AMALIE Oil Company has acquired Delfin Group USA LLC, a lubricant blending and packaging facility in Charleston, S.C.
With the December acquisition of this 42-acre facility on the Cooper River deep-water channel at the Port of North Charleston, AMALIE now has two facilities in major U.S. ports with deep-water access.
“This new facility is an opportunity for us to enhance our ability to service both the domestic and international markets,” says Harry Barkett, President of AMALIE Motor Oil. “A facility with such a rich history, immense capabilities and unparalleled access can only yield positive results for our clientele.”
The property includes a deep-water pier, rail access and close proximity to major federal interstates. The pier is capable of handling dock offloading for ships up to 660 feet long with a 110-foot beam, and the navigable mean low water depth is 45 to 50 feet.
The facility also features 14 million gallons of tank storage, increasing AMALIE’s total tank storage to 32 million gallons. Additionally, AMALIE now owns a total of more than 650,000 square feet in ware- house and manufacturing space and 20 high-speed filling and packaging lines, increasing the company’s blow molding plastic bottle capacity to more than 250 million containers per year.
The facility’s previous owner, Delfin, purchased it in 2007 from Chevron. Originally developed as a fuel terminal by Texaco in 1910, the plant remained a Texaco facility transitioning to blending, compounding, packaging and bulk terminal operations into the mid-1990s, when ownership was transferred to Equilon, Shell and subsequently Chevron.
Founded in 1903 in Franklin, Pa., AMALIE is the largest family owned, independent blender of motor oils and industrial lubricants in North America. AMALIE produces engine oils for passenger cars as well as synthetic blends, transmission fluid, airboat oils, hydraulics oils and more. In 1998, the Tampa-based Barkett family purchased AMALIE, moving its headquarters to Tampa. Since then, the Barketts have grown AMALIE into a company that exports to all 50 states and more than 100 countries, as well as naming rights to the Amalie Arena, which houses the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Storm.
AMALIE has over 250 employees who blend and package over 3,000 products from 8-ounce plastic bottles to bulk-rail transports. For more in- formation, visit www.amalie.com.
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