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DuPont exec to join SunEthanol as CEO

June 3, 2008

In Massachusetts, SunEthanol said that it would seek another $20 million in development stage funding and would bring on a new CEO from DuPont. Jef Sharp, the current CEO, will become chief marketing officer. The company’s one-step process for converting woodchip cellulose into ethanol has increased its lab results from 4 grams per liter to 25 grams, according to cnet.

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    Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News 

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