Granite Falls Energy, LLC Appoints Steve Christensen as Chief Executive Officer to Replace Wayne Gordon
April 23, 2012 at 11:20 pm IST
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Granite Falls Energy, LLC announced that Steve Christensen was appointed as the chief executive Officer. The effective date of Mr. Christensen's appointment is April 23, 2012, which coincides with the resignation of the company's interim chief executive officer, Wayne Gordon. Mr. Christensen's most recent position was the CEO/General Manager of Western Wisconsin Energy.
Granite Falls Energy, LLC is engaged in the production and sale of ethanol and its co-products (wet, modified wet and dried distiller's grains, corn oil and corn syrup) locally and throughout the continental United States. The principal products from ethanol production at the Company's plant and its subsidiary, Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC (HLBEs) plant are fuel-grade ethanol, distiller grains, and non-edible corn oil. In addition, HLBE's plant also includes corn syrup and natural gas pipeline operations. It also extracts non-edible crude corn oil. It sells distillers grains (DDGS) as animal feed for beef and dairy cattle, poultry and hogs. Its corn oil is primarily sold to diesel manufacturers and, to a lesser extent, feed lot and poultry markets. Its ethanol production operations are carried out at its ethanol plant located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, and at the ethanol plant operated by HLBE located near Heron Lake, Minnesota. It distributes its products through third party marketers.
GRANITE FALLS ENERGY, LLC 
