{"id":78372,"date":"2019-10-28T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/granuul-invest-completes-acquisition-of-former-german-pellets-assets-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:51:59","slug":"granuul-invest-completes-acquisition-of-former-german-pellets-assets-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/granuul-invest-completes-acquisition-of-former-german-pellets-assets-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Granuul Invest completes acquisition of former German Pellets assets in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group\u00b4s production capacity up to 25 percent.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Configure Partners, LLC, a leading middle market investment bank, announced the successful completion of the sale of the operating assets of Texas Pellets, Inc. and German Pellets Texas, LLC, a wood biomass pellet manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graanul Invest, the largest pellet producer in\u00a0Europe<\/span>, acquired the assets for\u00a0$63 million<\/span>\u00a0cash plus additional consideration for working capital assets and assumed liabilities. The final price represented a nearly 50% increase from the stalking horse bid. The auction was held on\u00a0May 9<\/span>th, 2019 and the transaction closed on\u00a0June 18<\/span>th, 2019.<\/p>\n

Texas Pellets operated a 500,000 metric ton nameplate manufacturing facility in\u00a0Woodville, Texas<\/span>\u00a0and a pellet storage facility and shipping terminal in\u00a0Port Arthur, Texas<\/span>, otherwise known as \"POPA.\" The company was an affiliate of German Pellets GmbH and related companies.<\/p>\n

Texas Pellets filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2016, however, while operating in Chapter 11, the company suffered two major casualty events.<\/p>\n

In early 2017, the company experienced a fire on its ship loader and then in late spring 2017, a fire broke out inside one of the company's storage silos, eventually causing the silo to collapse.\u00a0 Over much of the next two years, Texas Pellets was engaged in rebuilding POPA into a leading storage and ship loading facility that incorporated the latest developments in operations and safety.<\/p>\n

Acquisition of Texas Pellets\u2019 assets enables Graanul Invest group to expand its business to the United States. It also provides better logistical solutions for entering the Asian market, in particular the fast-growing markets in Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n

With 11 pellet plants located in the Baltics, Graanul Invest group\u00b4s annual production volume is 2.2 million tons of pellets, making it the biggest pellet producer in Europe. Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group\u00b4s production capacity up to 25 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been looking for a suitable opportunity to start pellet production in the United States for over 10 years. Once we have successfully completed this transaction, we will have firmly established our presence in North America,\u201d said Raul Kirjanen, CEO of Graanul Invest.<\/p>\n

Graanul Invest group operates in the field of bioenergy and renewable energy production, forestry and biomaterials development. The group employs over 500 people.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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