Its areas of operation include manufacturing, services, logistics and warehousing, agricultural and real estate.
A former chairman of the board was Senator Udoma U.Udoma when Mr Larry Ettah was serving as Group Managing Director and CEO in 2010.
A major segment of the firm was produce buying of cash crops from local farmers for export to foreign markets.
This activity also involved extension of credit to traders and middlemen who went into the hinterland to source for quality grades of produce.
When marketing boards were created for major cash crops such as palm kernels, Cocoa and groundnuts, UAC of Nigeria was appointed as one of the licensed buying agents.
The company also traded in other agricultural products not regulated by the government such as hides and skins, beeswax, rubber, shea nut, castor seed, piassava, kapok, coffee, copra and gum.
[2] The firm's trade in consumer goods such as shirts, shoes, electrical appliances and mechanical equipment involved importation from various countries of the world, a process overseen by its parent company.
[2] The firm also managed transportation of bulk palm oil at buying points and storage at various ports in the country for onward distribution to foreign markets.
In addition, the firm helped to introduce new machinery for many pioneer oil mills in Eastern Nigeria.
Seward was a manufacturer of personal care products that was majority owned by UAC International, the firm was formally introduced to Nigeria in 1968.
The firm began operations marketing importing toiletries before establishing a personal and hair care factory at Zaria and later at Oregun, Lagos.
[4] UAC International established a consumer food trading arm in 1958 called West African Cold Storage.
The facility was an expansion of an old saw mill originally managed by Miller Bros out of Koko, Delta State.
The products of the firm included cresta branded plywood, ATAPEX particle board, flushed doors and furniture.
UAC international's involvement in the motor trade dates back to its early years when it imported Bedford trucks into the country.
The firm also sold Bedford buses including its BF model used by commercial transport companies.