Nick Hicks has held various roles in the sugar industry, ranging from Technical Assistant to Vice President of Logistics. With a background in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Nick brings a strong analytical and problem-solving skillset to their positions. Nick has been with National Sugar Marketing Cooperative, Inc. since April 2012, where Nick has shown a knack for enhancing sales operations and optimizing logistics strategies. Prior to this, Nick worked at Amalgamated Sugar Company as a Technical Assistant.
National Sugar Marketing Cooperative, Inc.
National Sugar Marketing LLC was formed in April 2012 as a jointly owned marketing company by its two original members, The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, and Sucden Americas Corporation. The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC is grower-owned by The Snake River Sugar Company. Based in Boise, ID, Amalgamated operates three beet sugar processing plants in Idaho and is the second largest beet sugar processor in the United States with over 900,000 tons of refined sugar produced annually. Sucden Americas Corporation is a Miami, FL based, wholly owned subsidiary of the Sucden Group, a Paris, France-based, leading sugar trading company with a worldwide presence producing 8 to 10 million tons of sugar annually. On March 1, 2016, National Sugar announced the addition of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative as its newest member. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, based in Renville, MN, is a grower-owned cooperative with processing plants in Renville, MN, and Brawley, CA. Southern Minnesota annually produces approximately 600,000 tons of refined sugar at their two facilities. Utilizing a vast network of production and distribution facilities across the United States and Mexico, National Sugar is able to provide a variety of products to our customers. This enables National Sugar to deliver refined sugar to its customers with the highest efficiency and the lowest cost to serve. Operating as a full-service marketing company for its partners, National Sugar handles all sales, customer service, transportation, invoicing, and cash disbursement for its partners.