Why Schaffer Sugar Services?

We back our high-quality engineering and design services with unsurpassed technological computer software support and knowledge. With our engineering and service team, we have the resources to ensure world-class delivery of service to our sugar industry clients. Moreover, Schaffer Sugar Services is a division of Crompion International that provides specialty stainless steels and specialty industrial products that enhance the performance of our global customers.

Furthermore, we are a legacy of the Schaffer Sugar engineering group that developed more than nine-hundred sugar engineering projects in more than 60 countries since the 1950s. In recognition of our success and corporate responsibility overseas, our legacy company was awarded the inaugural U.S. Department of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence in 1999.

We received this award in recognition of our high standards of responsible business conduct and how a U.S. company represents the American values and business practices. We incorporate our legacy experience and ethics in the local and international sugar industry, with experienced engineers led by Mr. George Schaffer, and our new, reliable, and innovative technologies.

Schaffer Sugar Services Principles

  • Our Culture

    Schaffer Sugar Services company leaders have created a unique internal culture. We are at our best when challenged with developing customized solutions for our clients. Our innovative thinking, R&D leadership, and passion for customer success set us apart from our competitors. Schaffer Sugar Services works with its customers to find the most practical combination of designs, products, and services to meet their operational needs and achieve their strategic goals.

  • Our Promise

    We help our customers identify how specialized sugar applications can improve the reliability, efficiency, and profitability of their operations. We promise to provide our customers with solutions and services that they can trust.

Mr. George Schaffer founded this company to offer services and equipment that bring together many ex-Schaffer engineers’ knowledge and experience combined with other very experienced sugar technologists, including chemical, mechanical, automation, and civil engineers.

​As Crompion International and Schaffer Sugar Services president, Mr. Schaffer is hands-on involved, ensuring that each job and project Is carried out with the same level of high expectations that make customers want to come back time and time again. Mr. Schaffer is a member of the World Trade Center of New Orleans and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

​About Mr. George Schaffer, our president.

A Louisiana State University (LSU) graduate, Mr. Schaffer started building his experience early on, working with his father, Mr. Francis C. Schaffer, and gaining knowledge and skill in the sugar, steel fabrication, and engineering industries. He has worked on projects in farming, financing, agro-industrial consulting, engineering and project management support in countries around the world. In 1997, he went into business on his own in engineering, farming, and specialty materials. In 2000, he founded what evolved to become Crompion International, a leader in material and process solutions. Currently, Crompion International is at the forefront of several industries, which includes offering the best new technology to the sugar and transportation industries.