All Entries Tagged With: "Port Wentworth"
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.”
Eliminating the “Overfill” from Each Bag of Sugar
Packaging Team Manager William McGhee receives a “statement of yield” every month, which tells him how much sugar the Port Wentworth refinery has produced and how much it should have produced – based on the raw sugar the refinery started with.
An Edible “Extra”
Nearly a century ago, workers at the Port Wentworth sugar refinery couldn’t have envisioned that the dark syrup left over at the end of the refining process – and routinely thrown away as waste – would one day become a value-added product bought by industrial customers such as General Mills and Kellogg’s.
Employees Hone Skills to Handle Emergencies
Employees at Imperial Sugar Company’s Port Wentworth sugar refinery in Georgia are getting continuing hands-on training in handling potential emergencies.
Boosting Refinery Productivity Through Teamwork
Over the last few months, a special team of workers at Imperial Sugar’s refinery at Port Wentworth, Ga., have significantly increased productivity or throughput in the sugar making process by using a proven and well-known project methodology in manufacturing that has the acronym, DMAIC.
Nakisha Hill: Savannah Roots, People She Loves
If there’s one person who knows just about everything that moves into Imperial Sugar’s large Port Wentworth, Ga., sugar refinery, it is Nakisha Hill. It’s her job … as the company’s Receiving Clerk.
S.I.T. Conference Attendees Tour Port Wentworth Refinery
The 2010 Sugar Industry Technologists (S.I.T.) Conference meeting in Savannah, Ga., wrapped up its sessions with a VIP tour of Imperial Sugar Company’s large, modern cane sugar refinery in nearby Port Wentworth.
Preference for Natural Sweeteners Grows
There’s no getting around the fact that high-fructose corn syrup is experiencing a slow downward spiral. Sales of high-fructose corn syrup have fallen in the United States by 9 percent in 2009, compared with 2007, according to an analyst at Credit Suisse — with more of a drop expected this year.
A Great American Cookie Comeback
Michael Curtis, vice president of plant operations for Great American Cookies, waited for nearly two years to see 50-pound bags of “Medium Chocolate Chip” brown sugar make their way down the conveyor belt at Imperial Sugar Company’s refinery in Port Wentworth.
Sugar 101 Immerses Employees in the Business
Employees at Imperial Sugar Company’s sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., recently got a bird’s eye view of the sugar market and what makes it tick. The key takeaway? Demand is growing and supplies are somewhat tight.
Port Wentworth gets HAPIE about Wellness
Unhealthy weight gain is not an uncommon side effect of working the night shift — nor is a range of other side effects. People who work night shifts — about 15 million people in the United States — are much more like to have heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Spring Bursts into Color at Port Wentworth
The Savannah area is known for its Southern charm and hospitality, superb Southern cooking, enchanting streets and boulevards lined with live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, lovely old architecture … and azaleas.
Keeping Co-Workers Out of Harm’s Way
At Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth refinery, 70 employees have stepped forward to serve on the refinery’s First Responder Team, a volunteer group that is thoroughly trained to handle everything from tornadoes to bomb threats.
Ensuring Safety through Continuous Improvement
By definition, safety is a never-ending commitment. It’s a mindset that is reflected in the actions of every worker, as well as by leaders who invest in ongoing programs to make safety an integral part of operations.