Consumer products-maker Unilever said it has opened a support centre in Bangalore to provide information technology and operational services for its global operations. The 220,000 sq ft centre in the outskirts of Bangalore, which currently houses 1400 staff, will be its largest operational support centre.
Unilever, which operates in India as Hindustan Unilever Ltd that sells popular brands such as Lipton, Sunsilk and Lux said the new centre will provide services such as IT innovation, information management services and support finance department to both Unilever as well as its Indian arm Hindustan Unilever. Unilever owns 52% stake in BSE-listed HUL, which also makes Kwality Wall's ice creams and Close Up toothpaste.
Unilever CEO Paul Polman said the Bangalore centre will leverage the information technology ecosystem in India. The company said it plans to further scale up the capacity of its Bangalore centre.
The IT innovation activities from the center include building and supporting global SAP platforms for both companies, he said. Some of Unilever's existing IT services vendors such as Infosys and Accenturewill continue to support the company and will have their staff based at the new centre.
Unilever had recently shut four of its plants and cut close to 800 jobs in the UK.
Last month, the Anglo-Dutch company had reported its third quarter revenues 13.4 billion, aided by strong sales from developing markets. Emerging markets, which includes India, China, Indonesia etc, contributes about 55% of Unilever's revenues at present.
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