Manufacturer Unilever has this week announced the completion of a £150m investment in its Port Sunlight site, home to brands including Persil, Comfort, Cif, Tresemmé and Lynx, underlining the strategic importance of the historic site to the company’s UK and European operations.
The investment includes high-tech manufacturing upgrades in the site’s Home Care factory, which makes the Persil, Surf and Comfort laundry brands, and a new advanced automated distribution centre, directly connected to Port Sunlight’s three factories.
Together, the investments will “support the next generation of Persil laundry capsules and strengthen Unilever’s UK supply chain, from manufacturing through to delivery to retail customers,” Unilever said.
Marc Woodward, head of Unilever UK, said: “This is a landmark moment for Port Sunlight. The completion of investments in Home Care manufacturing and the opening of a new flagship distribution centre will support the growth of our business and reinforce Port Sunlight’s role as a strategic hub for our UK and European operations.”
New investment in Port Sunlight’s laundry capsule factory will increase production three‑fold, while enabling the manufacture of smaller, more complex capsule formats. This supports the launch of Persil’s new advanced four-chamber capsules which feature new powerful cleaning technologies, developed in Port Sunlight.
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