Private company
Minol
Logo: VEB - Kombinat Minol Ost-Berlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
German brand name1
The VEB Kombinat Minol, founded on 1 January 1956, was the state-owned gasoline and lubricant reseller of the German Democratic Republic. The marketing name MINOL was invented in 1949, when Die Deutsche Kraftstoff- und Mineralölzentrale (DKMZ) and the German-Russian Naphta-AG founded the VEB Kraftstoff-Vertrieb. Both DHZ und VEB Kraftstoff-Vertrieb founded the VEB MINOL on 1 January 1956.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The VEB Kombinat Minol, founded on 1 January 1956, was the state-owned gasoline and lubricant reseller of the German Democratic Republic.2
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- WikipediaMinol
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- WikidataQ1937464
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- 1WikidataMinol on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMinol on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsMinol logo by VEB - Kombinat Minol Ost-Berlin, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsMinol photo by Olaf Meister, CC BY-SA 3.0