Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Universal Corporation operates in more than 30 countries spanning five continents. We are the leading global supplier of leaf tobacco and also have other agro‐related businesses that fit with our core competencies.
Through various global subsidiaries and unconsolidated entities, we purchase, process and sell a variety of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured and oriental tobaccos. Universal Leaf provides agronomy support, research and financing to tobacco farmers but does not manufacture consumer tobacco products.
Universal Ingredients sources and processes vegetable, fruit, herb and spice ingredients for food, including pet food, and beverage end markets. This platform is focused on the plant-based processing segment of the agricultural value chain, where we believe we possess significant operational and commercial expertise.
Universal is committed to maintaining a low-risk profile, one attractive to investors interested in long-term return, including, an uninterrupted 50-year record of increasing dividend payouts. Our record of conservative financial management is clear, and, facing a future characterized by global economic and political uncertainty, we remain committed to managing the company with a focus on strong financial performance.
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Integrity, ethics, transparency—just words really. That is, until a company commits to making them integral to its business conduct. At Universal, that commitment permeates our operations at every level, every day. From risk mitigation to scrupulous attention to laws and regulations, compliance is embedded in our DNA and visible in our risk mitigation efforts, ethical decision-making processes and corporate governance policies. Because, Universal’s management fervently believes that doing the right thing the right way is the only way to do business. It’s just what leaders do.
