UNILEVER, SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg
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Reference card UNILEVER, SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg UNILEVER South Africa Unilever South Africa (Pty Ltd) is one of the largest FMCG companies on the South African market. The Company is over 100 years old, holding brands iin their portfolio like Sunlight, OMO, Lux, Knorr, Vaseline, Shield, Sunsilk, Flora. Unilever South Africa has over 3500 employees based across two offices and five manufacturing locations in South Africa. For more information visit – www.unilever.co.za This state of the art ice cream factory in Africa is situated in the Lords View Industrial Park based in Midrand. The factory is one of 40 Unilever ice cream factories across the globe, and sets new standards in green manufacturing and low cost manufacturing respectively. Servicing brands like Magnum, Cornetto, Gino Ginelli, Paddelpop, Frutarre and Rich ‘n Creamy from within the Unilever portfolio. Reference card Project name Unilever South Pole Brand Unilever - Ola Investor Unilever City of installation Johannesburg Country of installation South Africa Commissioning date May 2014 Country of ACO sales organisation ACO Systems SA Segment Food & Beverage Industry Subsegment Food & Beverage Industry - Dairy Project information Project description The factory would not only produce Ola products such as Ola, Rich ’n Creamy, Cornetto, Gino Ginelli, Paddelpop and Magnum. Customer description A British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries. Unilever owns over 400 brands, but focuses on 14 brands with sales of over 1 billion euros - Axe/Lynx, Dove, Omo, Becel/Flora, Heartbrand ice creams, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Magnum, Rama, Rexona aka Sure\Degree\Rexena\ Shield, Sunsilk and Surf. Unilever is organised into four main divisions - Foods, Refreshment (beverages and ice cream), Home Care, and Personal Care. Key factors of ACO success in this project Flexibility and communicaiton among many partners that were involved in the project including engineering and flooring. Products installed Product name ACO hygienic gully 142 fixed height ACO hygienic ladder grating 168 x 168 mm ACO hygienic box channel 170 x 2 000 mm ACO hygienic box channel 470 x 800 mm ACO hygienic ladder grating 168 x 499 mm.