Blue print signed at the Union St Aubin factory

April 7, an official ceremony was held on for the signing of the blue print at the Union St Aubin factory.

The minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security Satish Faugoo, chief executive officer (CEO) of Omnicane Jacques M d’Unienville and the Private Parliamentary Secretary, Maneswur Peetumber were present.

In his speech, the Omnicane CEO paid homage to the commitment of the employees of Union St Aubin.

For him, the blue print is a special option that regulates the closing down of factories and makes provisions so that each employee gets two and a half months of annual salary depending on service.

It also ensures that they get a plot of land and training if the employee wants to change his career.

The minister said that the sugar mill had to stop its activities for economic reasons and they are now entering the phase of centralisaion.

“The sugar industry is one of the most important pillars of our economy,” Faugoo added.

The minister also encouraged multi-purposed development and urged all employees to make full use of training being offered to them.

Union Saint Aubin was constructed in 1848 by Constant Jacob Cadet de Fontenay and was involved in sugarcane activities for 162 years. In 2009 Union Saint Aubin came to be known as Omnicane.

The mill crushed some 307,783 tonnes of cane between June 10 and December 7, 2010.

The crushed cane is processed into syrup, which was then shipped to the Barrack factory.

It was made into Plantation White Sugar and finally into refined sugar to be exported in Südzucker. The company was the first sugar mill in the world to set up the hydraulic mill in 1985.