Léon Lhoist
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Léon Lhoist was a Belgian businessman. He is the grand-father of Jean-Pierre Berghmans, industrialist at the head of Lhoist group. In 1920, he married Claire Dumont, heiress of Hippolyte Dumont, industrialist in the sector of the extraction of lime and dolomite[1].
Biography
In 1889 Hippolyte Dumont, his father-in-law, established the Carrières et Fours à Chaux Dumont-Wautier, at Hermalle in Belgium. In 1924, Léon Lhoist founded the Etablissements Léon Lhoist, a lime and dolime (dolomitic lime, or burnt dolomite) producer, at Jemelle, Belgium. In 1926, Lhoist established the Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dugny in France. The Lhoist group has grown becoming the leader world leader in the lime, dolime and mineral solutions.
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