Chemrec names LeBlanc as CEO
DEERFIELD - Chemrec AB has named Richard J. LeBlanc of Libertyville as CEO of the Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, and as CEO of its new U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA Inc., headquartered in Deerfield. LeBlanc, 57, will be responsible for building the North America and Asia-Pacific markets for Chemrec USA's patented "black liquor" gasification biorefinery technology. He formerly was a senior executive with Siemens AG in the USA. The Chemrec process transforms waste into ultraclean alternative motor fuels methanol and dimethyl ether or DME. Because the farmed forestry used by the mills is a renewable resource, the DME fuel produced through the Chemrec process is carbon neutral.
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