, 2019.
- ↑ Our brands. In: Hindustan Unilever Limited. From HUL.co.in, accessed January 30, 2019.