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Imperial Sugar in Collaborative Global Partnerships
Imperial Sugar Company is continuing to expand its global network of collaboration with technical exchanges on-going with Lantic Inc. in Canada, British Sugar in the United Kingdom, and Pfeifer & Langen in Germany.
Trish Winebrenner Brings Disciplined, Strategic Focus to Boost Sales
Texas businesswoman Trish Winebrenner has focused her career on effectively streamlining sales and marketing processes of a spectrum of Fortune 500 companies. Now, she is bringing her operational expertise to the sales area of Imperial Sugar Company.
Employees Come to Aid of Fellow Worker
When one of their own suffers, employees at Imperial Sugar Company step up and step in. That was the case when Jerry Tolito, a maintenance manager at the company’s sugar refinery in Gramercy, La., was injured in a motorcycle accident and required several pints of blood.
Imperial Sugar’s Online Coupons Gain Popularity
Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) has typically distributed coupons in newspapers or shopping fliers to reach customers. Today, these free-standing inserts (FSIs) are complemented by the company’s increasingly popular e-coupons – and consumers are the better for it.
Synthesizing Years of Research and Knowledge
Bill Kienzle is a rarity in the sugar business these days. He’s one of a few chemists in the industry still conducting research at a sugar producer’s in-house laboratory.
From Study Hall to Sucrose: Gaining a Real-World Education
This summer, for the first time, Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) is offering an internship program that allows six outstanding engineering students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in their field.
Rolling Down the Tracks: Railcars in “Imperial Blue”
For 14 years, Don Gilbert has dreamed of seeing Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) railcars painted a bright “Imperial blue” and sporting the company’s logo. His dream has finally true – along with some new features for customers, too.
Darrell Gerdes: Perfection Scientist
Like a modern-day Columbo, Darrell Gerdes, manager of research and new product development for Imperial Sugar Company (ISC), spends much of his time troubleshooting, coming up with new ideas and examining the evidence until something “clicks.”
From Vendor to Valued Partner
When Joe Lucas joined Imperial Sugar Company in September 2009, he was asked to transition the industrial sales group from a transactional sales approach to a consultative one – a change that promises to make Imperial a top competitor in the overall sweetener market.
Engineering with One Eye on the Bottom Line
Doug Svenson is one part scientist and one part economist, which makes him one skilled engineer. The senior process development engineer joined Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) in May.
Records are Made for Breaking
Setting goals and surpassing them has become familiar terrain for Imperial Sugar Company’s (ISC) Port Wentworth packaging operators.
New Record for Sugar Shipped in One Day
On a recent Friday … in a single 16-hour shift … the Imperial Sugar warehouse at Port Wentworth loaded and shipped out 71 truckloads of sugar for distribution – a new record for the rebuilt refinery.
Imperial Sugar Shares “The Science of Dust Explosions”
“I wanted to bring everyone’s level of awareness up,” Kevin Jeffries says. “Since our customers are often handling not just sugar, but flour, cornstarch and other material, my goal was to help them understand the potential hazards and how certain factors relate to their specific operation.”
Emily Smith: Developing Specialty Sweeteners
In its efforts to ramp up product development, Imperial Sugar Company recently added a new member to its R&D team: Food Scientist Emily Smith.