AVISTA OIL Refining and Trading, USA

Universal Environmental Services Launches Customer Portal

The UES Customer Portal is the ultimate tool kit for account management. Customers can track a detailed history of services performed including the transporter EPA ID #, quantity accepted, date, time and UES service representative.  Customers can also request services, print manifests, and access contact information. The UES Customer Portal also allows the customer to download Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), Certificates of Insurance, and transaction details in excel format. The UES Customer Portal is particularly useful for multi-location accounts where the customer has the ability to consolidate the transaction details for UES services performed across all locations from their computer.

SKion GmbH becomes new shareholder of AVISTA OIL AG

Uetze– With a share of almost 30 per cent, SKion GmbH, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, will become the second biggest shareholder of AVISTA OIL AG, the leading pioneer in the industry of used oil upcycling. The shareholding will mainly be realized through a capital increase and through the acquisition of shares from the original shareholders. The new funds will be used for future strategic acquisitions and also for the creation and expansion of additional re-refining capacities in Europe and the US. The intended transaction is still pending approval by the cartel authority.

Avista Eyes Another NA Re-Refinery

Avista Oil Group plans to partner with a used oil collector to build a second rerefinery in North America, in addition to one under construction in Georgia by its Universal Environmental Services subsidiary.

“We are talking to potential partners,” Universal Environmental Services CEO Juan Fritschy told Lube Report. “These are collectors who have enough volume or enough critical mass in used oil for us to grow them.”

Re-Refiner Avista Oil Acquires Majority Holding in Dutch Refining Re-Refinery

AVISTA OIL AG, one of the leading European used oil recycling enterprises, or “upcycling” (defined as using every aspect of waste as value) enterprises, has increased its holding in the Dutch North Refining and Trading N.V., Delfzijl re-refinery from 42% to a majority holding. Following the takeover of the shares of the co-shareholder Dusseldorp Holding […]

Avista Oil Expands North Sea Presence

By Boris Kamchev – Sept. 5, 2012 Avista Oil AG, one of the biggest producers of rerefined base oils in Europe, became majority owner of the Dutch North Refining and Trading rerefinery. The former co-owner, Dutch Van Gansewinkel Groep, sold its 33 percent stake in the Delfzij, Netherlands-based rerefinery on Aug. 20. “This is a […]

Avista Oil AG Acquires the Majority of Universal Environmental Services, LLC

December 27, 2011   Peachtree City, GA – With immediate effect AVISTA OIL AG (“AVISTA”) of Uetze, Germany, buys the membership units in Universal Environmental Services, LLC (“UES”) from MidMark Capital and Navigator Partners. The parties did not disclose the specifics of the transaction.   The result is that UES has become a majority-owned subsidiary […]

Universal Environmental Services and McPherson Combine Used Oil Collection Businesses

September 30, 2011   Peachtree City, GA – Universal Environmental Services, LLC (“UES”) and The McPherson Companies’ used oil collection business (“TMC”) have merged, becoming the dominant used oil collector in the Southeastern United States. With a fleet of more than 70 collection trucks and 21 terminals, the new entity covers from North Carolina to […]

Universal Environmental Services Closes Financing for the Construction of a Used Oil Re-refinery in Peachtree City, Georgia

June 28, 2011   Peachtree City, GA – Universal Environmental Services, LLC (“UES”) believes in a brighter energy future for the used oil industry and the region. UES has signed definitive documentation and closed on a financing commitment of up to $52 million for the engineering, construction and commissioning of a used oil re-refinery in […]