VeraSun announces plant managers for 2 ethanol facilities
April 8, 2008
BY Hope Deutscher
Web exclusive posted May 6, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. CST
Brookings, S.D.-based VeraSun Energy Corp. recently announced that Shannon Robinson has been promoted to plant manager at its Charles City, Iowa, ethanol production facility, while Alan Hieb has assumed the plant manger position at VeraSun Welcome, Minn.
Robinson replaces Todd Church who was recently promoted to vice president of plant operations and production support at VeraSun. He joined VeraSun in April 2007 as the engineering manager for VeraSun Hartley. A month later, he transitioned into the role of operations manager at Charles City, Iowa, and has been the biorefinery's acting plant manager since December.
Hieb joined VeraSun after spending more than 25 years with The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC. He held several positions with the company, most recently as plant manager of the company's sugar beet factory, which employees more than 400 people.
VeraSun has more than one billion gallons of annual ethanol production capacity in 11 operating facilities. Six more facilities are under construction or in development with a combined capacity of 660 MMgy.
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