Ilona Németh: Eastern Sugar

A look, through the work of Ilona Németh, at the transitioning social and economic infrastructure of Eastern Europe.

Eastern Sugar was the name chosen by Générale Sucrière and Tate & Lyle for their joint venture to acquire sugar factories across Central Europe after the fall of communism in 1989. In the mid-2000s, the Franco-British consortium cashed in its investment to take advantage of a European Union compensation scheme and permanently shut down its sites. This book takes as its startin...