LONDON—Unilever is expanding its production facilities in Indonesia to help drive sustainable growth for the company in the fast-growing developing and emerging markets, including Indonesia, and other parts of Asia and Africa. The company invested about €90 million to build a new, state-of-the-art personal care factory and to expand its existing personal care factory.
Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Unilever’s chief supply chain officer said: “Unilever, as the emerging markets consumer goods company, has set itself an ambitious goal—to double the size of our business while reducing our environmental impact. These new facilities will help us to continue to grow in Indonesia, an important market in which we have strong category positions across our portfolio, as we do across South East Asia.
“These markets contribute significantly to the 54 percent Unilever currently generates from emerging markets, a figure we expect to rise substantially over the next 10 years. We are excited by the enormous possibilities these markets offer and more investments will undoubtedly follow."
The new facilities were officially unveiled at an opening ceremony by Bapak Hatta Rajasa, coordinating minister for economic affairs, in front of several distinguished guests and the Unilever Board.
This investment is part of a €550 million, three-year investment program in Indonesia to enable Unilever to leverage its leading position in developing and emerging markets by enabling sustainable and profitable growth.
Maurits Lalisang, chairman, Unilever Indonesia, added: “With almost 80 years of Unilever history in Indonesia, we have demonstrated long-term commitment to its growth and prosperity so far. Our continuing and significant investment in Indonesia shows that we are equally committed to Indonesia’s future growth, economic and environmental development."
