High-purity alcohol and specialty solvent manufacturer with renewable fuels focus
Greenfield Global operates a capital-intensive manufacturing business spanning distilleries, blending facilities, and anaerobic digestion plants across North America. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward industrial controls (Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley, ABB) and ERP (Dynamics 365 suite), with recent adoption of modern analytics tooling (Power BI, Vena, Azure) and AI assistants—signaling a push to digitize legacy operations. Active hiring across finance, engineering, and manufacturing, plus leadership gaps in FP&A and innovation, suggests simultaneous pressure to modernize systems and scale sustainable fuels production.
Notable leadership hires: Innovation Director, Director FP&A, Finance FP&A Director, Talent Acquisition Director
Founded in 1989, Greenfield Global manufactures high-purity alcohols, specialty solvents, and custom blended solutions for pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and industrial customers in over 50 countries. The company operates 5 distilleries, 5 blending/packaging facilities, 8 warehouses, and one of North America's largest anaerobic digestion plants, processing over 120,000 metric tons of organic waste annually into renewable natural gas. Annual throughput exceeds 35,000 orders. Beyond commodity ethanol, the business is expanding into decarbonization-focused products: low-carbon ethanol, green hydrogen, green methanol, sustainable aviation fuel, and renewable natural gas. The organization is family-owned and headquartered in Toronto.
5 alcohol distilleries, 5 blending and packaging facilities, 8 warehouses, and 1 anaerobic digestion plant. The digestion facility processes over 120,000 MT of organic waste annually. Fulfills over 35,000 orders per year to 50+ countries.
Industrial controls: Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley, ABB, DCS, FactoryTalk, RSLogix 5000. ERP: Dynamics 365 suite (Finance, Supply Chain, Operations). Analytics: Power BI, Vena. Cloud: Azure. Also uses Salesforce, Maximo (asset management), Dayforce (HR).
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