Unilever
New Dirt Is Good laundry capsule technology to drive premiumisation
05 Jun 2026
Dirt Is Good is relaunching its full detergent capsule range with new 4-chamber technology targeting stain removal, fragrance and cold wash performance.
New India fragrance hub to enhance Unilever’s global capabilities
02 Jun 2026
Unilever is opening a new fragrance hub in India, combining science, AI and consumer insight to create commercially superior products at global scale.
Unilever unveils plans for $270 million US-based global innovation centre
29 May 2026
Unilever’s new US-based global innovation centre will accelerate scientific discovery and development for its beauty, wellbeing and personal care Power Brands.
Unilever Investing $270m in Global Innovation Centre in New Haven, Connecticut
29 May 2026
Unilever Investing $270m in Global Innovation Centre in New Haven, Connecticut
Category-shaping innovations drive strong Q1 performance in Home Care
27 May 2026
Unilever Home Care delivers its strongest Q1 performance with 6.3% underlying sales growth, driven by emerging markets and power brand innovation.
Unilever launches largest sports partnership activation for FIFA World Cup 2026™
27 May 2026
Unilever launches its largest sports partnership activation for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, powered by creators
How AI is making Unilever Foods unmissable online and in-store
15 May 2026
How Unilever Foods combines AI, science and human creativity to accelerate innovation, spot emerging food trends and create culturally relevant brands.
How Unilever’s d-commerce model is driving growth
15 May 2026
Discover how Unilever’s d-commerce strategy uses data, automation and personalisation to meet evolving consumer needs and reshape the future of retail shopping.
How Dove turned Reddit’s unfiltered honesty into unmissable marketing
12 May 2026
Dove handed Redditors its new hair mask and shared the first 50 unedited reviews. Emily Barfoot, Head of Dove US for Beauty & Wellbeing, tells us more
Strong volume growth; full year outlook reconfirmed
30 Apr 2026
Unilever announces its first quarter results for 2026. View the details.
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You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
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First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
