Léon Lhoist was a
Belgian businessman. In 1920, he married Claire Dumont, heiress of Hippolyte Dumont, industrialist in the sector of the extraction of lime and dolomite.
[https://www.7sur7.be/belgique/la-discrete-et-richissime-famille-lhoist-berghmans-qui-est-elle-et-comment-a-t-elle-construit-son-empire~ae260eac/] He had three children whose Elisabeth Lhoist is the mother of
Jean-Pierre Berghmans
Baron Jean-Pierre Berghmans, born 23 January 1949 in Namêche, is a Belgian economist and industrialist. He heads the Belgian Lhoist group, world leader in the lime,
dolomite and mineral solutions.
Biography
Jean-Pierre Léon Louis Joseph ...
, industrialist currently at the head of Lhoist group.
Biography
In 1889 Hippolyte Dumont, his father-in-law, established the ''Carrières et Fours à Chaux Dumont-Wautier'', at
Hermalle in
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
. In 1924, Léon Lhoist founded the ''Etablissements Léon Lhoist'', a
lime
Lime most commonly refers to:
* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
Bo ...
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
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. The Lhoist group has grown becoming the leader world leader in the lime, dolime and mineral solutions.
Sources
De vijfentwintig rijkste Vlamingen: brouwers boven
Belgian businesspeople
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