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American Sugar Refining is to buy the sugar business of UK food processing company Tate & Lyle for £211 million ($299 million) in cash, it has been announced. 

The founders of Hunter Roberts Construction Group all gained high-level experience while working for a large, local company and shared a common vision: to apply their knowledge in a flexible, more client-focused environment.

Inspectorate ranks among the global leaders in commodities testing and inspection, a market which covers a wide range of inspection and laboratory testing services for oil and petrochemical products, metals and minerals, and agricultural products.

Founded in 1885 and headquartered in Witham, UK, the company operates from 150 laboratories in 60 countries, employing over 7,000 people.

National Starch, a subsidiary of the former UK group ICI, was taken over by Netherlands-based AkzoNobel as part of its acquisition of ICI in January 2008, but isn't considered part of AkzoNobel's core business. AkzoNobel is the largest coatings and specialty chemicals company in the world.
In 2009 National Starch had revenue of $1.2 billion from sales of specialty starches to local and multinational customers in the food, papermaking, consumer and industrial markets. With 2,250 employees around the world, it operates 11 plants in eight countries.

More than meeting demand
Long-term relationships, shrewd investments and an excellent reputation have enabled mining company Benicon to thrive even as others falter. Andrew Pelis talks to CEO Gideon van Heerden to find out more.
It is the nature of today’s business world that small, successful companies tend to get swallowed up by the bigger corporations. Outcomes can be mixed; but for one South African mining entity, being bought out gave it just the impetus it needed for astronomical growth.

A journey, not a destination
As part of the renowned Tata Group, Voltas Limited has improvement in its DNA but as its vice president of Business Excellence Prashant Karkare explains to John O’Hanlon, its definition of this word extends far beyond financial results and reaches deep into Indian society at large.
Voltas is a diverse engineering group, publicly quoted and India’s largest exporter of electromechanical projects—recent major examples include the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa, where Voltas installed HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, and Ferrari’s massive new theme park in Dubai where the company won the $330 million contract for the electromechanical work.

The heart of steel
Assmang’s properties are in the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, which contains some 80 per cent of the world's known high-grade manganese ore reserves, vital to the world’s steel industry. John O’Hanlon reports on major recent and projected investment at one of Africa’s largest manganese mines.
Assmang’s name is a contraction of Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa, as it was originally known when it was founded in 1935. For many years it specialised in manganese and chrome extraction, to which it added iron ore production in the early 1990s. Today it is jointly owned by African Rainbow Minerals Limited and Assore Limited and currently has three operating divisions based on its three commodities: chrome, manganese and iron ore.

Beyond the brush
Stuart Hunter, managing director of Hamilton Brush, part of the Freeworld Coating Group, talks to Jayne Flannery about the latent potential of the Hamilton brand.
When Stuart Hunter took over as managing director of Hamilton Brush last June, he was not tasked with a rescue mission. The company, which principally manufactures and markets paint brushes, paint rollers and abrasives for the retail paint market, did not need a bail-out. Rather, it could point to a solid trading history and a proud heritage dating back to London in the 18th century.

Forging ahead
Pochappan Sasindran, chief operating officer of the Vijayanagar plant of JSW Steel Ltd, tells Jayne Flannery that success comes from adding value to people’s lives as well as the product.
JSW Group is one of the fastest growing business conglomerates in India. Led by Sajjan Jindal, the organisation has grown from a single steel cold rolling mill in 1982 to a highly diversified enterprise worth $3.7 billion.

Feel the thrill
On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of Morula Casino & Hotel, marketing manager Sandise Sibanda shares the secret of the resort’s success with Jayne Flannery.
Morula Casino & Hotel is one of the oldest and best known gaming venues in South Africa, with a heritage that stretches back over more than 20 years. The resort, situated about 40 kilometres north-west of Pretoria in Mabopane, is gearing up for a big celebration in 2010 to commemorate 23 years at the forefront of the industry.

Sustainability seekers
Shell Gabon is celebrating its 50th anniversary of operations in the West African country of Gabon. Roger Ratanga and Eric Soselisa explain more about the company’s approach towards sustainability and its vision for the years to come.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s fourth largest oil producer, Gabon also holds the third largest oil reserves in the region. With this resource accounting for around 80 per cent of the country’s export revenues and over 40 per cent of its GDP, it is unsurprising that oil majors including Total, Perenco, Addax and Sinopec, to name a few, have long since set up camp in the area.