• customers can find the new Fresh Corner refreshment concept at as many as 113 Slovnaft Service Stations
• 55 shops have been added this year, further 65 Fresh Corner shops are planned to be opened next year
• Slovnaft has also started to modernize its restaurants at Service Stations, customer can try them at the Service Stations in Bratislava Vajnory and Budča, those in Zvolen Lieskovec or Rimavská Sobota will be added soon

BRATISLAVA, 21 December, 2017 – This year Slovnaft has continued to modernize its shops and expand the service offer for customers. The new Fresh Corner fast food concept that brings quality coffee and fast refreshment to people on the road is available at as many as 113 Service Stations, i. e. 55 new shops have been added this year. Slovnaft has also started to refurbish its restaurants. The motorists can try the new offer in the renovated restaurant at the Bratislava Vajnory Service Station. Slovnaft will carry on modernizing its shops and restaurants even in 2018.

Modern Fresh Corner shops offering top-quality coffee, sweet and salty fully baked bakery products and fast food have been available to customers since mid-2015. The offer was gradually extended by fresh vegetable or fruit salads or healthy drinks – smoothies. The comfort of travelers, especially of families with children, has been increased by kids‘ corners. Currently, Fresh Corner shops can be found at all types of Service Stations, i. e. at highway (e. g. Budča, Štrba or Malý Šariš in both directions), transit (Šahy or Trenčianska Turná) or urban ones (Bratislava Botanická Str. and Bratislava Bajkalská Str.).

This year, the total of 55 Fresh Corner shops have been added to the Slovnaft network; the last ones were opened in Nový Smokovec and in Sobrance. Next year, the modernization should continue, 65 new shops should be opened in total. The entire renovation should be finalized in 2019; then, Fresh Corner should be part of majority of Slovnaft Sevice Stations.

“Our customers have got used to the new fast food standard extremely fast. What the motorists appreciate are especially hot-dogs and tasty coffee. We have noted a significant increase in the sales of coffee and, currently, Slovnaft is not just the largest Service Station network but probably also the leading coffee seller in Slovakia,” Timea Reicher, Retail Director at Slovnaft said.

Fresh Corner is an international fast food brand at the Service Stations of the MOL Group to which also Slovnaft belongs. Motorists can enjoy the offer at more than 430 Service Stations in the regions of Central and Southern Europe, from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania to Serbia and Montenegro.

Slovnaft has started to modernize also its restaurants at 17 Service Stations. New premises will offer enhanced comfort and the innovated menu can be tried by customers already at the Service Stations in Bratislava Vajnory and Budča (in both directions) or in Ivachnová. They can also enjoy warm soups, burgers or a wide choice of main meals. The offer also includes breakfast, salads or sweet dishes. “We have not forgotten about our youngest customer, either; there is a children’s menu ready for them,” Timea Reicher added.

• Energy company CM European Power Slovakia (CMEPS) will be taken over by Slovnaft on January 1, 2018.
• Currently, Slovnaft is the sole member of CMEPS. After the integration is carried out, it will become a legal successor of the Company.
• The integration will reduce costs.

BRATISLAVA, December 18, 2017 – CM European Power Slovakia, s.r.o. (CMEPS) will merge in Slovnaft on January 1, 2018. CMEPS Company will cease to exist without its liquidation by being taken over by Slovnaft which will become its legal successor.

The integration of CMEPS Company aims at reducing costs. It is assumed that the merger of both Companies will save several million Euro annually especially on various administrative fees which the Companies have to pay in the present day as well as on duplicate administrative and production costs, thus increasing effectivity.

CMEPS Company is located in the premises of the Bratislava refinery where it operates a heating plant that generates electric energy and heat in the form of over-heated vapour for all the production
and non-production Slovnaft sections. In 2009, the heating plant was integrated into a joint venture of MOL, Slovnaft and Czech energy company ČEZ and named CM European Power Slovakia. At the end of 2016, Slovnaft acquired 100 % share in the Company.

• Martina Darnadiová and Matúš Horváth became new member of SLOVNAFT, a.s. Supervisory Board
• as their representatives they were elected by SLOVNAFT, a.s. employees

BRATISLAVA, 19 December, 2017 – Martina Darnadiová and Matúš Horváth became new members of SLOVNAFT, a.s. Supervisory Board. Slovnaft employees elected them at turn of November and December 2017 as their representatives in the main control body of the Company for the next 5 years.

Out of 2479 eligible voters – SLOVNAFT, a.s. employees, 1729 employees participated in the election, which is 69.75 percent. Martina Darnadiová and Matúš Horváth will replace Tibor Kaczor and Jan Sýkora in the Supervisory Board.

The Supervisory Board of SLOVNAFT, a.s., has a total of 6 members, with 2 of them being elected by the employees. After the elections, the members of the Board are György Mosonyi (Chairman), Zsuzsanna Éva Ortutay, Szabolcs István Ferencz, Slavomír Hatina, Martina Darnadiová and Matúš Horváth.

CVs of new members of the Supervisory Board:

Martina Darnadiová - member of the Supervisory Board since December 2017 as elected employee representative - candidate of ZO ECHOZ at SLOVNAFT, a.s., officer at the Department of Consumer Taxes and Customs Activities. After graduating from secondary vocational school in Bratislava, she joined Slovnaft in 1993. She first worked in Petrochemicals on Polyethylene Treatment department, later on Polypropylene Expedition and then on the logistics terminal in Bratislava. Since 2009, she has been working as Officer in the Consumer Tax and Customs Activities Department.

Matúš Horváth - Member of the Supervisory Board since December 2017 as elected employee representative - Independent Candidate, Manager of Fuel Production in Slovnaft refinery. After graduating on the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology of the Slovak Technical University, he joined Slovnaft in 2005 as assistant to the Head of Plant 5. In 2006 he was appointed Deputy Head of the Expedition department in the refinery and in 2008 he became its head. Since 2013, he was a manager of the Planning and Optimization department and since 2015 he is the Managing of Fuel Production production unit.

• Slovnaft collects used cooking oil at it´s 162 service stations in 84 cities and municipalities in Slovakia
• Since the start of collection of the used cooking oil, customers have delivered approximately 60 tons of cooking oil at Slovnaft service stations
• A partner of ecological project Every drop of oil counts is Meroco, which processes the used oil and produces biofuel components

BRATISLAVA, 8. December 2017 – In Christmas time of frying and baking, Slovak households may use extended possibility of handing over used cooking oil. Slovnaft has increased the number of service stations collecting used cooking oil. It can be handed over to 162 filling stations in 84 cities and municipalities. People who give up oil will contribute to protection of the environment. When used oil is poured into a sink, it seals the sewer, attracts rodents and pollutes water. The used cooking oil is recyclable and, after processing, can be used as a biofuel component. From one liter of used cooking oil, up to 0.9 liters of biofuel components are produced.

Households can collect any vegetable oil – frying and cooking oil, but also oil that was used for fish, vegetables, or cheese. It is important to collect clean oil without small parts of food and without water. It is recommended to use sieve and clean and dry PET bottle or original packaging. The collected oil is then simply handed over to the service station. BONUS customers receive one bonus point per deciliter of oil.

Slovnaft started the project Every drop of oil counts in 2011. After the pilot phase at selected service stations, the project first expanded to 10 petrol stations and in 2016 to a total of 93 petrol stations, where oil containers were permanently located. Up to now, Slovnaft has gathered about 60 tons of cooking oil. Meroco, the partner company, used this oil for production of biofuels.