History Timeline Slide image 1799 William Havemeyer, the founder of what will become Domino Sugar, begins a career in the New York City sugar business with his brother Frederick. 1799 Slide image 1807 The Havemeyers open their own refinery, which is passed on to their sons in 1828. 1807 Slide image 1850 The Fanjul family begins sugar farming & production in Cuba. 1850 Slide image 1854 John Redpath celebrates the opening of the “Canada Sugar Refinery” in Montreal. 100 employees produce 15 tons of refined “loaf” sugar per day. 1854 Slide image 1883 Abram Lyle & Sons open the Plaistow Refinery, 1.5 miles from Thames Refinery. Lyle’s Golden Syrup quickly becomes popular. 1883 Slide image 1901 Sugar refining commences in Yonkers, NY. 1901 Slide image 1906 Domino® Sugar receives U.S. trademark. 1906 Slide image 1906 The California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company, today known as C&H Sugar, begins refining in Crockett, CA. 1906 Slide image 1909 Domino’s Chalmette, LA refinery opens. 1909 Slide image 1912 Redpath introduces product innovations such as prepackaged cartons of granulated sugar, “Paris Lumps” (sugar cubes) and “Golden Syrup”. 1912 Slide image 1912 Henry Tate & Sons and Abram Lyle & Sons merge to form Tate & Lyle, refining about 50% of UK’s sugar. 1912 Slide image 1922 Domino’s Baltimore, MD refinery opens. 1922 Slide image 1951 The Domino Sugars sign goes up at the Baltimore Refinery. 1951 Slide image 1959 Redpath opens a state-of-the-art refinery in Toronto on the on the shores of Lake Ontario. 1959 Slide image 1960 The Fanjul family re-establishes its sugar business in South Florida. The company today is known as Florida Crystals. 1960 Slide image 1960 52 family farmers join together to create Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. 1960 Slide image 1970 Sidul begins refining and packaging sugar in Lisbon, Portugal. 1970 Slide image 1989 Sores is purchased and merged with Sidul 1989 Slide image 1995 Florida Crystals plants the United States’ first organic sugar cane 1995 Slide image 1998 Florida Crystals & Sugar Cane Growers Coop. partner to acquire the Yonkers, NY refinery, beginning to create the world’s most innovative sugar company: American Sugar Refining (ASR). 1998 Slide image 2001 Domino Sugar, the leading brand on the U.S. East Coast, joins the ASR family. 2001 Slide image 2005 ASR Group acquires C&H Sugar, the leading brand on the U.S. West Coast. 2005 Slide image 2006 C&H Sugar celebrates its centennial. 2006 Slide image 2006 CHR Hansen Specialty Sweetener Division is acquired, adding a line of molasses, malt and fondant sugars. 2006 Slide image 2006 Lyle’s Golden Syrup is named world’s oldest brand. 2006 Slide image 2007 The company expands geographically into Canada by acquiring Redpath Sugar 2007 Slide image 2007 To seamlessly supply customers throughout North America, the company expands into Mexico with the purchase of the San Nicolas mill & refinery. 2007 Slide image 2007 Sugar Stix is acquired, marking entrance into the specialty tabletop business. 2007 Slide image 2009 Domino’s Chalmette refinery celebrates its centennial and Redpath’s Toronto plant celebrates its 50th anniversary. 2009 Slide image 2012 Streamline Foods is acquired 2012 Slide image 2012 ASR Group acquires majority interest in Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. 2012 Previous Next ABOUT US Our Owners Our Guiding Principles Corporate Social Responsibility History Timeline Our People