Hindustan Unilever Company Description
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HLL), a 52%-owned subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever, has been working its way into India since 1888. India's largest consumer goods company, HLL markets products such as beverages, food, and home and personal care goods. Its brands include Kwality Wall's ice cream, Lifebuoy soap, Lipton tea, Pepsodent toothpaste, and Surf laundry detergent. HLL markets atta (a type of meal), maize, rice, and salt, and its export division ships castor oil and fish. The company also sells bottled water and over-the-counter healthcare products. Douglas Baillie, former president of Unilever's Africa Business Group, became the firm's first expatriate leader in March 2006.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Hindustan Unilever's organization from inception to current status.
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