PRAGUE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Czech oil and chemicals group Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> will invest 1.3 billion crowns ($57.50 million) into rebranding and modernisation of its chain of petrol stations, the company said on Wednesday.
The company said it had provided the money to its petrol retailer Benzina, which will use it by 2009 for upgrades of 102 petrol stations in the Czech Republic. It has more than 300 Czech filling stations in total.
The upgraded petrol stations will bear the brand Benzina Plus. ((Reporting by an Korselt, writing by Jan Lopatka, editing by Alan Crosby; prague.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: jan.lopatka.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420-224 190 474)) ($1=22.61 Czech Crown)
Keywords: CHEMICALS CZECH BENZINA