Application For Membership

TO: FUTURE MEMBER OF SPRI

Thank you for your interest in our organization. We invite you to consider membership.

Sugar Processing Research Institute, (SPRI) is a unique research organization, with expertise in both cane and beet sugar, and over the years, has benefited both sectors with new analytical techniques, and an understanding of the chemical underpinning of many of the process problems that occur during sugar manufacture, and that impact sugar quality and performance in final products.

Our research programs balance basic research and applied research. In addition, our group has a wide range of experience in sugar processing, quality control, and analytical capability.

SPRI is a non-profit organization that receives the majority of its funding from industrial sponsors. We receive additional funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a cooperative agreement, and are housed at the Southern Regional Research Center, a major research laboratory of the USDA. Our ability to work closely with many fine USDA scientists in this large center and to have access to expensive, specialized equipment greatly extends our capabilities.

Any company in sugar and sugar related industries, upon approval by the S.P.R.I. board of directors, may join S.P.R.I.

The institute is controlled by the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Each member company appoints one member to the SPRI Board. The research program is guided by the Research Advisory and Review Committee, which meets at least once a year to select and prioritize research projects.

The rate for sponsoring membership is established by the Board of Directors, in three categories, based on production categories. The fee is indexed, and changes annually. Our fiscal year begins July 1^st of each year.

If your company is not doing much R&D, joining S.P.R.I. is the least expensive way to keep up to date with sugar technologies. We invite your company to join the S.P.R.I. family in taking up the challenges of the 21^st Century. Enclosed is a S.P.R.I. application form for membership.

Again, thank you for your interest in the Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc.

Sincerely,

Dr. Charley Richard

Managing Director

For further information on membership in SPRI, including application with dues structure, please contact the Managing Director.

Dr. Charley Richard, Managing Director

Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc.

1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124

Tel. 504-286-4343

Fax. 504-282-5387

E-mail: charley.richard@ars.usda.gov