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Blazing New Trails in Quality and Food Safety
As the Environmental, Health, Safety, Quality and Food Safety team manager, Knezevich is at the center of a matrix of responsibilities.
DMAIC Team Takes Aim at Improving Sugar Color, Boosting Production
When honey-toned, raw sugar arrives at Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth refinery, it’s already 97 percent pure. Transforming it into pure, snow-white sugar requires taking out that last 3 percent of impurities.
Back to ‘Fundamentals’ in Port Wentworth
The average worker only stays with an employer for approximately four years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth refinery, though, it’s not unusual to run into employees who have been with the company for 30 or 40 years.
Building Stronger, More Strategic Vendor Relationships
“People often feel that requiring bids slows down the process,” says Yvette Woodard, senior procurement manager. “The fact is, the process can go quickly and it drives saving.”
Visual Factory Techniques Keep Plant Humming
There are four sugar packaging production lines at Imperial Sugar’s cane sugar refinery at Gramercy, La., being run over three eight-hour shifts by 12 different operators – each with a quota to fill. Every minute used to make a changeover or reset costs hundreds of bags of sugar in lost production.
Sugar Packaging Ramps up at Gramercy Refinery
Every day for the last seven weeks a full-time team of employees at Imperial Sugar Company’s sugar refinery in Gramercy, La., has come together to improve its packaging process. Result: increased line speed and throughput in some areas by up to 25 percent, with a 40 percent reduction of sugar losses.
Imperial Enters Stevia-based Sweetener Segment
Imperial Sugar Company is partnering with the leading producer of stevia sweetener products, PureCircle, in a joint venture to develop natural sweetening products for the North American beverage and food sectors.
Searching for ‘The Next Great Young Chef’
As any parent knows, kids are more likely to eat something they’ve made with their own little hands. That’s one reason Wholesome Sweeteners is partnering with Kiwi magazine – a publication for “growing families the natural and organic way” – to run a contest called “The Next Great Young Chef.”
Bringing Some Sweet Relief to Haiti
As people around the world continue to send aid to Haiti, in the wake of a 7.0 earthquake on January 12, Imperial Sugar Company is sending more than 5,000 pounds of what it does better than anyone: sugar.
No Longer 9-to-5, but Still Sweet on Imperial
Rather than fading away into the sunset, retirees of Imperial Sugar Company’s Port Wentworth refinery are shining their light on local worthy causes and the good old days of Sugar Town.
Wholesome Sweeteners Brand Builds Following
In today’s business-to-consumer world, brand values are everything. Companies that consistently offer consumers a product they enjoy and can believe in have the makings of a loyal customer base. That’s the secret ingredient in the growing following behind Wholesome Sweeteners’ products and its Sugar Club.
CEO John Sheptor’s Remarks Before Shareholders
Remarks by John C. Sheptor, President and CEO of Imperial Sugar Company, at annual shareholder’s meeting, January 29, 2010.
Leo Watts Brings ‘Continuous-Improvement’ Mindset
Changing a company’s culture is never easy. But taking on that challenge was the magnet that drew Leo Watts in June of 2009 to the job of warehouse operations manager at Imperial Sugar in Port Wentworth, Ga.
Imperial Sugar Company Annual Report Online
Imperial Sugar strengthened its position in the U.S. and Mexican sugar industries during fiscal 2009, achieving important milestones that fortified our business foundations and positioned the Company for future growth.
Port Wentworth Refinery Silos Make Debut
With the dawn of a new year, the final piece of the extensive rebuild project at Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth refinery has been completed successfully. Three new 156-foot-tall sugar silo’s have become fully operational.
At Port Wentworth, a More Efficient Way to Make a Pallet
If you’ve been to Sam’s Club or Costco lately and seen forklifts whiz by, loaded with stretch-wrapped pallet of goods, you’ll better understand why Imperial Sugar invested over $1 million into high-tech machinery that can neatly stack and wrap 495 four-pound bags of sugar in five minutes flat — and can do that neat trick continually, 24/7.
Imperial Sugar Settles $345 Million Insurance Claim
Imperial Sugar Company has announced that it settled the property insurance claim for the February 2008 industrial accident at its Port Wentworth, Ga, refinery for an aggregate of $345 million.
Don’t Disappoint Grandma – Use Imperial Sugar
This holiday season, use Grandma’s sugar … or else. So warns the tongue-in-cheek ad on Imperial Sugar Company’s homepage online, framed by a no-nonsense-looking grandmother peering at you over the top of her glasses. “Don’t Disappoint Grandma” is the theme of Imperial Sugar Company’s 2009 holiday campaign.
Gramercy Institutes Expanded Safety Measures
Imperial Sugar’s Gramercy refinery – located near the gently rolling Mississippi river not far from New Orleans – has been abuzz of late with a variety of new safety initiatives: retrofits to the 114-year-old facility’s equipment, new training programs, and enhanced protective garb for workers and visitors alike.
