Tate & Lyle Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Tate, Henry, & Sons Ltd
- Tate, Sir Henry
- Lyle, Abram, & Sons Ltd
- Mr Cube
- Manbré & Garton Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Greenock, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- Silvertown, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Sugar refining & sugar products manufacture
Notes:
Established 1921 through merger of Henry Tate & Sons Ltd, established at Liverpool in 1869 by (Sir) Henry Tate, and Abram Lyle & Sons Ltd, established at Greenock in 1865, to become leading UK sugar refiner with large plant at Greenock, Liverpool and Silvertown, London. Public company. Invoked 'Mr Cube' brand in fight against nationalisation. 1976 acquired Manbré & Garton Ltd. Especially from 1980s made international acquisitions to become a leading world agri processor. Continues as Tate & Lyle Plc in 2023
Publications:
- [Unpublished manuscripts covering refineries and businesses] by Various authors or editors
- Essex and Sugar by Lewis, Frank
- From Cape to Cape. The history of Lyle Shipping Co by Orbell, John, with Edwin Green & Michael Moss
- Henry Tate, 1819-1899. A biographical sketch by Jones, Tom
- Henry Tate Centenary, 1859-1959. 100 years of sugar by Unknown
- Mr Cube's Fight against Nationalisation by Lyle of Westbourne, Lord
- Plaistow Story by Lyle, Oliver
- Sacked in Style by Tate & Lyle. The story of Gartons, Battersea. The death of a factory by Unknown
- Sir Henry Tate. His contribution to art and learning by Blackburn, R H
- Strategies, market concentration and hegemony in chemical parcel tanker shipping, 1960-1985 by Murphy, Hugh, & Stig Tenold
- 'Strategy of a multinational in the world sugar economy. The case of Tate & Lyle, 1870-1970' in A Teichova et al (eds), Multinational Enterprise in Historical Perspective by Chalmin, Philippe
- Sugar and All That. A history of Tate & Lyle by Hugill, Anthony
- Sugar Refining Families of Great Britain by Fairrie, Geoffrey
- 'Tate & Lyle, 1982-6' in B Haslam, An Industrial Cocktail by Haslam, Bob
- Tate & Lyle. A record of the activities of the Tate & Lyle Group by Andrews, Allen
- Tate & Lyle. Geant du sucre by Chalmin, Philippe
- The Making of a Sugar Giant. Tate & Lyle, 1859-1989 by Chalmin, Philippe
- The Sugar Girls. Tales of hardship, love and happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Barrett, Duncan, & Nuala Calvi
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Tate, Henry, & Sons Ltd
- Tate, Sir Henry
- Lyle, Abram, & Sons Ltd
- Mr Cube
- Manbré & Garton Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Greenock, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- Silvertown, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Sugar refining & sugar products manufacture
Notes:
Established 1921 through merger of Henry Tate & Sons Ltd, established at Liverpool in 1869 by (Sir) Henry Tate, and Abram Lyle & Sons Ltd, established at Greenock in 1865, to become leading UK sugar refiner with large plant at Greenock, Liverpool and Silvertown, London. Public company. Invoked 'Mr Cube' brand in fight against nationalisation. 1976 acquired Manbré & Garton Ltd. Especially from 1980s made international acquisitions to become a leading world agri processor. Continues as Tate & Lyle Plc in 2023Publications:
- [Unpublished manuscripts covering refineries and businesses] by Various authors or editors
- Essex and Sugar by Lewis, Frank
- From Cape to Cape. The history of Lyle Shipping Co by Orbell, John, with Edwin Green & Michael Moss
- Henry Tate, 1819-1899. A biographical sketch by Jones, Tom
- Henry Tate Centenary, 1859-1959. 100 years of sugar by Unknown
- Mr Cube's Fight against Nationalisation by Lyle of Westbourne, Lord
- Plaistow Story by Lyle, Oliver
- Sacked in Style by Tate & Lyle. The story of Gartons, Battersea. The death of a factory by Unknown
- Sir Henry Tate. His contribution to art and learning by Blackburn, R H
- Strategies, market concentration and hegemony in chemical parcel tanker shipping, 1960-1985 by Murphy, Hugh, & Stig Tenold
- 'Strategy of a multinational in the world sugar economy. The case of Tate & Lyle, 1870-1970' in A Teichova et al (eds), Multinational Enterprise in Historical Perspective by Chalmin, Philippe
- Sugar and All That. A history of Tate & Lyle by Hugill, Anthony
- Sugar Refining Families of Great Britain by Fairrie, Geoffrey
- 'Tate & Lyle, 1982-6' in B Haslam, An Industrial Cocktail by Haslam, Bob
- Tate & Lyle. A record of the activities of the Tate & Lyle Group by Andrews, Allen
- Tate & Lyle. Geant du sucre by Chalmin, Philippe
- The Making of a Sugar Giant. Tate & Lyle, 1859-1989 by Chalmin, Philippe
- The Sugar Girls. Tales of hardship, love and happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Barrett, Duncan, & Nuala Calvi