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Universal Foods changes name, image
In an effort to redefine the company it has become, Universal Foods Corporation changed its name to reflect its expansion beyond the food industry.

Universal is now called Sensient Technologies Corporation. The new name is more fitting for a company that’s branching out to non-food markets, Chief Financial Officer Richard Hobbs said.

“When [chairman, president, and Chief Executive Officer] Kenneth Manning took over about four years ago, he asked me t…