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 27,000 full-time employees. The firm is a global leaf tobacco supplier and provides plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets. The firm 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 throughout the world. Through its Ingredients Operations segment, the Company procures raw materials globally and processes the raw materials through a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts, and flavorings for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, and food and beverage companies. The firm has operations in over 30 countries on five continents.

Company Info

UNIVERSAL CORP/VA

Stony Point Ii Building, 9201 Forest Hill Avenue

Richmond VIRGINIA 23235

P: 18043599311

CEO: George C. Freeman

Employees: 10800

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