Unilever Considers GCC in Hyderabad, Cites City’s Growing Global Appeal

FMCG major Unilever is exploring the possibility of establishing a global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad, as per reports.

The development follows a meeting between Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy and Willem Uijen, chief supply chain and operations officer at Unilever, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. 

During the discussions, the CM highlighted Hyderabad’s rapid emergence as a major global hub for GCCs, driven by strong digital infrastructure, deep talent pools, and a supportive policy environment.

According to an official statement from the CM’s Office, Unilever expressed interest in evaluating Hyderabad as a potential location for its GCC operations. The Telangana delegation also encouraged the global FMCG company to look beyond capability centres and assess opportunities for setting up manufacturing units within the state’s industrial parks, leveraging Telangana’s expanding industrial ecosystem.

The high-level delegation accompanying the CM included IT and industries minister D Sridhar Babu and revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who reiterated the state’s commitment to supporting global companies across both technology-led and manufacturing investments.

Meanwhile, Hyderabad has added another milestone to its growing global innovation footprint with the launch of the world’s largest beauty tech global capability centre (GCC) by L’Oréal. The centre will house over 2,000 beauty tech engineers, marking a major expansion of the city’s role in advanced digital and AI-led innovation.