Press Release Jiutepec, Morelos, July 5, 2011 B.64/11 UNILEVER ...
Press Release Jiutepec, Morelos, July 5, 2011 B.64/11 UNILEVER ...
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<strong>Press</strong> <strong>Release</strong><br />
<strong>Jiutepec</strong>, <strong>Morelos</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 5, <strong>20<strong>11</strong></strong><br />
<strong>B.64</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>UNILEVER</strong> OPENS NEW AEROSOL MANUFACTURING PLANT IN JIUTEPEC,<br />
MORELOS.<br />
� The English-Dutch company announced a startup investment of 60 million euro<br />
and the creation of 1,700 direct and indirect jobs in addition to the company’s 4,300<br />
existing jobs.<br />
� This is Unilever’s fifth plant in Mexico.<br />
President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa opened Unilever’s new aerosol manufacturing facilities<br />
in <strong>Jiutepec</strong>, <strong>Morelos</strong>. With a startup investment of 60 million euro, the company ratified its<br />
commitment to make long-term investments in Mexico.<br />
Unilever’s new plant is its fifth industrial complex in Mexico –it has facilities in <strong>Morelos</strong>, and<br />
in Lerma, Tultitlán and Naucalpan, in Estado de México. In addition, because its operation<br />
processes use renewable energies, cutting-edge technology in machinery and equipment,<br />
as well as maximum-security systems, the company intends to become LEED (Leadership<br />
in Energy & Environmental Design) certified.<br />
The plant will produce 600 million units of aerosol products every year. The company<br />
estimates that by 2012, the new plant’s aerosol production will be exported to the United<br />
States, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia.<br />
Unilever began operations in Mexico over more than 40 years ago and currently has more<br />
than 4,300 employees. Globally, Unilever has business activities in more than 100<br />
countries, with approximately 167 thousand employees.<br />
Its product line includes close to 400 brands ranging over 14 food, home and personal<br />
care product categories. Some of the most renowned brands are Axe®, Rexona®, Dove®,<br />
Sedal®, Pond’s®, Knorr®, AdeS®, Hellmann’s®, Lipton®, Primavera®, Helados<br />
Holanda®, TRESemmé®, Folicuré®, St. Ives®, Maizena®, Iberia® and Alberto VO5®.<br />
In 2010, Unilever announced the “Unilever Sustainable Living Plan” with three goals for<br />
2020: halving the environmental impact of their products; helping more than one billion<br />
people with their health and well-being; and sustainably sourcing 100% of their agricultural<br />
materials.<br />
During the opening ceremony, President Felipe Calderón was joined by Bruno Ferrari,<br />
Minister of Economy; Marco Antonio Adame, Governor of <strong>Morelos</strong>; Paul Polman, CEO of
Unilever; Fabio Prado, CEO of Unilever Mexico and Carlos Guzmán Bofill, CEO of<br />
ProMéxico.<br />
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