Universal Corporation

Universal Corporation processes and supplies leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients worldwide. The company operates through two segments Tobacco Operations; and Ingredients Operations. It is involved in the procuring financing processing packing storing and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company contracts purchases processes and sells flue-cured burley and oriental tobaccos that are primarily used in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos principally used in the manufacture of cigars natural wrapped cigars and cigarillos smokeless and pipe tobacco products. It also provides value-added services including blending chemical and physical testing of tobacco; service cutting for various manufacturers; manufacturing reconstituted leaf tobacco; just-in-time inventory management services; electronic nicotine delivery systems; and smoke testing services for customers. In addition the company offers testing services for crop protection agents and tobacco constituents in seed leaf and finished products including e-cigarette liquids and vapors; and analytical services that include chemical compound testing in finished tobacco products and mainstream smoke. Further it provides a various value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty vegetable and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food markets; and recycles waste materials from tobacco production. Universal Corporation was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond Virginia.