American Sugar Refining
{{Short description|Privately held cane sugar refining company}}
{{distinguish|American Sugar Refining Company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name =American Sugar Refining, Inc.
| logo = ASR Group logo.svg
| type =
| industry = Food
| foundation = 1998 (partnership between the Florida Crystals Corporation and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida)
| location = West Palm Beach, Florida
| key_people = Luis Fernandez, Co-President, and Antonio L. Contreras, Jr., Co-President{{cite web|url=http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-sugar-refining-to-acquire-tate--lyles-european-sugar-operations-97567009.html|title=American Sugar Refining to Acquire Tate & Lyle's European Sugar Operations|author=American Sugar Refining|date=1 July 2010|work=prnewswire.com|accessdate=15 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221162030/http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-sugar-refining-to-acquire-tate--lyles-european-sugar-operations-97567009.html|archive-date=21 February 2014|url-status=dead}}
| area_served = United States
Mexico
United Kingdom
| products = Sweeteners
| services =
| revenue =
| homepage = [http://www.ASR-Group.com/ www.ASR-Group.com]
}}
American Sugar Refining, Inc. is a large privately held cane sugar refining company, with a production capacity of 6.5 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of consumer, industrial, food service, and specialty sweetener products. In 2013, it adopted the corporate brand name ASR Group.[http://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/news_home/Business_News/2013/01/American_Sugar_Refining_unveil.aspx?ID=%7B782864D8-E63C-49D4-87CD-C1F7CB6C0A33%7D&cck=1 American Sugar Refining unveils new brand name: ASR Group] Food Business News, January 2013. Its ownership structure is based on a partnership which includes the Florida Crystals Corporation, part of FLO-SUN, a sugar empire of the Fanjul brothers whose origins go back to Spanish-Cuban sugar plantations of the early 19th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.asr-group.com/about-us/our-owners/|title=Our Owners|work=ASR Group|accessdate=15 June 2015}}
Activities
Across North America, American Sugar Refining owns and operates six sugar refineries as well as specialty sweetener production facilities and a strategic warehousing and distribution system that combine to provide seamless production and delivery of its products to customers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Yonkers, New York
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Chalmette, Louisiana – This plant celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/2009/05/the_dominos_sugar_refinery_in.html|title=The Domino's sugar refinery in Arabi turns 100, with robots|work=NOLA.com|accessdate=15 June 2015}}
- Crockett, California (California and Hawaiian Sugar Company)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Redpath Sugar)
- Veracruz, Mexico
Former refineries were located in:
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Domino Sugar Refinery) (the original)
- Fort Point, Boston{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/321584140/|title=050560 05 00E|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!|date=May 1960 |accessdate=15 June 2015}} (1902–1958){{cite web|url=http://www.universalhub.com/node/6927#comment-8855|title=Domino Sugars|work=Universal Hub|date=December 16, 2006 |accessdate=15 June 2015}}Built 1902 to make Crystal Domino sugar: {{cite book|author=Michael J. Tyrrell|title=Boston's Fort Point District|year=2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKSczc45-ygC&q=domino+sugar+refinery+charlestown+ma&pg=PA29|page=28|isbn=0-7385-3533-8}}
- Charlestown, Boston (1958–?){{cite web|url=http://cityofbostonarchives.tumblr.com/post/44139558028/domino-sugar-refinery-circa-1960-boston|title=Boston City Archives|work=tumblr.com|accessdate=15 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/bostonlandmarkscommission/6426649993/|title=Domino Sugar Refinery|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!|date=29 November 2011 |accessdate=15 June 2015}}
American Sugar Refining, Inc. and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida acquired Domino Sugar from Tate & Lyle
for $180 million on November 6, 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2001/11/05/daily18.html|title=Domino Sugar sale closes|work=Baltimore Business Journal|accessdate=15 June 2015}}
American Sugar Refining also owns two of its former major competitors, the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H Sugar), purchased in 2005, and Jack Frost (National Sugar Company) in 2007. Redpath Sugar, Tate & Lyle's European sugar operations, was acquired in 2010.
In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal, formerly owned by Tate & Lyle.
The company is also the majority shareholder of Belize Sugar Industries, the only sugar mill in Belize.
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American Sugar Refining is owned by Florida Crystals Corporation (based in West Palm Beach) and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida (Belle Glade, Florida).
American Sugar Refining's main competitor in the United States for refined cane sugar is Imperial Sugar.
Lyle's Golden Syrup
In July 2010, American Sugar Refining purchased Lyle's Golden Syrup, a brand of golden syrup in the UK. The sale included the Plaistow Wharf and Silvertown plants.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10472258 Tate & Lyle sells sugar arm to American Sugar Refining] BBC News, 1 July 2010
According to a news report, the Guinness Book of Records has concluded that the design of the Lyle's Golden Syrup tin, which has remained almost unchanged since 1885, forms Britain's oldest brand.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5388020.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Business – Sweet success for 'oldest brand'|work=bbc.co.uk|date=28 September 2006 |accessdate=15 June 2015}}
Sources
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External links
- [http://www.dominosugar.com Domino®]
- [https://www.chsugar.com C&H®]
- [http://www.floridacrystals.com Florida Crystals®],
- [http://www.redpathsugars.com Redpath®]
- [http://www.floridacrystals.com Homepage of Florida Crystals Corporation]
- [http://www.scgc.org Homepage of Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida].
Category:Sugar companies of the United States
Category:Food manufacturers of the United States
Category:Multinational companies headquartered in the United States
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Florida
Category:Companies based in Palm Beach County, Florida
Category:Privately held companies based in Florida
Category:West Palm Beach, Florida
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1998