Gunter Brodl has been involved in the ethanol industry for 50 years and came to live in the U.S. when the ethanol industry was in its infancy. He was instrumental in getting some of the first fuel ethanol plants operational 35 years ago and helped introduce the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process as a state-of-the-art technology for ethanol fermentations. Since then, Gunter has played a major role in developing and improving grain-to-ethanol technologies and has been an innovator for the energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly designs for which Vogelbusch is known.
Gunter established VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. over 25 years ago and under his dedicated leadership grew the company into one of the premier suppliers of process engineering packages for the fuel ethanol industry. Today, Vogelbusch-designed facilities in North America produce over 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol annually.
Gunter will continue as a member of the VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. Board of Directors and will serve as an advisor and consultant to the company.
We are pleased to announce that Anthony Varnas has been named as Gunter’s successor. Tony has been with VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. for over 20 years, most recently as Vice President of Engineering.