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Lever Brothers Company
A pioneering soap maker helped turn everyday household cleaning into a modern branded business. This company grew from a British family venture into a major international force and later became part of Unilever.
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Founded in the 1880s by brothers William Hesketh Lever and James Darcy Lever, Lever Brothers built its reputation on soap products such as Sunlight and on new ways of marketing branded household goods. The company expanded quickly in Britain and abroad, including into the United States in the 1890s.
Lever Brothers is also closely tied to the model village of Port Sunlight, created for workers near its English soap works. That mix of industrial ambition, advertising skill, and social planning made the company an important part of consumer-goods history.
In 1930, Lever Brothers merged with Margarine Unie to form Unilever. Even after the merger, the Lever Brothers name continued to be used for years in some markets, especially in the United States.