Tradeshow Look Ahead: Peggy Davies, PLMA – World of Private Label 2026
Gama spoke to Peggy Davies, PLMA President, ahead of the latest edition of PLMA – World of Private Label. What are your overall expectations for the 2026 edition of PLMA – World of Private Label? PLMA’s World of Private Label Trade Show on 19th and 20th May is shaping up to be an exciting and […]
India: Dabur to invest 400 crore INR in new Tamil Nadu plant
Dabur, the Indian consumer goods giant, has announced plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in the state of Tamil Nadu with an investment of 400 crore INR ($48 million). The new plant, to be located in the SIPCOT industrial park in Tindivanam, represents the company’s first manufacturing presence in South India. The facility will […]
India: Hindustan Unilever to invest 20 billion INR in manufacturing expansion
Hindustan Unilever (HUL), the Indian FMCG giant, has announced plans to invest 20 billion INR ($239 million) over the next two years to enhance its manufacturing capabilities. The investment is primarily aimed at expanding production capacity for the company’s home care and personal care categories. HUL, which is the Indian subsidiary of the British multinational […]
UK Unilever sells Colombia, Ecuador Home Care business to Alicorp
Unilever, the global consumer goods giant, has announced an agreement to sell its Home Care business in Colombia and Ecuador to Alicorp, the Peruvian consumer goods company. The transaction includes a portfolio of well-established local laundry and cleaning brands such as Fab, 3D, Aromatel and Deja. The deal aligns with Unilever’s strategy to “sharpen its […]
USA: Clorox acquires Purell maker Gojo Industries
Clorox, the US cleaning and consumer goods manufacturer, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gojo Industries, the maker of Purell hand sanitiser, in a cash transaction valued at $2.25 billion. The deal, which includes anticipated tax benefits that bring the net purchase price to approximately $1.92 billion, is designed to significantly expand Clorox’s […]
Saudi Arabia: Unilever expands Omo production
Unilever, the global consumer goods giant, has expanded its home care manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia with the inauguration of a new production line for its Omo liquid detergent brand at its Jeddah facility. The new state-of-the-art line has been installed at the Binzagr Unilever Limited (BUL) factory and will serve as a key regional […]
UK: Reckitt offloads majority stake in Essential Home business
Reckitt Benckiser, the household care and homecare giant, has announced it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Essential Home business to private equity investor Advent International in a deal worth up to $4.8 billion. The Essential Home portfolio includes air freshener brand Air Wick, water softener brand Calgon, laundry care brand Woolite, and detergent […]
Tradeshow Look Ahead: Jeff Lenard, NACS Show 2025
Gama spoke to Jeff Lenard, Vice President of NACS Media & Strategic Communications, ahead of the latest edition of the NACS Show. What are your expectations for the NACS Show 2025? We always focus on what attendees say they most want at the event. They tell us they like the format of the NACS […]
Netherlands: Suzano, Kimberly-Clark announce joint venture
Suzano, the world’s largest pulp producer, and Kimberly-Clark, the global leader in the consumer staples industry, have announced that the companies are partnering to create a $3.4 billion joint venture to manufacture, market and distribute consumer and professional tissue products worldwide. In a press release, Suzano said it would pay $1.734 billion to Kimberly-Clark for […]
Canada: Kruger opens new tissue plant
Kruger, the Canadian tissue and packaging company, has announced that it has inaugurated a new LDC (light dry crepe) tissue plant facility in Sherbrooke, adjacent to an existing plant for Thru-Air Dried (TAD) products. In a press release, the company said the new facility was part of C$377.5 million ($275.4 million) expansion project that includes the […]