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GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant receives 100,000th delivery of corn

CHATHAM, Ontario

GreenField Ethanol, Canada's leading ethanol producer, yesterday accepted its 100,000th delivery of corn to its Chatham plant.

Local driver Gary Johnston of Wallaceburg, Ontario arrived early yesterday morning to deliver corn from the farm of Jim and Lorne Smith in Kent Bridge.

"Since our Chatham plant opened in 1997, GreenField Ethanol's success has been linked with the Chatham-Kent community," said GreenField Ethanol President and CEO Bob Gallant. "This 100,000th delivery of corn would not have been possible without our Chatham employees and the local farms and businesses that we work with on a daily basis, year in, year out."

GreenField Chatham Logistics Coordinator Chris Deline estimates that GreenField has purchased $532 million of corn for the Chatham plant during the past ten years. That's 100,000 deliveries since 1997 at 38 metric tonnes per delivery.

Since its inception, GreenField Ethanol's Chatham facility has produced more than 1.2 billion litres of ethanol using 120 million bushels of corn. The Chatham plant produces 187 million litres of ethanol per year today and turns out a full range of ethanol products – from fuel ethanol to industrial and beverage alcohol.

"This milestone would not be possible without the local farmers and everyone in the Chatham-Kent community," said Gallant.

Photo: Gary Johnston of Wallaceburg, Ontario accepts a gift from GreenField Ethanol Security Guard Dawn Mills upon the 100,000th delivery of corn to GreenField’s Chatham plant.

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