Making Of A Sugar Giant

First Published in 1990. This is a revised and updated second version for English translation from French by Erica E. Long-Michalke. Sugar provides a fascinating example of an international commodity, and this book deals with the history both of a multinational company and of the world sugar economy. It describes the emergence, in the nineteenth century, of the two family companies of Henry Tate and Abram Lyle. By 1914 they were the largest and most prosperous sugar-refining businesses in the British Empire. In 1921 they amalgamated and became after the Second World War pre-eminent in the world sugar economy. The book's final chapter covers the company's most recent acquisitions and demonstrates the management strategy of Tate & Lyle in its relations with the developed and developing worlds.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Henry Tate and Sons, Abram Lyle and Sons, British sugar refiners, 1859-1920: the world sugar economy and the British market; British sugar policy; sugar refining in Great Britain in the 19th century; Henry Tate and Sons, grocers and refiners; Abram Lyle and Sons, shipowners and sugar refiners; the First World War. Part 2 Tate and Lyle, 1921-1950 - a British sugar firm: Tate and Lyle; economic trends in the international sugar scene 1918-1939; Great Britain's sugar problems 1919-1939 - British sugar policy; sugar refining in Great Britain during the inter-war period; Tate and Lyle during the inter-war period; the Second World war; "Tate not State" or the attempt to nationalize Tate and Lyle. Part 3 Tate and Lyle 1938-1965 - an imperial concern: the world sugar economy 1945-1965; British sugar policy before Great Britain's entry into the Common Market; sugar refining in Great Britain and the position of Tate and Lyle; the arrival of Tate and Lyle in the West Indies; WISCO in Jamaica; Caroni in Trinidad; Belize Sugar Industries Ltd.; the winds of discontent in the West Indies; African temptations - Tate and Lyle's first steps in Africa; sugar refining in Canada; shipping and engineering - the development of services activities; the Tate and Lyle group in 1965. Tate and Lyle 1965-1980 - a multinational firm: the purchase of United Molasses; the international sugar economy 1965-1980; Great Britain's entry into the Common Market and its consequences for sugar; trends in British sugar refining, 1965-1980; the end of sugar colonialism; the Say affair; a brief incursion into South Africa 1969-1877; North American strategies; Tate and Lyle's world of commodity trading; glucose and high-fructose corn syrup; agri-business and sucro chemistry - Tate and Lyle's new lifeblood; the Tate and Lyle group from 1965-1980.

About the Author :
Philippe Chalmin, Erica E. Long-Michalke