Tongaat Hulett

Tongaat Hulett Ltd.
Public
Traded as JSE: TON, LSE: THL
Industry Sugar
Founded 1892
Key people

Liege Hulett Founder

P H Staude CEO
Revenue IncreaseR14,373 Billion (FY 2013)[1]
IncreaseR2,145 Billion (FY 2013)[2]
Number of employees
41,777[3]
Website www.tongaat.com
www.huletts.co.za

The Tongaat Hulett Group is a major agribusiness company of southern Africa that focuses on sugar. The company had its origins on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, specifically the town of Tongaat. The company was formed as a result of a merger between the Tongaat Sugar Company founded by Edward Saunders and Hulett's Sugar founded in 1892 by Liege Hulett. Company stock is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. Its core businesses are sugar, starch and property management.

South Africa

Mozambique

Swaziland

Zimbabwe

These three sugar estates border one another.

Animal feeds

Voermal Feeds, based in Maidstone, produces molasses-based animal feeds.

Artificial sweeteners

Cape Sweeteners, based in Durban, is a subsidiary of Tongaat Hulett Sugar, producing artificial sweeteners including; aspartame, neotame, acesulfame-K, fructose, sodium saccharin, sodium cyclamate, polydextrose, maltitol and lactitol. It is the exclusive South African agent of Nutrasweet's aspartame and neotame

Starch

The company is Africa's largest producer of starch and glucose,[5] produced at five South African facilities.

Property management

Tongaat Hulett Developments is a property management company that builds and maintains commercial property, residential property, industrial property and resorts.

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