| Industry | Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1855 |
Wilmar Sugar Australia is a subsidiary of the Singapore-based companyWilmar International that incorporates sugar production business and renewable energy cogeneration. The principal product of Wilmar Sugar israw sugar. By-products from the production of sugar includemolasses (which is used to produceethanol) andbagasse (which is used to generateelectricity). It is Australia’s largestbiomassrenewable energy generator.
The Company originates in the 1855 Colonial Sugar Refining Company, renamedCSR Limited in 1873. In 2009, CSR Limited createdSucrogen to handle its sugar activities then sold it to Wilmar International on 31 March 2010 for US$1.47 billion.[1][2] Sucrogen sponsored the2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400, and the 2011 Sucrogen Ayr Show.[3] Wilmar subsequently renamed Sucrogen to Wilmar Sugar.[4][5]
Wilmar Sugar operates the following sugar mills in Queensland:[6]
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