INDIA | Unilever and Galaxy Surfactants announced the signing of a Partnership Growth Charter.
The Charter marks a milestone in a 45-year partnership and begins a new phase of co-invested, technology-led collaboration to deliver innovation, resilience, competitiveness, and growth.
The Charter outlined these priorities:
- Innovation and product superiority: accelerating new chemistries that can deliver differentiated product performance and superior consumer experience.
- Future supply resilience and growth capacity: exploring bio-based alternatives and lower-carbon technologies, investing in strategic capacity and long-term planning to strengthen resilience and support future growth.
- Competitiveness through value-chain innovation: sustaining market-competitive costs through closer collaboration and value-chain innovation.
K. Natarajan, Managing Director, Galaxy Surfactants Ltd., said that as markets, technologies and consumer expectations continue to evolve, enduring partnerships become even more important in driving meaningful progress.
“At Galaxy, our philosophy of 'Chemistry Creates Care' has always guided our approach to innovation and collaboration. This Charter reinforces our commitment to combining scientific expertise to create long-term value for the home and personal care industries.”
Examples of co-created innovation and growth include:
- Galaxy’s surfactant science has been critical in the performance-enhancing reformulations of Dove’s body wash.
- While reformulating Lifebuoy soap bars, Galaxy’s high-foaming surfactants helped balance sustainability goals with consumer expectations on cleansing and lather.
- Galaxy's powder surfactant capabilities helped enable innovative powder-to-liquid handwash formats, reducing transportation and packaging footprint while offering a convenient at-home dilution experience for consumers.
Shailendra Sadera, Chief Procurement Officer, Unilever, added that the ambition was to set the benchmark for how partnerships can accelerate innovation, strengthen resilience and create capacity for sustainable growth.
Together, Galaxy and Unilever will develop the next generation of technologies that improve product performance, support sustainability ambitions and deliver superior consumer experiences.
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