Movit
Movit Products Ltd is a Ugandan personal care company based in Kampala, manufacturing personal care products. Its brands include Movit, Radiant, Baby Junior, Skin Guard, Pine and NAN. The company was founded in 1997, by Simpson Birungi as a makeshift workshop in Namasuba, Wakiso District. In 1999 the first Movit product, Herbal Baby Jelly, was put on the market.[4] Over the years, Movit, the company’s flagship name, has grown into one of Uganda’s top cosmetics brands with distribution links in both East Africa and the COMESA regions.[5] Other known products from Movit include the Body Milk Lotion, Junior Petroleum Jelly, Movit No base Relaxer and many more.
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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Personal care |
| Founded | 1997[1] |
| Headquarters | Kampala, Uganda |
Key people | Simpson Birungi(CEO and Chairman of the management board),[2] small>[3] |
| Products | Cosmetics |
| Revenue | $15 million(2014)[4] |
Number of employees | 2,000 (end 2014) |
| Website | movit.co.ug |
References
- "Movit Products Wins Another Award". Showbiz Uganda.
- "The manufacturing industry has expressed concern over the high excise duty levied on their businesses which has increased the cost of doing business". Saturday Vision.
- "Rwanda: Movit Looks to Strengthen Presence in the Region". The New Times.
- "Movit: From shs1 million to a multi-billion giant". Daily Monitor.
- "Cosmetics firm eyes agro-processing". Daily Monitor.
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