Unilever
Superior science, stronger growth: the R&D shaping Unilever’s haircare brands
05 Oct 2026
Consumers are seeking haircare products inspired by skincare science. With decades of R&D expertise, Unilever brands are delivering on this growing demand.
How climate action is shaping Unilever’s growth, products and production
28 Sep 2026
As leaders gather for Climate Week NYC 2026, Unilever’s Global Head of Sustainability Rianne Buter shares how climate action is intrinsic to our business.
Wonder Wash’s Europe success creates blueprint for other key markets
28 Sep 2026
Unilever’s short-cycle laundry innovation played an important role in the turnaround of our Europe business. We’re now rolling out to other markets.
Unilever joins consortium to accelerate innovation of paper-based flexible packaging
28 Sep 2026
Pablo Costa, Unilever’s Global Head of Packaging, explains how members of the PaperFlex Consortium will develop alternatives to flexible plastic packaging.
How Unilever made House of Fresh™ creator-led and culturally unmissable
28 Sep 2026
How our House of Fresh™ at the FIFA World Cup 2026™ became the largest in-person influencer event in Unilever’s history and helped our brands reach billions.
Unilever Home Care transformation reshapes business and accelerates growth
27 Aug 2026
Home Care’s first half-performance is proof that Unilever’s strategy can work at scale. Read how it’s translating into higher-quality growth.
Unilever and Galaxy Surfactants deepen partnership to accelerate innovation and growth
24 Aug 2026
Unilever and Galaxy Surfactants sign a Partnership Growth Charter to accelerate innovation and growth. Find out more about the partnership.
Building resilience, driving growth: inside Unilever’s AI-powered supply chain
13 Aug 2026
Vicky Cuthbert, Chief Product Supply Chain Officer for Personal Care, explains how we ensure our brands are available wherever and whenever consumers want them.
Elfried Samba joins Unilever at the FIFA World Cup 2026™
04 Aug 2026
Elfried Samba, one of social media’s most influential voices on creators and community, goes behind the scenes of Unilever’s biggest-ever sports partnership.
Gen Z demand for authentic cuisine drives growth for UFS
03 Aug 2026
Unilever Food Solutions is growing the business by creating products that are rooted in market insights and a deep understanding of what professional chefs need
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
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?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
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
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
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.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
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.
