article be merged into american sugar refining company . discuss proposed since july 2014 . domino sugars plant in baltimore maryland landmark domino sugar plant in williamsburg brooklyn new york domino foods inc. is a us company owned by american sugar refining inc. that markets sugar under the brand names domino c & h florida crystals and redpath . history edit crystal domino sugar ad 1910 . in 1799 william havemeyer who had been an apprentice of a london sugar refiner was hired by mr. edmund seaman to manage his sugar refinery in new york city . his brother frederick havemeyer joined him in 1802 . not in citation given citation needed on january 1 1807 a new plant called a sugar bakery was opened as the partnership wm. and f.c. havemeyer at vandam street . not in citation given citation needed in 1859 the business moved to the waterfront in williamsburg and was known as havemeyer townsend & co refinery . by 1864 the refinery was the most modern of its time . after a fire destroyed the refinery in 1882 the current plant was rebuilt and was the largest sugar refinery in the united states . after the sugar trust was ruled illegal in 1891 henry osborne havemeyer and theodore a. havemeyer were elected as chairman and president respectively of the american sugar refining company . in may 1896 american sugar became one of the original 12 companies in the dow jones industrial average . domino sugar refinery in chalmette louisiana the company subsequently acquired five additional refineries . the company became known as domino sugar in 1900 citation needed and was officially recognized by the patent office on october 8 1901 . in 1916 domino introduced individually wrapped sugar tablets . in 1970 the american sugar company became the amstar corporation . 1 in 1975 amstar sued domino s pizza for trademark infringement ; amstar won at trial but lost on appeal . 2 amstar was acquired by kohlberg kravis roberts in 1983 ; kkr sold amstar to merrill lynch three years later . 3 4 domino sugar was acquired by tate & lyle in 1988 . 5 in 2001 domino sugar officially became domino foods inc. 1 domino sugar corp. was sold by tate & lyle in 2001 to florida crystals corporation and the sugar cane growers cooperative of florida in a 180 million deal 6 that closed on november 6 2001 . florida crystals is a privately held company that is part of flo sun a sugar empire of the fanjul brothers whose origins trace to spanish cuban sugar plantations of the early 19th century . in 2012 two trees bought the domino sugar refinery site in willamsburg brooklyn new york for 185 million . in october of 2014 several of the buildings at the site were demolished including the syrup shed the wash house turbine room power house and pump house . 7 references edit a b sugar products baking tips sweet recipes & more domino sugar . dominosugar.com . retrieved 15 june 2015 . amstar corp. v. domino s pizza inc. 615 f. 2d 252 260 5th cir . 1980 amstar kohlberg amstar sale plan reported profits sour domino sugar for sale . tribunedigital baltimoresun . retrieved 15 june 2015 . domino sugar sale closes . baltimore business journal . retrieved 15 june 2015 . domino sugar factory brooklyn two trees management domino . the real deal new york . 20 october 2014 . retrieved 15 june 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title domino foods & oldid 742172271 categories sugar companies of the united statesfood production companies based in new york citycompanies based in brooklyndefunct companies based in new york cityamerican companies established in 1900food and drink companies established in 1900companies disestablished in 20001900 establishments in new york2000 disestablishments in new yorkformer components of the dow jones industrial averagehidden categories articles to be merged from july 2014all articles to be mergedall articles with failed verificationarticles with failed verification from may 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2014articles with unsourced statements from july 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 03 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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