Savannah, GA – Following its filing of a motion in the State Court of Chatham County, GA, Imperial Sugar issued the following statement:

Imperial Sugar Has Track Record of Commitment to Safety

The emergency personnel who responded to the Imperial Sugar Explosion were honored once again today.

A year ago today Imperial Sugar C.E.O. John Sheptor was in the midst of a tragedy.
Eight of his employees were missing and many more were injured after an explosion rocked one of his company’s Port Wentworth Plant.
Only on the job for a couple weeks Sheptor was about to face what he calls the longest and most memorable year of his life.
News Three’s Alice Massimi sat down to speak with him about the ups and downs and the future of Imperial Sugar. 

Today the Imperial Sugar Family marked the anniversary of the tragedy by dedicating a memorial.
Dubbed Legacy Park it has a monument in honor of each of the 14 victims.
News Three’s Alice Massimi was at the plant for the dedication and spoke with employees who say today is bittersweet.

Thankfully all of the patients who were severely burned in the explosion have been released from the hospital but many of them still have a long road to recovery.
News Three’s Alice Massimi spoke with one of the burn victims.

The community gathers to remember the victims of the Imperial Sugar Plant explosion and to celebrate the men and women who helped on that tragic night.

Imperial Sugar: A Community Reflects special broadcast on News 3 Saturday, Feb. 7. This Saturday is the one-year anniversary of the sugar refinery explosion. Share your memories and thoughts about the incident.

On Wednesday, February 4th, Congressman John Barrow reintroduced a bill aimed at protecting workers from combustible dust.

Imperial Sugar announced their fourth quarter results on Monday, December 15th.

Labor Leaders now want U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss to stop trying to quash a subpoena related to the Imperial Sugar Explosion.

Planning to rebuild since the day after the explosion, today they broke ground for the new packaging building.
News Three's Alice Massimi was at today's groundbreaking and has more.

Imperial Sugar will break ground on their new packaging building today. This is the final area of the plant to initiate the rebuild.

News Three was the first to tell you Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss had been subpoenaed by Savannah Attorney Mark Tate in the case against Imperial Sugar.
In a News Three follow-up, we've gotten word that Chambliss' lawyer is moving to quash the subpoena.

Sugar Land, TX- Imperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ:IPSU) today announced that it has entered into preliminary discussions with Louisiana Sugar Refinery, LLC (LSR) to participate in the construction and operation of a new state-of-the-art refinery by LSR

Almost eight months to the day of the deadly explosion at Imperial Sugar—the rebuilding has begun.
Today the company broke ground on the new and improved facility.

Imperial Sugar is ready to start rebuilding portions of its Georgia plant devastated by a deadly explosion eight months ago.

Imperial Sugar will break ground on a new facility on Wednesday.

More than seven months since the deadly Imperial Sugar Explosion things are officially moving into the courtroom today.