Leblanc

Leblanc (meaning The White) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Leblanc (musical instrument manufacturer)

Leblanc, Inc. was a musical instrument manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The company was sold on 1 August 2004 to Steinway Musical Instruments, followed by closure of the Kenosha facility and the movement of their French operation to the US. Leblanc has now ceased to exist as an independent operation and has become a brand of Conn-Selmer along with their many other brands.

History

Léon Leblanc (1900–2000) and Vito Pascucci (1922–2003) founded the G. Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1946. The American company was set up to import woodwind instruments made in France by G. Leblanc Cie.

G. Leblanc Cie. was a French company founded by Georges Leblanc late in the 19th century, in La Couture-Boussey. In 1904 the company acquired Noblet, the oldest instrument manufacturer in France.

Beginning in 1951, the American Leblanc firm went on to manufacture student instruments under the Vito brand, named after founder Vito Pascucci.

Leblanc's French clarinet plant was sold to the Buffet Group in 2008

Leblanc (automobile manufacturer)

Leblanc is a Zürich based Swiss car manufacturer. It makes modified high-performance automobiles in very low quantities. The company is just beginning to enter the American market.

Caroline

The Leblanc Caroline was introduced in 1999 and is a closed LeMans-type street legal racing car with 512 bhp (382 kW), from a twin-turbo 2000 cc engine, and a weight of 785 kg. It has a top speed of 348 km/h and a 0–97 km/h time of 2.6 seconds.

Mirabeau

The Leblanc Mirabeau is an open street legal race car with an rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, designed to the specifications of the FIA/Le Mans standards. The engine outputs approximately 700 horsepower (520 kW) and 850 N·m (630 ft·lbf) from a 4700 cc supercharged engine. The Mirabeau has a top speed of 370 km/h and a price tag of $650,000.

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