Center, designed in accordance to the highest international standards in the field of Unilever Research and Development, will provide jobs for the top 20 Russian specialists whose skills and knowledge have become key to the success of ice cream “INMARKO” and unique experience will create new items based on the desires and it needs Russian buyers. We recall that each year around the world the company is spending on research and development of more than 1 billion euros.
“Today, every fifth ruble spent Russians on ice cream accounts for the products’ INMARKO.” Buyers appreciate our products for their excellent quality and natural recipe. This center will allow us to significantly expand the range of products, and in the future to carry out of the heart of Russia on the world innovation in the field of ice cream, “- says Ozgur Kolyukfaki, the head of the business of ice cream and food products in Unilever Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Vladimir Gruzdev, governor of the Tula region, who took part in the official opening ceremony, said: “We are proud of the long-term strategic partnership with Unilever in the Tula region. It is important that the company not only cares about their own economic well-being, but also on the quality of products that meet the highest international standards. ”
Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fedorov, who attended the event, said: “I want to be happy for the governor, because any governor of such a large state like Russia, is interested in the fact that there were advanced, innovative research centers in order to make the region and the whole of our country were more competitive, more promising. And to jobs, the tax base, the added value created in the ready to cooperate, ready to partner with companies such as Unilever».
