Toothpaste Factory Perches in Dukem

Mar 30 , 2019

Unilever inaugurated its fourth factory in Ethiopia on March 28, 2019, at the eastern industrial zone in Dukem to manufacture Signal brand toothpaste. Lifebuoy soap, Sunlight detergent and Knorr Bouillon cubes are branded products manufactured by Unilever’s factories. The factory is the first of its kind in Ethiopia and only the third in Africa. “The toothpaste factory is a nine-month project, and the machines came from Sweden and China,” said Tim Kleinebenne, managing director of Unilever Ethiopia. Unilever has 13 million euros worth of investments in Ethiopia and employees 1,500 direct and indirect employees with only ten of them as non-nationals. Alongside Tim Kleinebenne, the inauguration ceremony was attended by Lia Tadesse (MD), state minister of Health; Hana Arayasillase, deputy commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission; Bruno Witvoet, Unilever Africa president; and Gizachew Mijena, deputy mayor of Dukem’s administration.