Empresas Copec is a

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and forestry company with a chain of

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. Copec was founded in 1934. The first president of Copec,

Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. He was Political moderate, moderate. A me ...

, later became president of Chile. Today Roberto Angelini Rossi is the president of Copec. Copec expanded its activities to the sale of tires and accessories, machinery, and vehicles in 1941. It participated in the formation of Petroleum Navigation Company (SONAP 1943), National Society Pipeline (SONACOL, 1956). During the 1970s Copec extended its activities through the purchase of Celulosa Arauco, Forestal Arauco and Cellulose Constitution later forming one of its main subsidiaries

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (also called CELCO or ARAUCO) is a Chilean wood pulp, engineered wood and forestry company controlled by Anacleto Angelini's economic group Empresas Copec. In 2006 CELCO/ARAUCO had five pulp mills in Chile and one ...

. Copec founded the Chilean Homeware company

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in 1950. In 2016, Copec entered the United States by acquiring MAPCO Express from

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. It was announced in April 2023 that COPEC had sold Mapco Express to the American company Majors Group and the Canadian company Couche-Tard.Convenience Store News:04/28/2023:Mapco Express sells operations to two buyers
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