Abram Lyle was a Scottish food manufacturer and politician, who is noted for founding the sugar refiners Abram Lyle & Sons in 1887, which merged with the company of his rival Henry Tate to become Tate
Late 19th-century extension to the Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker Street, Greenock, where Lyle took up the business. The original sugarhouse was on the left, now the site of an Aldi supermarket
Tate & Lyle syrup refinery at Plaistow Wharf, 2009
A tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup, first sold in 1885. Recognised by Guinness World Records as having the world's oldest branding and packaging.
Tate & Lyle Plc is a British multinational supplier of diverse food and beverage products to food and industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s, it began to d
Abram Lyle
…and politician, who is noted for founding the sugar refiners Abram Lyle & Sons in 1887, which merged with the company of his rival Henry Tate to become Tate & Lyle in 1921. He was born on 14 December 1820 in the seaport of Greenock, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, and at twelve years old became an apprentice in a…
Tate & Lyle PLC refinery along the Thames in Silvertown, London
Tate & Lyle head office in Kingsway, London
A Tate & Lyle tank car carrying corn syrup