Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle is one of the two main sugar companies in the UK. The other is British Sugar
It has a long history of involvement in corporate propaganda and spying on its workers, not least through tis long term involvement with the Economic League.
Contact Details
- Address: Tate & Lyle PLC, Head Office, Sugar Quay, Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DQ, UK
- Tel: +44) (0)20 7626 6525
- Webite: www.tateandlyle.com
People
- Non-Executive Chairman - Sir David Lees
Executive Directors:
Non Executive Directors:
Operations
Tate & Lyle is headquartered in the UK and is a global company currently operating more than 60 production facilities in 24 countries mainly throughout Europe, the Americas and South East Asia. At 31 March 2007. They employ 6,900 people in their subsidiaries with a further 2,300 employed in joint ventures.
During the year ended 31 March 2007, the Group operated through five business divisions:
- Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas
- Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe
- Sucralose
- Sugars, Americas & Asia
- Sugars, Europe
Partnerships and acquisitions
In October 2006, the company we formed a multi-year partnership with MicrobiaPrecision Engineering, Inc, a US-based entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company, to develop fermentationderived renewable ingredients. The combination of our fermentation experience and their microbial technology will help stimulate new product development and reduce time to commercialisation. In December 2005, the company acquired the Italian-based [Cesalpinia Foods]], and then in January 2006, acquired US specialty food ingredients company Continental Custom Ingredients Inc. Both companies bring expertise to Tate & Lyle in the areas of dairy stabilisers, hydrocolloid systems,emulsifiers, vitamins and flavours. In April 2006, the company acquired Hycail, a Dutch company developing polylactic acid (PLA) polymers and resins, a biodegradable plastic made from renewable resources. [1]
