McLaren announces new technical partnership with Unilever

McLaren has announced a new, multi-year technical partnership w♍ith Unilever following the brand’s split with Williams.

The partners🐽hip will see McLaren and Unilever work on a number of areas across engineering, digital and talent projects starting in 2020, with branding for Unilever🌌 products set to appear on the team’s Formula 1 car.

Report🍌s emerged earlier this week that Unilever had ended its agreement with Williams after siꦓx seasons, which was most evident on its car through Rexona sponsorship. Unilever was also the sponsor for Williams’s engineering academy.

McLaren announces technical partnership with Unilever

McLar🐲en has announced a new, m🤪ulti-year technical partnership with Unilever following the brand’s split with Williams.

The partnership will see McLaren and Unilever work on a number of💟 areas across engineering, digital and talent projects starting in 2020, with branding for Unilever products set to appear on the team’s Formula 1💯 car.

Reports emerged earlier this week that Unile😼ver had ended its agreement with Williams after six seasons, which was most evident on its car through Rexona sponsorship. Unilever was also the sponsor for Williams’s engineering academy.

Unilever’s arrival at McLaren marks the latest big-name partnership deal for McLaren under the stewardship of C꧟EO Zak Brown, who has also secured deals with ♔Coca-Cola, Dell and British American Tobacco in recent years.

“McLaren and Unilever are two organisations with a global reputation for innovating, inspiring and leading 🐬in the technology industry,” said Brown.

“For more than 50 years, McLaren has been an innovator in engineering and the driving ಞforce behind cutting-edge technological firsts and pioneering br⭕eakthroughs.

“This partnership allows us to share knowledge and expertise between two global organisations, developing in integral areas to both businesses. We are ꦇlooking forwar♑d to starting this partnership in the 2020 season.”

Unilever chief engineer Dave Pe🦂nrith said: “This is a🐻 very exciting partnership for both Unilever and McLaren. Together we will use our combined efforts to solve both current and future challenges with some of the best engineering minds in the world, and also develop the next level of talent within our companies.

“The application of McLaren technology and culture will be an important component as we make our business ever mor♑e agile, sustainable and responsive to custome𒊎rs and consumers.”

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