Unilever Toggle WHO WE ARE INNOVATION Innovation in Unilever Working in Unilever R&D Safety and Environmental Science Open Innovation Our products and ingredients Our R&D locations Bangalore, India Colworth, UK Port Sunlight, UK Shanghai, China Trumbull, North America Vlaardingen, The Netherlands SUPPLIER CENTRE OUR POSITION ON... INSPIRING ACTION AROUND THE WORLD Home About Innovation Our R&D locations Our R&D locations More than 6,000 scientists, engineers, chefs and technicians work in Unilever's R&D centres around the globe - inventing new products and improving existing products to delight consumers everywhere. Bangalore, India The Bangalore R&D centre contributes to brands including Lifebuoy, Ponds, Fair and Lovely, Omo, Lipton and Knorr. Unilever's work on water purification is also driven out of this laboratory. BANGALORE, INDIA Colworth, UK The Colworth lab is part of an innovation eco-system where Unilever R&D, entrepreneurs and academics can network and collaborate. It is also the home of Refreshment R&D and work on Safety Assurance. COLWORTH, UK Port Sunlight, UK Port Sunlight is one of Unilever’s largest centres for research and development, creating new and improved products for global markets. The work contributes to brands such as Dove, Omo, Rexona and Sunsilk. PORT SUNLIGHT, UK Shanghai, China Our cutting edge Shanghai research centre focuses on global research and development for brands including Amora, Clear, Domestos, Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Magnum, OMO, Pond’s and Rexona. SHANGHAI, CHINA Trumbull, North America Trumbull R&D centre supports over a dozen brands across Unilever’s Skin, Hair and Deodorants categories including Pond’s, Lux, Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Fair & Lovely, Lifebuoy, Degree, Sunsilk, Caress and TIGI. TRUMBULL, NORTH AMERICA Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Vlaardingen is the global development centre for our spreads and dressings brands, and the regional centre for laundry, skincare, hair care and machine dishwash products. VLAARDINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS OUR R&D CENTRES LOCATED AROUND THE WORLD HELP US TO RESPOND FAST TO CHANGING NEEDS, TASTES AND TRENDS. This is Unilever's global company website © Unilever 2017 What's in our products? Contact us Legal UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement Accessibility Cookie policy Privacy policy RSS