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VeraSun Energy Corp.

(VSE) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$110.7M

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US

Dow Jones Description

VeraSun Energy Corporation (NYSE: VSE), headquartered in Brookings, SD, is committed to being a leading producer of renewable fuel. The Company has two operating ethanol production facilities located in Aurora, SD, and Fort Dodge, IA, and three facilities under construction in Charles City, IA, Hartley, IA, and Welcome, MN. Upon completion of the new facilities, VeraSun will have an annual production capacity of approximately 560 million gallons. The Company has plans to extract oil from dried distillers grains, a co-product of the ethanol process, for use in biodiesel production.

Chairman & CEO

Number of Employees 160

Contact Information

100 22nd Avenue

Brookings, South Dakota 57006

www.verasun.com

(605) 696-7200

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing: 325193

Recent Events

Reportlinker Adds Ethanol - Global Market Opportunities

11/21/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Putting it Back Together

11/14/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Iowa's Ethanol Ind. Shows Signs of Recovery

10/27/09 - Bankruptcy Filings - View Story
Qteros and ACT: Sewage goes in one end, fuel comes out the other

10/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Plants return to production after idle summer

10/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Five former VeraSun plants sold to producer/owners

9/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
PSC aims to resolve ethanol plant insolvency

9/09/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
River Valley Energy to purchase former VeraSun plant

8/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
GPRE becomes major industry player

7/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
The Recession's Impact on Dyersville, Iowa

6/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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U.S. Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge

Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-01

Research Recap submits: From boom to bust, it’s been a quick round-trip for ethanol producers and the credit crisis is only the latest in a series of issues that have raised liquidity concerns, according to Moody’s Investors Service in a special report. click to enlarge by Research Recap

Tags: Energy, Research Recap, Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., VeraSun Energy Corp.
Is Ethanol Dead? Not So Fast

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-09

Max Blankfeld submits: A few months I wrote about how the number of flex-fuel cars was increasing in Brazil and sugar-cane ethanol has been a thriving industry for years, without causing damage to food production. Fresh news related to the ethanol industry, both in the US and in Brazil, should...

Tags: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Brazil, Energy, Food, Food & Beverage, Management, Manufacturing, Max Blankfeld, Seeking Alpha, Strategy, VeraSun Energy Corp.
VeraSun Files for Bankruptcy

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-03

Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE: VSE), a cash-strapped ethanol company that lost big in hedging corn prices, said late Friday it had filed for bankruptcy. by Greentech Media

Tags: Bankruptcy, Seeking Alpha, Greentech Media, Litigation, Business Operations, VeraSun Energy Corp., Energy
Verasun Energy: Thin Margin Co's Are One Bad Economic Turn Away from Disaster

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-02

Tim Plaehn submits: As I hypothesized on Thursday, VeraSun Energy VSE has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The cause can be condensed to two sentences from the press release: The Company suffered significant losses in the third quarter of 2008 from a dramatic spike in its corn costs, reflecting...

Tags: Liquidity, Seeking Alpha, Tim Plaehn, Investment, Finance, VeraSun Energy Corp., Energy
VeraSun Plant Closing Results in Slashed Analyst Estimates

Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang VeraSun Energy Corp. VSE has shut down one of its ethanol plants in Indiana, prompting an equity analyst to reduce the company's share price target by nearly 56 percent. by Greentech Media

Tags: Analyst, Seeking Alpha, Greentech Media, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, VeraSun Energy Corp., Energy

VeraSun Energy Could Be Attractive to the Right Buyer

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-24

Tim Plaehn submits: When VeraSun Energy VSE revealed last week it had somehow managed to lock in corn supply prices for the 3rd quarter at near record prices and would incur a $100 million loss for the quarter, the stock dropped over 70% in a single day. Until that...

Tags: Energy, VeraSun Energy Corp.
LEDs Rise as Biofuels Sink (Week Ending 9/19)

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-22

Capping a crazy week, broad markets end up, while commodities retreated slightly. Camino's indices ended the week mixed amid highly volitile trading. by Cleantechblog

Tags: Energy, Cree, VeraSun Energy Corp.
VeraSun: Next To Fold?

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-19

Greentech Media submits: By Daniel Englander And the hits just keep on coming. Pure-play ethanol company VeraSun sent out a press release late Thursday night announcing they retained Morgan Stanley MS to help “evaluate strategic alternatives”. That’s pennies-on-the-dollar talk if I’ve ever heard it. VeraSun’s VSE stock price dropped...

Tags: Energy, Morgan Stanley, VeraSun Energy Corp.
Verasun Gets Killed

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-18

Dan Pritch submits: Verasun tanked over 70% Wednesday after predicting an enormous loss on record corn prices. I predicted its demise here and actually purchased out of the money puts in anticipation of such a precipitous decline. Unfortunately for me, I only purchased out to the August expiry...

Tags: Energy, VeraSun Energy Corp.
Verasun's Screw Up

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-18

Tim Plaehn submits: According to this report from Forbes it appears that VeraSun Energy VSE managed to lock in a significant amount of corn contracts at near the peak of the recent corn run up. In the mean time, ethanol prices have fallen in lock step with falling corn...

Tags: Energy, VeraSun Energy Corp.

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Danny C. Herron	CFO & Senior Vice President
Barry Schaps	Senior Vice President, Logistics
Bill Honnef	Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Bob Antoine	Senior Vice President, HR
John M. Schweitzer	General Counsel & Senior Vice President
Paul J. Caudill	Senior Vice President, Operations
Paul Schock	Senior Vice President, Corp Development
Ginja Collins	Vice President, Finance
Kevin T. Biehle	Vice President, Plant Operations
Matt Janes	Vice President, Technology
Paul Kreter	Vice President, Ethanol Sales
Peter Atkins	Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
Ginger Scalet	Director, HR & Admin
Laura Johnson	Controller

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Don Endres	Chairman & CEO
Duane Gilliam	Chairman
Bruce Jamerson	Board of Directors
D. Duane Gilliam	Board of Directors
Jack Huggins	Board of Directors
Mark L. First	Board of Directors
Steven T. Kirby	Board of Directors

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VeraSun Energy Corporation	Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing	Current

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VeraSun Energy Corporation	General Counsel & Senior Vice President	Current

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