Press Releases

As previously announced, Larry Pillard will stand down as Chief Executive on 31 December 2002 to take up the position of Executive Chairman of the Tetra Laval Group. He will remain on the Board of Tate & Lyle as a non-Executive Director. Pending the appointment of his successor, the role of Acting...

Tate & Lyle PLC ("Tate & Lyle") announces that it has today entered into an agreement for the sale of its monosodium glutamate (MSG) production unit in France to Ajinomoto Co., Inc. ("Ajinomoto"). The sale is conditional on approval by the competition authorities of a number of countries. The...

Tate & Lyle PLC announces that despite expressions of interest from a number of parties and several weeks of detailed negotiations, the sale process has not produced an offer for its world-wide molasses and storage business ("UM") that reflects its contribution to the Group. UM continues to trade...

At the Annual General Meeting of Tate & Lyle PLC in London today, Sir David Lees, Chairman, made the following statement on current trading: We are at an early stage in our current financial year but I am pleased to report that trading in the quarter ended June 2002 is above our internal...

Tate & Lyle PLC and BBCA Biochemical of China announce the signing on 17 July of an agreement for Tate & Lyle to distribute BBCA citric acid products outside China. This agreement is a first step towards a broader global alliance and will be submitted to the EU Authorities for approval. Under the...