Overview
- USC historian Xoán Carmona presented the book 'Del refino de petróleo a la logística y el transporte' at the Auditorio de la Sede Afundación, documenting the firm's 138-year, five-generation story.
- The company framed the publication as a record of intergenerational stewardship and a tool to preserve family and regional heritage tied to its Vigo roots.
- Babé y Compañía described its current business as diversified beyond refining into transport, container and general cargo services, and the handling of gas, fuel, bitumen and waste across about twenty Spanish provinces and Portugal.
- The mayor of Vigo announced the firm will be honored at the Vigueses y Viguesas Distinguidos gala next March and regional officials praised the book's documentary value.
- The history recalls the firm's early role in Spain's petroleum sector, including installing Galicia's first gas stations in the 1920s and a 1927 expropriation linked to Campsa, a background leaders say helps explain the push away from hydrocarbons.