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Current operations Universal buys and sells flue-cured and burley tobacco, tea, sunflower seeds, and other agricultural products. It also holds a 49% interest in Socotab, LLC, a large dealer in oriental leaf tobaccos. The company does not manufacture cigarettes or other consumer tobacco products, although its largest customer is Altria Group (owner of the Philip Morris tobacco companies). Universal owns 100% of Deli Universal, a Netherlands-based company supplier of building materials. In its fiscal year ending 31 March 2005 , Universal acquired Bergenco, a garden timber and products manufacturer and distributor. The acquisition also included DiManches, Bergenco's largest distributor in France. Universal Common Stock is part of the S&P 400 MidCap Index . Early history After the 1911 breakup of the American Tobacco Company trust, Jacquelin (sic) P. Taylor incorporated Universal out of six formerly independent leaf merchants. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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