UNIVERSAL CORP/VA (UVV)

Company Profile

Universal Corp. is a business-to-business agriculture products supplier to consumer product manufacturers that sources and processes leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and currently employs 28,000 full-time employees. The firm is a business-to-business Agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, operating in over 30 countries. Through its plant-based ingredients platform, it provides a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food end markets. The company operates through two segments: Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment activities involve contracting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company also provides physical and chemical product testing and smoke testing for tobacco customers. The Ingredients Operations segment provides its customers with a broad variety of plant-based ingredients for both human and pet consumption.

Company Info

UNIVERSAL CORP/VA

Stony Point Ii Building, 9201 Forest Hill Avenue

Richmond VIRGINIA 23235

P: 18043599311

CEO: George C. Freeman

Employees: 28000

Website: http://www.universalcorp.com/