Tate & Lyle Lafayette South plant awarded ENERGY STAR certification for third consecutive year
Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle) is pleased to announce that its Lafayette South corn wetmill in Lafayette, Indiana, US, has earned ENERGY STAR certification by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of its superior energy efficiency performance.
This is the third consecutive year the Lafayette South plant, which produces high quality corn-based sweeteners, has received ENERGY STAR certification. At this plant, in recent years Tate & Lyle has adapted the air emission control technology to include regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs), equipment that treats exhaust air before it enters the atmosphere. Although a benefit for the environment and community, operating RTOs increases energy use at the site. The team at Lafayette South took steps to offset the additional energy use from this protective environmental process, including capital investments and process improvements to reuse energy within the production cycle where possible, limiting waste.