In 2009 PKN ORLEN celebrated the 10th anniversary of its operations, the 65th anniversary of the CPN SA establishment and 50th anniversary of the establishment of Mazowieckie Zakłady Rafineryjne i Petrochemiczne in Płock (Masovian Refinery and Petrochemical Plants in Płock), which were transformed into PKN ORLEN.
The PKN ORLEN 2008 corporate responsibility report is known e.g. in India. It was from this country that we received not only words of appreciation, but also a wish to provide its “paper” version.
In 2009, for the eighth time in succession (since 2002), ORLEN fuel stations received the Golden European Trusted Brands logo in a consumer survey conducted across Europe by Reader’s Digest. This shows consumers’ appreciation for the modern brand on the fuel market, offering high level of services, competitive and rich assortment of products, as well as a wide range of non-fuel products.
The name ORLEN was coined by linking the Polish word ORZEŁ („eagle”), which reflects the Polish national character of the Company and provides a reference to the national emblem of Poland; and the Polish word ENERGIA (“energy”), evoking associations with strength, energy and international character of the Company.
The process of inventing the name included linguistic and association-based surveys (in Polish, English and selected groups of world languages). Among their authors was a famous propagator of the beauty of the Polish language – professor Jerzy Bralczyk.
The author of the company symbol referring to the name – the stylized eagle head – is professor Henryk Chyliński, a graduate and later a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
The “Distinguished PKN ORLEN Employee” has been awarded in PKN ORLEN since 2001. To date, 119 employees have been distinguished in this way.
The tradition of celebrating the Chemist’s Day reaches back to the 1970 s.
The Fairtrade certificate means that our suppliers apply the principles of fare trade, the objective of which is to eliminate farmer exploitation.
Our fuel station no. 581 at ul. Włóczków 5 in Cracow was distinguished as the cleanest station according to the Polish nationwide campaign PATROL CZYSTOŚCI 2012.
In 2009 we served 276,785,721 customers at PKN ORLEN own fuel stations.
Motoscan recognized us as the leader in quick, polite Customer service and cleanliness at fuel stations.
We are the MasterCard 2009 Trade and Services Master.
