More than 5,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities await Filipinos following the inauguration of Unilever Philippines' new Beauty & Well-being and Personal Care (BWPC) factory in the City of General Trias, Cavite, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Friday.

In a keynote speech during the inauguration of Unilever’s BWPC factory, Marcos thanked and congratulated Unilever for establishing its manufacturing plant in the country, which is one of the company’s largest personal care facilities in the world.

“To see this project come to fruition after just several months is not only encouraging, it also inspires me and the rest of the government to work even harder for the Filipino people. So, I congratulate and thank Unilever Philippines for the establishment of this very high-technology and sustainability-driven manufacturing facility for personal care products,” Marcos said.

Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Fred Pascual and Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla joined the President at the plant's inauguration.

Unilever’s new BWPC facility will house the production of its daily beauty and hygiene needs such as shampoo, hair conditioners, deodorants and face creams.

The establishment of the manufacturing plant is among the pledges the country received during Marcos’ attendance to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-European Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium in December last year.

It is an expansion project of Unilever that will use fourth industrial revolution technology, automating and digitizing its local operations to increase the production of its personal care products and meet the growing domestic and export demands.

Unilever operations in the Philippines is the 13th largest amongst its network of operating sites around the world. It has retained over 90 percent of its total manufacturing base in the Philippines and even exports Philippine-made products to multiple countries globally.

Source: PNA