BIOPETROL INDUSTRIES AG

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COMPANY

Attractively positioned

BIOPETROL INDUSTRIES AG already occupies a sound and attractive position in the German biodiesel market.

We have a clearly focused business model:

We do business in a strongly growing biodiesel market and benefit from the following trends:

Finite nature of fossil fuels
Diesel oil's growing share of fuel consumption in Europe
Growing diesel shortfall in the oil industry's refinery production
Increasing acceptance of biofuels by end consumers
Cost pressure in commercial goods and passenger transport
Higher price of crude oil
DIN EN 590 diesel fuel standard permits blending of up to 5% biodiesel
Higher blending quotas (10% and more) are technically feasible and currently under political discussion all over Europe

Demand for biodiesel is growing. Industry experts such as Frost & Sullivan anticipate growth rates of up to 26% a year.

The availability of vegetable oil for producing biodiesel is secure:

Rapeseed cultivation capacity in the EU is high and continues to increase
Imports of vegetable oil from all over the world are on the increase
The enormous potential cultivation area for renewable raw materials in Central and Eastern European countries is increasingly being developed

We are already an established partner of the oil industry, traders and fleet operators:

As a member of AGQM we guarantee consistently excellent quality
Our production facilities are designed to be flexible. We can convert them at any time from rapeseed oil to alternative vegetable raw materials such as soya oil and palm oil
We have operated at a profit ever since starting up in business
We consolidate our earnings by refining raw glycerine into pharmaceutical grade glycerine, and we are working on the further processing of bioglycerine into even more valuable products
We are forerunners of the energy solutions of tomorrow

“WE WANT TO GROW FASTER THAN THE MARKET — ALL ACROSS EUROPE.”
Klaus Henschel