It all started in 1936 with the construction of a mineral oil plant in Lützkendorf, Germany. It was built by #Wintershall_Holding GmbH, at that time it was the largest producer of products from crude oil and natural gas in Germany. After the end of the war, East Berlin, including the plant in Lützkendorf, was handed over to the care of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) ordered the resumption of production in Lützkendorf on July 12, 1945. And despite the damage, very soon the deliveries of fuel and lubricants from the mineral oil plant in Lützkendorf to us in the Soviet Union began as reparations. For some time, the plant in Lützkendorf was the only producer of lubricating oils in the GDR (namely in the GDR). At that time, they mainly sold all products through their main customer - the Minol company. The production of its own products under the Addinol brand began in 1974 with additives, and since then they have been sold everywhere in the GDR. A little later, in 1976, a separate hydrocracking unit was specially built and base oils began to be made. That is, in fact, the birth date of the Addinol brand can be considered 1974. During the collapse of the GDR, the plant produced 800,000 tons of petroleum products per year, almost half of which were lubricants. But everything was not so good, the planned economy left its mark in the form of outdated equipment and devastation. Plus global pollution of the territory, which no one fought. The plant could no longer survive in harsh market conditions. They looked for an investor for four years. The government of the state of Saxony-Anhalt took on the company's old debts in the amount of 220.6 million German marks and pledged to remove the pollution that arose before July 1990. In addition, the Saxony-Anhalt state government received a loan from the German government with a state guarantee for 40 million German marks. No modernization was carried out at the plant. The equipment was outdated and the investments did not pay off. In addition, cleaning the area from pollution ate up almost the entire budget. By 1996, one tenth of all workers remained, the rest were fired. In short, privatization was a failure. The successor of the Treuhandanstalt, the Federal Agency for Special Tasks, began to look for a new investor. Versteil finally matured and offered the state of Saxony-Anhalt to buy ADDINOL Mineralöl GmbH for one German mark, plus the state added another 10 million marks. But nothing helped the plant and in 1996 Versteil announced its liquidation, after which the demolition of the mineral oil plant in Lützkendorf began. Bankruptcy proceedings were initiated. A new company, Schmieröl Krumpa GmbH & Co., was created specifically for this purpose, which merged with ADDINOL LUBE Oil GmbH & Co. KG, which was already included in the register. This is where the eventful history of the mineral oil plant in Lützkendorf ended and the history of #ADDINOL_LUBE Oil GmbH & Co. KG began. According to the restructuring plan, ADDINOL LUBE Oil took over the sale of products under the ADDINOL brand, which had long been known to all Germans. There was a recognizable brand, there was a slightly sagging, but well-established sales over many years. But there was no longer a plant of its own. It was necessary to somehow get out of the situation and earn money. Base oils began to be supplied from the Czech Republic from the Koramo Kolin AG refinery, and the oil itself under the Addinol brand was produced in Duisburg and the Netherlands at blender plants. Oil refining was a thing of the past, from that moment on pure blending began. In 2000, ADDINOL LUBE Oil GmbH moved its headquarters to Leuna, a city in Germany in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. By 2007, ADDINOL LUBE Oil GmbH officially opened its production facilities. The plant really looks very decent, plus it has its own large logistics park, but it is no longer a full-cycle company like its predecessor, but an ordinary, albeit good blender. They tied up with the processing of crude oil and, in my opinion, they did the right thing. 2. At which plants and in which countries is the Addinol that you and I buy in Russia produced? All Addinol in Russia and Europe is supplied from ONE PLANT in Leuna. Everything is simple and transparent. 3. Is Addinol worth the money and is it sold in Germany and Europe at all. Addinol is not available in ordinary German auto stores. Addinol is not available at gas stations. So, where in Germany can you buy Addinol? Addinol is available in many online stores, almost all large ones: for example, https://www.motoroel-billiger.de Physically, Addinol can be found in some OBI stores, but not in all of them, and in some other specialized chain stores. When ordering on the official website https://www.addinol-shop.de/, delivery across the country takes a couple of days. Personally, I think that Addinol should cost as a mid-price product among European oils. In this case, you can safely buy it. Write what you think about the Addinol brand. Write your reviews on the product if you have used it.