Unilever's Global Expansion and Diversification (1890-2000)

1. Sunlight Soap launches Lever’s export-driven model

   Jan 1, 1886Labels: Sunlight Soap, Lever Brothers, Warrington

   • Unilever Archives
   • Britannica

2. Port Sunlight factory and village begin expansion

   Jan 1, 1888Labels: Port Sunlight, Lever Brothers, Liverpool

   • Unilever Archives
   • Port Sunlight

3. Lever Brothers opens Sydney office for overseas trade

   Jan 1, 1889Labels: Lever Brothers, Sydney, Australia

   • ANU Archives

4. Persil rights acquired, later folded into Lever Brothers

   Jan 1, 1919Labels: Persil, Joseph Crosfield, Lever Brothers

   • Unilever Archives

5. Margarine Unie forms to consolidate European fats business

   Jan 1, 1927Labels: Margarine Unie, Dutch margarine, edible fats

   • Britannica
   • Margarine Unie

6. Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie agree on Unilever

   Mar 3, 1929Labels: Unilever, Margarine Unie, Lever Brothers

   • Britannica
   • UAC

7. Unilever is formally created as an Anglo-Dutch merger

   Jan 1, 1930Labels: Unilever, Anglo-Dutch merger, Margarine Unie

   • Britannica
   • Unilever

8. Unilever-backed United Africa Company strengthens West Africa trade

   Jan 1, 1932Labels: United Africa, Unilever, West Africa

   • UAC
   • A ETC

9. Unilever introduces Surf detergent, expanding home care

   Jan 1, 1952Labels: Surf, Lever Brothers, United Kingdom

   • Surf detergent
   • Unilever Archives

10. Unilever establishes and consolidates India subsidiaries

    Oct 8, 1956Labels: Hindustan Lever, India, Lever Brothers

    • Capital Market
    • Indian Kanoon

11. Unilever acquires Brooke Bond Liebig to grow tea business

    Jan 1, 1984Labels: Brooke Bond, Unilever, tea

    • Brooke Bond

12. Unilever completes Chesebrough-Pond’s acquisition for personal care

    Feb 10, 1987Labels: Chesebrough Pond's, Unilever, Vaseline

    • UPI Archives

13. Helene Curtis deal strengthens Unilever in U.S. hair care

    Feb 14, 1996Labels: Helene Curtis, Unilever, U S

    • LA Times

14. Unilever buys Ben & Jerry’s, adding premium ice cream

    Apr 12, 2000Labels: Ben &, Unilever, ice cream

    • CNN Money

15. Unilever closes Bestfoods acquisition, reshaping foods portfolio

    Oct 4, 2000Labels: Bestfoods, Unilever, Hellmann's

    • FoodNavigator