LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Unilever: South Africa
built 267 days ago
Unilever will occupy a recently completed building at ProLogis Harbor Park, a 1.4 million-square-foot (132,000-square-meter) rail-served distribution park located 12 kilometers southwest of downtown Budapest. Unilever is expanding its regional operations, and will use the space to serve its network of retail customers throughout Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia.
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Among the principal achievements of Klijnstra, Orr, and Van den Hoven was the correction of the Anglo-Dutch imbalance within Unilever. The British preeminence within the Special Committee and the Board was anachronistic, and contributed to the fragmentation of Unilever's post-war organization between Britain and the Continent. By securing that Board, and ultimately Special Committee, meetings were held in both Rotterdam and London, Unilever began to become a more balanced Anglo-Dutch enterprise which, in turn, could start to reach out towards other nationalities. During these years ... Unilever's strategic thinking became more focused, with an emphasis on reconfiguring the geographical basis of its business. This was not, as yet, matched by a dear product strategy. The UAC was permitted to seek diversification opportunities beyond West Africa by buying all manner of businesses in Europe.
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The agreement is subject to receiving approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities, employee consultations, and, for Portugal and South Africa, agreement with Unilever's existing partners. The transaction is expected to be effective from the beginning of January 2008.
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