Unilever completes sale of Alsa

Published: 2 October 2019

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London/Rotterdam - Unilever announced today that, further to the announcement made on 9th February 2018, it has completed the sale of Alsa.

See more in the press release on the sale of Alsa.

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Unilever completes sale of Alsa