Based in Dalton, in the picturesque Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands, UCL Company (Pty) Ltd has grown from a wattle bark milling company in 1924 to becoming a large scale enterprise specialising in the manufacture of wattle tannin extracts, sugar and pine lumber. In addition, the company operates 6500 hectares of farm land and runs a Trading division for the supply of agricultural input materials.
UCL’s operations primarily serve the interests of its raw material suppliers who are also the company’s shareholders. The organisation’s objectives encompass the long term sustainability of its supply base and their supporting communities.
What UCL Offers
UCL Company (Pty) Ltd has a 24 hour manufacturing facility in Dalton as well as several farms in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region.
Avocado's
South Africa is ideally placed to serve the European avocado market, leveraging the fact that peak local production coincides with low volume from other areas...
Agriculture
Foremost in UCL’s efforts to make the group an integrated, sustainable and profitable agricultural organization is its affiliation with its suppliers. It is a ...
Sugar & Molasses
The decline in demand for wattle extract products in 1958 caused the company to look at the viability of using its factory downtime in the winter months to manufacture sugar. ...
Trading
The UCL Trading Division is an old style farmers’ co-operative store that supplies the surrounding community with their agricultural inputs at the best possible prices
Animal Feed
Our animal feed products are a perfect example of this commitment to sustainability in action.
Wattle Extract
Mimosa tanning extract is a natural product derived from the bark of a Black Wattle tree (Acacia mearnsii), originally from Australia. The bark of the Black...
Sawmilling
Our sawmill is based in Glenside in the picturesque KZN midlands in South Africa. The saw mill was originally known as Kὒsel sawmills and has been in operation since 1935
P&D Nursery
Purpose of the Nursery is to provide our district with Certified Disease free Seedcane of differing varieties...