C&H Now Part of the World's Largest

Who would have guessed a few years ago that C&H would be part of the world's premier cane sugar refinery. With the acquisition of Tate and Lyle (world's oldest) by ASR (owned by Florida Crystal), C&H provides a dream world for someone who dwells in the milieu of local Crockett history.

American Sugar Refining to Acquire Tate & Lyle's European Sugar Operations

YONKERS, N.Y., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- American Sugar Refining (ASR), North America's largest cane sugar refiner, signed an agreement to acquire Tate & Lyle PLC's European cane sugar operations.

Tate & Lyle is the leading cane sugar producer in the European Union. The acquisition of its refineries in London, England, and Lisbon, Portugal, increases ASR's total refining capacity to six million metric tons per year. The 211 million pounds Sterling ($318 million) acquisition includes a license for use of the distinguished Tate & Lyle brand in connection with the sale of sugar.

Progress

When you read this story, note the references to Florida Crystal and Fanjul. These are C&H owners and lend credence to the rumor that the Crockett operation will become an ethanol producer.

State: Crist mission: enlarge trade with Brazil###: "Crist mission: enlarge trade with Brazil"

CANE the TV Series

Personally, I hoped the series would closely follow the Fanjul family history. It is more interesting than any Hollywood script. (keitho in crockett)


Fanjul lawyers will not sue CBS … for now
Published Sat August 11, 2007 by Publisher in Hispanics.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(original title: Whew! It’s not about us, Fanjuls says of CBS’s Cane TV show)
By SUSAN SALISBURY Palm Beach Post

American Sugar Expands

Little by little, American Sugar Refining gains more control over the American sweetner market.

Chr Hansen continues refocus activities with US sale: "The company's global refocusing strategy has involved a number of divestitures and investments in recent years. In 2006, Chr Hansen sold its specialty sweetener division to American Sugar Refining, saying that sweeteners were not within its core product areas. The transaction included the specialty sweetener product line of molasses, malt, rice syrup, oat extract, honey, and invert and fondant sugar, as well as production facilities in Louisiana and Illinois. "

The Waterfront That Sugar Built

The Waterfront That Sugar Built

This article provides a good summary of sugar refining in New York. People like me, living in the shadow of the massive C & H Refinery, should read it with the knowledge that the C & H brand and the Domino brand are now owned by the same company.

The Havemeyer family began refining sugar in Manhattan in 1805. Many of the
firms that made up Brooklyn's industrial waterfront originated in Manhattan, and
moved across the river when they needed more and cheaper space. Frederick
Havemeyer and his brother William, the once and future mayor of New York City,
moved the family business to Williamsburg in 1857. The firm became Havemeyer
& Elder in 1863, when Frederick's son-in-law, Joseph Elder, joined. The firm
eventually passed to Frederick's son, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, who became, in
effect, the John D. Rockefeller of sugar, forming the Sugar Trust and becoming
the most powerful person in the global sugar trade. The plant on the
Williamsburg shore served as Henry's flagship. Before the federal government
broke up the Sugar Trust in 1922, New York City had refined as much as 70% of
the raw sugar in America.
Domino's closing in 2004 meant that 2005 was the
first year in 275 years that no sugar refinery operated within the present
boundaries of New York City.
With the trust, the Havemeyer & Elder name
disappeared. The company became American Sugar Refining in 1891, and registered
Domino as a trade name in 1902. In 1970, American Sugar became Amstar, then
Domino Sugar Corp. in 1988, and in 2001 American Sugar once again.

A Bit of History

January 1940
Aircraft engaged in air combat games over Crockett with simulated bombing of the bridge, RR, Mare Island, etc. Also taking part in the war games were anti-aircraft guns atop Grandview Terrace manned by 114 members of Battery "C" of the 65th Coast Artillery

Great Source of Information on C and H

What was Havermyer's interest in C and H? Spreckels interest in American Sugar Refining? The report of the 1911 Congressional Hearins is essential. It is available through Google books.

Hearings held before the Special Committee on the Investigation of the
American Sugar Refining...By United States. Congress. House. Special Committee
on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Company