Copersucar S.A. is the largest sugar and ethanol commercialization operation controlled by producers and the biggest exporter of these products in Brazil. With 43 associated mills, the company has a unique business model that integrates all the links of the sugar, ethanol and bioenergy production, commercialization and logistics chain, from operational planning to product delivery to the end customer in Brazil and abroad. In addition to the production of the associated mills, Copersucar commercializes sugar and ethanol acquired from non-associates. The company intends to triple its business by 2015, achieving a 30% share of Brazilian sugar and ethanol production. For more information about Copersucar please visit www.copersucar.com.br
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 138,000 people in 63 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to applying its global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges wherever it does business. For more information, visit www.cargill.com
J.P. Morgan is a part of JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about J.P. Morgan is available at www.jpmorgan.com
Al Khaleej Sugar, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, started in 1995 and was the first sugar refinery established in the Gulf Region, with a daily production capacity of 2,400 tons. Today, its daily production capacity exceeds 6,000 tons, achieving status as the world's largest standalone sugar refinery. One of the most energy efficient refineries globally, Al Khaleej Sugar is strategically located in Jebel Ali Port, serving the Middle East, Asian Sub-Continent, African and Far East Markets. For more information on Al Khaleej Sugar please visit www.alkhaleejsugar.ae
Raízen, a joint venture between Cosan and Shell, is Brazil's fifth largest company in revenue with annual production in excess of 2.2 billion liters of ethanol. Its 24 mills produce 4.4 million tons of sugar and have 900 MW capacity for the production of electrical power from sugarcane bagasse. With an estimated revenue of R$ 50 billion, the joint venture is one of the most competitive sustainable power companies in the world. Raízen employs about 40,000 people, serves 53 logistic terminals and is responsible for installations in 52 domestic airports. Raízen's current production capacity places it as the fifth largest producer, behind India, China and Thailand, in addition to Brazil. The first company to be a fully integrated player in the sugarcane industry, Raízen operates all phases from growing the sugarcane, production, sale of sugar and ethanol, domestic logistics, to exports, distribution, and retail. Please visit: www.raizen.com
United Sugar Company (USC)- Part of Savola Group – located in Jeddah seaport, Saudi Arabia. Production started in 1994 with annual capacity of 500 KMT and expanded to 1.3 MMT which makes it one of the largest refineries in the world. A world class “EEC2” quality white sugar refinery; USC supplies Saudi market with the majority of its demand, as well as exports to Middle East, Levant, East Africa and the GCC in different packaging lines that vary from bulk tankers to 1kg branded retail packs. For further information please visit: www.unitedsugar.com
United Sugar Company of Egypt (USCE) is part of the Savola Group. Located in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt, the company was launched in 2007 with annual capacity of 750KMT and infrastructure to expand to 1 MMT. USCE is strategically located by the Red Sea to fulfill the Egyptian local market demand, as well as exports in the Middle East, North and East Africa as well as The East Mediterranean countries. The USCE product line includes fine sugar and packaging of 1.1 metric tons to branded 1kg retail packs.For further information please visit: savolafoods-eg.com/USCE.htm
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
Rabobank Group, an international financial services provider, operates on a cooperative principles basis. Founded in the Netherlands over 110 years ago, Rabobank Group offers banking, asset management, leasing, insurance and real estate services in 48 countries serving over 10 million clients. In terms of Tier 1 capital, Rabobank Group is among the world's 30 largest institutions and is consistently awarded a high rating by all rating agencies. Rabobank International, the wholesale banking, international rural and retail banking divisions, provides customised banking and finance solutions to food and agribusiness clients, from the beginning to the end of the chain – from producers to processors; traders to retailers; and investors. Within all major food and agribusiness sectors, Rabobank offers financial support, an international network, solid products and services, and its rich sector Food & Agri knowledge. Please visit: www.rabobank.com
Founded in 1989, Energy has rapidly grown to be one of the largest Brazilian exporters of containerized 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. 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
RS Platou ASA is a leading international ship and offshore broking company established in 1936. The company serves the shipping and offshore industry worldwide by providing services within chartering, sale and purchase and contracting of ships and offshore units. RS Platou provides investment banking services and project financing with a core focus on the shipping and offshore industries complemented by a variety of quality research materials and market reports provided by the economic research group and the research analysts within the investment bank. The company's head office is in Oslo with 15 other offices across the globe in Singapore, Aberdeen, London, Houston, Moscow, Accra, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Piraeus, Geneva, Dubai, New York and Australia. The Group has about 370 employees worldwide. For further information: www.platou.com
