Ingolstadt, Germany | 14 June 2012 More than 200 Petroplus Bavaria employees and members of management welcomed Gunvor Group CEO Torbjörn Törnqvist to the Ingolstadt plant last week. The visit was the first by Törnqvist since Gunvor announced the acquisition of the refinery’s assets, which will keep open the plant saving hundreds of jobs. “I
Singapore | 12 June 2012 Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd today signed a USD635 Million syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF), which drew considerable new support from local banks in the Asia-Pacific Region, affirming the Company’s decision to create a stand-alone syndication. The Facility was launched at USD470 Million and closed oversubscribed by 35 percent, a result
Geneva, Switzerland | 6 June 2012 Gunvor Group Limited (“Gunvor”) has mandated BNP Paribas (“BNPP” or the “Coordinating MLA”) and Raiffeisen Bank International AG (“RBI”) (collectively the “Mandated Lead Arrangers & Bookrunners”) to arrange a US$ 250mn Secured Acquisition Facility (the “Facility) to finance 33.33% of the outstanding equity of the US based Signal Peak
Ingolstadt, Germany | 31 May 2012 Gunvor Group, one of the world’s major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Petroplus’ refinery in Ingolstadt and related German marketing activities. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory clearance from competition authorities. The
Antwerp, Belgium | 2 March 2012 Gunvor Group, one of the world’s major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has successfully completed the purchase of Petroplus’s refinery in Antwerp. Independent Belgian Refinery N.V., as the new – 100% Gunvor-owned and Belgian subsidiary is named – has obtained all the necessary permits, licenses and
Geneva, Switzerland | 2 March 2012 An article in the 5 May edition of The Economist makes untrue and unsubstantiated allegations about Gunvor Group (“Gunvor”), one of the world’s major independent commodity trading companies. The company refutes these statements and fabrications that are damaging commercially and reputationally. Gunvor goes on record to challenge all the
Gunvor Group, one of the world’s major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has successfully bid to purchase Petroplus’s refinery in Antwerp. The transaction is expected to be completed formally within 6 to 8 weeks, with the support from the local and Belgium state authorities. Gunvor has the intention to restart operations as
Geneva, Switzerland | 31 August 2011 Gunvor SA, the Geneva-based trading arm of Gunvor Group Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, confirmed today that it has discharged a cargo of diesel for use in power generation in Libya, supplied to the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO). An AGOCO spokesperson from Benghazi
Geneva, Switzerland | 17 August 2011 Gunvor Group Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has opened a new office in Dubai, as of 1 August 2011. It is a branch office of the Group with all trading activity booked through either Geneva or Singapore. The new office
Geneva, Switzerland | 21 June 2011 Gunvor Group Ltd (“Gunvor Group” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the successful signing of a US$1,550,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (the “Facility”) in favour of Gunvor International B.V. (“Gunvor International”), Gunvor SA and Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd (“Gunvor Singapore”) (together the “Borrowers”). The Facility was arranged by ABN