Unilever $270 million global innovation center

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Unilever announced plans for a $270 million global innovation center in New Haven, Connecticut, serving as the research and development hub for its personal care, beauty, and wellbeing brands. The facility will replace Unilever's existing R&D site in Trumbull and is expected to open by spring 2029. The center will support approximately 300 people and includes a footprint of roughly 100,000 square feet across two floors. It will consolidate disciplines such as consumer insights, packaging design, fragrance creation, and product formulation, with planned facilities including a global center for skin care and cleansing, a polycultural skin and hair care center of excellence, a human performance lab, a fragrance house, and a packaging innovation studio. AI tools and quantum computing technologies are expected to aid research and development.