George Borg Ltd have just celebrated the 100th anniversary of their partnership with Unilever in Malta. The event was marked with a symbolic presentation at Unilever's Operational Headquarters in London attended by George Borg and Michael Borg, Managing Director and Sales Manager at George Borg Ltd respectively. David Leach, Unilever's Export Director, received the commemorative memento.
"We have been the importers of the iconic Unilever personal and homecare brands in Malta for the past one hundred years, and we look forward with enthusiasm to strengthen this collaboration. We thank Unilever, in particularly the Unilever International Team and all its staff members who have worked with us over the years, for the support and trust that they have always shown in our business", said Mr. George Borg during the presentation.
"We are extremely proud to represent iconic Unilever brands such as Dove, Persil, Simple, Comfort, TRESemme', CIF, Impulse, Radox and so many others, which one practically finds in every Maltese household", he added.
On his part, Mr. David Leach spoke of the strong relationship that exists between the two companies and how this has helped to reinforce the presence of Unilever's brands in Malta. "Our association with George Borg Limited has taken us through some very significant milestones over these years, and we are glad to have trusted our quality brands to a company which has made considerable investments to nurture and grow them within the Maltese market", he added
George Borg Limited is now managed by the third and fourth generation family members of the late George Borg who started representing Unilever in 1915, and is now managed by his grandchildren Messrs. John and George Borg in their role as Directors.
Both company representatives concluded that the company will keep on investing to maintain this partnership and "together we look forward to taking on more challenges and opportunities in the next one hundred years", they added.