Family-owned company closes sugar plant after 119 years




Gay & Robinson Inc., a family-owned sugar producer based on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, will process its final sugar cane harvest in late October and exit the sugar business after 119 years,

the Associated Press reported.

The company cited “mounting debt due to low sugar prices and high energy prices,” according to the report. It plans to generate hydroelectricity and lease some of its 7,500 acres and facilities to Dow AgroSciences, according to the report. (Source: Associated Press, Sept. 24, 2009.)

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