Chakiat is a closely held family run business group that has been involved in Ocean Transportation Logistics and other related activities since 1952. The company operates in 11 locations, employs more than 300 people and has gained extensive knowledge in the Ocean Transportation spectrum. The Group represents major shipping lines as agents and is also involved in Import/Export logistics, owns a fleet of 100 vehicles operating across the country and operates a fleet of containers including ISO tanks. Chakiat is also involved in equipment leasing and is a minority stake holder at the new container terminal emerging at Cochin. For more details please visit this website: www.chakiat.co.in
iRely is a leading provider of innovative trading and risk management software solutions for sugar traders and refineries. Powerful and intuitive, iRely handles the physical/ futures, risk management, logistics, and back office requirements demanded by the industry's top companies. With real-time reporting on risk exposure, mark to market, contract profitability and overall inventory position with multi-currency, lingual, company, and commodity flexibility, it's no wonder that iRely is the software of choice. For more information, visit us during the conference or online at www.iRely.com
Shree Renuka Sugars is a global agribusiness and bio-energy corporation. It started commercial production in 1999. In the past 12 years, the Company has grown to become one of the largest sugar producers in the world, the leading manufacturer of sugar in India, with significant sugar and ethanol production facilities in Brazil backed by its own plantations. The Company operates eleven sugar mills globally with a total crushing capacity of 20.7 million tonnes of cane per annum and two port-based sugar refineries with annual capacity of 1.7 million tonnes. For more information on Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd please visit www.renukasugars.com
With over 130 years of commodity and financial derivatives experience, Jefferies Bache provides skillful global execution and clearing, customized reporting and real-time risk management solutions to a broad range of clients - from financial institutions to corporate end users, hedge funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. We offer expertise in over-the-counter and exchange-traded futures and options, base and precious metals, foreign exchange, carbon and emissions and cash fixed income. We partner with our clients to understand their unique objectives and develop customized solutions to help them achieve their goals. In July 2011, Jefferies Group, Inc. purchased Bache (now Jefferies Bache) from Prudential Financial, Inc. Jefferies Bache continues to provide the flexibility you have come to expect with the strength and resources of our parent company. Please visit: www.jefferiesbache.com
Baramati Agro is a 20-year-young diversified agro-business company with its base in Maharashtra, India but slowly spreading its presence in other states. The business was set up in 1988. Our company operates in various agricultural business like poultry, animal feed, sugar, power, alcohol manufacturing and also we are actively involved in commodity trading. Baramati Agro Ltd. has 5000 TCD plant at single location, producing best quality sugar using state of the art technology. In the domestic market, we are catering sweetener needs of quality conscious bulk consumers from various sectors such as soft drink, dairy, confectionery, ice cream etc. including MNC's. Baramati Agro also exports sugar to various countries including the Middle East, Europe, Far East, West & East Africa.
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
NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, operates futures and options markets in Europe and USA. NYSE Liffe offers a broad choice of derivatives including short term interest rates, single stocks, indices, swaps, government bonds, commodities and currencies – all available to trade via LIFFE CONNECT®. Products listed benefit from the safety and transparency of a centrally cleared, electronic market. NYSE Liffe’s commodity futures contracts are global and European benchmarks for cocoa, robusta coffee, white sugar, feed wheat, milling wheat, rapeseed, corn, malting barley and skimmed milk powder.Futures contracts, alongside associated options contracts, are extensively used for price risk management by producers, exporters, trade houses, processors, refiners and manufacturers. They are actively traded by managed funds, proprietary traders, institutional investors and market makers looking for exposure to soft and agricultural commodity markets. Please visit: www.nyx.com/commodities
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
Telvent DTN is a global, industry-leading provider of commodity trading tools and information. Our flagship product, DTN ProphetX, helps our clients to make the most profitable trading and risk management decisions possible, across a wide range of commodities including grains, softs, energy and metals. DTN ProphetX provides our subscribers with sophisticated technical and fundamental analysis, extensive charting features, commodity focused news wires, streaming real time quotes, and historical data feeds. By employing the largest and most highly awarded news team in Agriculture, Telvent DTN covers the breaking news that drives both the OTC and futures markets to 700,000 subscribers in over 30 countries worldwide, including every major market participant such as Bunge, Louis Dreyfus, FCStone, ECOM, Cargill, Noble Resources, Kingsman Sugar and J.P. Morgan. www.telvent.com/trading
Interactive Data Corporation is a trusted leader in financial information. Thousands of financial institutions and active traders, as well as hundreds of software and service providers, subscribe to our fixed income evaluations, reference data, real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions. Interactive Data's offerings support clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management. Interactive Data is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has over 2,500 employees in offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.interactivedata.com
