Universal Industries
Cold Room in Johannesburg

The group has production facilities in excess of 45 000 m2 and employs 689 employees. Universal Industries Corporation Ltd (“Universal”), which listed on 29 Nov 2007, is the holding company for SA’s leading suppliers of :The group supplies mainly to the perishable food retail, wholesale and related industries.Although Universal is a newly listed entity the underlying businesses are all well established businesses (some with a history of more than 100 years) supplying a diverse range of blue chip clients in the local and international markets.

The group supplies equipment mainly to the food retail, wholesale, hospitality, manufacturing and related industries, i.e. supermarkets, bakeries, petrol station convenience stores, fast food outlets, restaurants, hotels, wholesalers, institutional, industrial and government kitchens, bottlers and brewers, refrigeration and catering contractors. This will be achieved through strategies that inter alia include a customer centric focus on delivering customised solutions through superior service and an extensive product range of international quality and standard. The group’s products and services conform to international standards and exports represent a significant source of future growth. This potential is particularly exciting in the context of the African market with the group already exporting more than 25% of turnover. Extracting synergies between its existing business in operational areas such as utilising export networks and distribution as well as production and efficiency related activities offers more opportunity for growth. Universal will utilise the foundation provided by the existing businesses, to expand its activities to other areas with the objective of being the leading supplier and manufacturer of branded equipment, solutions and services for the food, beverage, hospitality and related industries primarily in Africa. Although Universal was only incorporated in 1996, the underlying businesses are all well established businesses (some with a history of more than 100 years) supplying a diverse range of blue chip clients in the local and international markets. The group has a number of production facilities and offices nationwide and employs 1400 people. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. Our Lagos operation includes a Warehousing facility that currently holds in excess of 2700 of our in-demand line items, a large Showroom that has a wide range of our available products on display, a Test Kitchen that is fully equipped and available for testing of equipment and/or training purposes and we also have a fully staffed and operational After Sales Service and Maintenance operation within our set-up. Our distribution capabilities include supply to all regions of Nigeria. With the recent expansion of our Technical/Maintenance Department, we are also proud to announce that we offer Preventative Maintenance Service Level Agreements to extend the life-span of our equipment being used rather than a purely reactive service once equipment starts breaking.