Henry Tate's new Thames Refinery in London's East End begins operations specialising in cube sugar

Abram Lyle's new London refinery, Plaistow Wharf, begins refining sugar and producing Lyle's Golden Syrup

Henry Tate endows the Tate Gallery, now Tate Britain

Henry Tate & Sons and Abram Lyle & Sons merge to become Tate & Lyle

The birth of Mr Cube to lead a campaign against the nationalisation of Tate & Lyle

Forced to close down Liverpool's Love Lane sugar refinery due to the EU restricting supplies of cane sugar

After an initial investment in 1983, the Portuguese brands of 'Sidul' and 'Sores' join the group

Tate & Lyle Sugars becomes part of ASR Group

Since 2014 we have grown the number of sugar and syrup products we produce by 50%