{"id":81480,"date":"2021-11-16T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/us-investment-company-completes-acquisition-majority-stake-europes-largest-wood-pellet-company\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:22:46","slug":"us-investment-company-completes-acquisition-majority-stake-europes-largest-wood-pellet-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/us-investment-company-completes-acquisition-majority-stake-europes-largest-wood-pellet-company\/","title":{"rendered":"US investment company completes acquisition of majority stake in Europe\u2019s largest wood pellet company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Apollo Global Management Inc. has closed acquisition of 80% stake in AS Graanul Invest. The transaction was approved by the European Competition Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Apollo, the deal is a major step as a strategic investment in Europe\u2019s green energy transition. Apollo\u2019s long-term goal is to support European companies and the transition of the energy sector to renewable energy sources. Sustainably-sourced wood pellets are an excellent substitute for fossil resources, especially coal in classic cogeneration plants,\u201d commented Brad Fierstein, who led the deal for Apollo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-font font-size--text-xlarge margin-3--bottom\">Founded in 1990, Apollo Global Management is an asset management company that manages approximately $ 460 billion in assets worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Through its 12 state-of-the-art pellet production plants located in the Baltics and U.S., Graanul manufactures sustainable wood pellets. The company also operates six combined heat and power plants in Estonia and Latvia and is one of the largest producers of renewable energy in the Baltic region, having generated more than 17% of all renewable bioelectricity in Estonia in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Graanul Invest owns 11\u00a0wood pellet plants in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.<sup id=\"cite_ref-err050518_7-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0It has an annual production of around 1.7 million tons of wood pellets. Its main export markets for pellets are the United kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, and Italy.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Graanul Invest earned a net profit of \u20ac53.5 million with a turnover of \u20ac348.5 million. Graanul Invest's parent companies are OU Biofuel, owned by Raul Kirjanen, with 50.63 percent and Neoinvesteeringud, owned by Anders Anderson, with 39.37 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo Global Management Inc. has closed acquisition of 80% stake in AS Graanul Invest. 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