Sponsors
DIAMOND SPONSOR   LUNCH SPONSOR
Sucres & Denrées (SD) was founded by Maurice Varsano in 1952 and is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. A market leader in the global business of sugar, SD is active in sugar sourcing, logistics, risk management, merchandising, trading, processing and distribution. The group originates and ships annually more than 9M Mts of sugar (bulk/bagged/container) and distributes over 2M Mts in domestic markets. Agricultural and/or logistical and/or industrial activities have been developed in Russia, Brazil, Mexico, India, Europe, USA and several African and Latin American destinations. The Group has expanded its business scope beyond sugar into other products and services like cocoa, ethanol, ocean freight, coffee and futures/options brokerage. With an entrepreneurial and creative team of more than 5000 employees in over 30 locations worldwide SD strives to serve its customers and partners with quality and integrity. Please visit: www.sucden.com ANZ has over 175 years of agribusiness experience in Australia and New Zealand. With a team of specialists in 28 core Asia Pacific markets, ANZ is better connected than any other Australian bank. Our superior networks can help facilitate regional trade opportunities and find long-term sustainable solutions for your business. Our specialist bankers can provide specialised finance and treasury services (including interest rate management and foreign exchange), structured trade solutions and innovative commodity financing options. Please visit:www.anz.com/corporate/






  ANZ at a glance:
Top 5 listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange
Top 5 Corporate Bank in Asia*
Among the top 20 largest banks in the world
Operates in 32 markets across Australia, New Zealand,
Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and Americ
*Greenwich Associates, Large Asian Corporate Banking Survey, 2012

LUNCH SPONSOR   LUNCH SPONSOR
Mitr Phol Group is a group of companies that has been in the forefront of Thailand's sugar industry for nearly six decades. With our strong commitment and contribution to the industry over the years, Mitr Phol has been recognized as Thailand's top sugar producer and exporter. At present, we operate five sugar mills in Thailand, with another addition to operate in the next crop year. We have also expanded our production base overseas to China, Laos PDR, and most recently, have made an investment in MSF Sugar Ltd. To further strengthen our business, the group has also extended our business to other related industries including bio-mass energy, ethanol, particle board, and warehousing and logistics. For further information, please visit
www.mitrphol.com

MSF Sugar Limited (MSF) is an integrated sugar sector agricultural company with a history stretching back to 1886 . In recent years MSF entered a dynamic new phase, restructuring and growing its assets as well as its influence in the Queensland and international sugar industry. MSF is Australia's third largest producer, second largest exporter of raw sugar and the only Australian miller with independent control of pricing, physical marketing and logistics. MSF's business model focuses on optimising its capabilities along the whole sugar value chain including growing, milling, logistics and marketing. MSF owns and operates four sugar mills with cane crushing capacity of about 4.7 million tonnes per annum and are capable of producing approximately 550,000 tonnes of raw sugar and 140,000 tonnes of molasses each year.
www.MSFsugar.com.au

CONFERENCE SPONSOR    
A leader in raw sugar marketing, QSL (Queensland Sugar Limited) has built an excellent reputation for quality, service and innovation in the global sugar market. QSL manages more than 90 per cent of all Australian raw sugar exports and works on behalf of Australian sugar millers and growers to build sustainable business partnerships with international customers. QSL gives Queensland raw sugar an edge on the world stage through superior marketing, logistics and supply chain functions, while its members directly benefit from its innovative pricing solutions, risk management systems and financial services. QSL's key advantage is its unique end-to-end control of the supply chain and unrivalled expertise in all aspects of Australian sugar quality. For further information please visit: www.qsl.com.au Louis Dreyfus Commodities is a global agri-commodities leader. The Group’s portfolio includes oilseeds, grains, rice, freight, finance, juice, cotton, coffee, sugar, metals, dairy, fertilizers and sugar and ethanol mills businesses. With 160 years in the commodities business, Louis Dreyfus Commodities maintains a dynamic culture with 35 000 employees at peak season, and offices in more than 55 countries. Louis Dreyfus Commodities' multi-cultural management is devoted to a unique business model: a diversified portfolio with positions throughout the value chain from farm to fork, optimally located production and processing assets and careful risk management. The Group’s diversification and environmentally sound, socially responsible expansion strategy has enabled it to post outstanding sustainable year-on-year growth, with market leadership positions in six of the 10 major trade flows covered. For more information, visit www.ldcommodities.com

    BOOTH SPONSOR
Founded in 1989, Energy has rapidly grown to be one of the largest Brazilian exporters of sugar and serving clients throughout the world. Having offices in Brazil, USA, The Netherlands, Dubai and Sri Lanka, Energy is well situated and capable of originating and delivering a full range of sugars including refined, crystal, brown, organic and liquid in various types of packing through its own packing facility in Sao Paulo. Offering continuous supply by handling all origins, Energy manages the yearly increasing numbers of containers from Brazil through its own container terminal in Santos. Expanding its successful supply chain philosophy into other commodities has led to new markets in rice, corn, dairy and more recently edible oils, pulses and pasta. For further information on Energy please visit: www.energy.com.br

Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company with approximately 32,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat and corn to make ingredients used by food companies and sells fertilizer in North and South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in White Plains, New York. For further information please visit: www.bunge.com
     
CarboUA develops and markets proprietary high performance process aids for the sugar industry.  Their patent-pending process aids enable mills or sugar refineries to increase daily sugar throughput and daily sugar recovery, resulting in an expansion of production capacity with little or no capital investment while reducing energy consumption per ton produced. CarboUA high performance process aids can also be useful in handling intermittent process upsets (such as stale cane fed to the mill or high colour raw sugar melted in the refinery) that result in low production efficiency.  CarboUA's global reach has sales in 26 countries. CarboUA products are also used for producing corn syrup and bottler's grade syrups, and are approved and used by Coca Cola® and PepsiCo® bottlers. Please visit www.carboua.com

Established in 1975, PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional clients. Its comprehensive suite of financial services includes fund management, unit trusts, hedge funds, insurance planning, investment research and broking in bonds, securities, futures, foreign exchange, precious metals and commodities. Institutions can also benefit from Phillip Capital corporate finance and advisory services as well as information technology solutions. Today, the company operates in the financial hubs of 13 countries, with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, France, Australia and USA. For further information, please visit:  www.phillipfutures.com.sg