Cargill to restructure production of sweeteners in UK.Following a strategic review of its sweeteners and starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. operations in western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , Cargill has announced that it is restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). its Cerestar sweeteners production in the UK to more effectively meet customer product and supply requirements. Cerestar is Cargill's European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. sweeteners and starch business. The restructure includes the consolidation of Cargill's UK glucose production at Cerestar Manchester and the shut down of sweeteners production at the Cerestar Tilbury Tilbury (tĭl`bərē), part of the urban district of Thurrock, Essex, E England. Tilbury Fort originated under Henry VIII; it was rebuilt and strengthened in the 17th cent. facility. As a major part of the restructure, Cargill will invest in a state-of-the-art wheat plant at its Manchester site that will process approximately three-quarters of a million tonnes of wheat per year for sweeteners production. "The outcome of this restructuring--including the move towards the production of sweeteners from wheat rather than corn, a reduced complexity of operation, and superior economies of scale--will allow Cargill to become one of the most competitive producers of sweeteners," commented Frank van Lierde, president, Cerestar Sweeteners. Production at the Cerestar Tilbury facility will shut down by the end of December, with capacity partly transferred to Manchester. The production of starch and dextrose dextrose: see glucose. will transfer from Manchester to other Cargill facilities, enabling Cargill's UK glucose production to be consolidated at the Manchester facility. These changes are needed to reflect market conditions and unfortunately could result in about 95 job losses at Tilbury and head count reductions at Manchester. Construction work on the new Manchester wheat plant will begin at the end of 2005 and is due to be completed in Q1 2007. Converting the production of sweeteners from corn to wheat will commence in Q1 2007. Contact Cargill on tel: 01932 861174 or visit www.cerestar.com |
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