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Tate & Lyle PLC today announced plans to develop and manufacture a new range of products based on its world-leading fermentation capability. An efficient proprietary process, newly developed by Tate & Lyle’s Research & Development team, will be commercialised to produce Xanthan Gum and other related...

Tate & Lyle PLC announces the sale of Well Pure Ltd ("Well Pure") to a group of private Chinese investors. Well Pure is a Hong Kong registered company that holds majority interests in two sugar factories based in Guangxi province, southern China. The proceeds of £5 million (HK$62 million) have been...

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...