Summit Energy, Energy Consulting Firm, Recognized by Carmeuse

Summit Energy Services, Inc., a leading privately held energy management firm, has been named among companies most responsible for the highly successful turnaround of Carmeuse, one of the world’s leading providers of lime products and related technology for commercial and industrial use.

“Less than four years ago, our company was struggling,” said Jack Fahler, of Carmeuse. “At our most difficult time, there were a relative handful of companies that had a great impact on our success and we wanted to acknowledge their contributions and honor them.”

Summit’s CEO, Jim Headlee credited Carmeuse leadership with getting the most out of the business relationship between the two companies. “We have always cherished our relationship with Carmeuse,” commented Mr. Headlee. “Our staff members are taught from day one that we do not simply want to be a ‘vendor’ to our clients. Rather, we want to dig in and figure out how we can come along side them and strategically manage their energy spend. Carmeuse has done a great job of tapping into all of the resources available to them at Summit, and we are pleased that the results have been positive.”

Carmeuse North America is the largest producer of lime and limestone products in North America, manufacturing and distributing more than 6 million tons per year of lime products, and an additional 6.9 million tons of limestone aggregates, from 14 manufacturing facilities. With some 1,400 employees, Carmeuse North America provides lime products and related technology for a variety of commercial and industrial applications to a variety of industries, including the flue gas desulfurization, road construction for soil stabilization and asphalt, steel, water treatment, environmental treatment, paper, and chemical industries. From a total of more than 2500 suppliers, Carmeuse executives created a short list of 40, ultimately designating 13 companies as having played a pivotal role in the organization’s comeback.

“Summit came through when we weren’t doing well,” noted Mr. Fahler. “Summit consistently pushed us in our energy management and is now regarded as one of our most important supplier partners. We began really listening to what they were telling us, and Summit proved to be critical in auditing and negotiating and helping us get credit. They played an essential role in our energy management process. We were on a mission to improve the way we do business, and Summit was a very important partner in that mission.”

About Summit Energy
Summit Energy is a pioneering provider of energy management services for business and industry. Summit manages more than $7 Billion annually for more than 130 corporate clients in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive to government, chemical, food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and others. Its growing staff of more than 150 energy professionals is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves clients in all 50 U.S. states as well as Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Europe. They recently expanded their European operations with the acquisition of GfE Energy Management. GfE manages more than $3 Billion in energy with 70 staff members located across five offices in Waregem, Belgium, Florence, Italy, Paris, France, Dusseldorf, Germany and Rotterdam, The Netherlands.