The Domino brand name was acquired in 2001 by Florida Crystals Corporation and rebranded as American Sugar Refining,[1] a new company created in 1998 and unrelated to the prior firm by that name.

[2][4] The ASR was incorporated in the state of New Jersey on January 10, 1891 by Henry Osborne Havemeyer, with $50 million in capital.

[citation needed] The combination expanded horizontally for about twenty years as new competitors arose; later, it expanded vertically, undertaking the production of cane sugar and raw sugar in Cuba and acquiring lumber interests.

It had major refineries in Brooklyn; Charlestown, Massachusetts;[10] Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chalmette, Louisiana; and Spreckels, California.

In the early 1970s, the company made major investments in high-fructose corn syrup production, and changed its name to Amstar Corporation (ASR).