The company was established in 1992. The head office and operations centre is based in Zug, Switzerland. Laroute is part of the SGS Group since 2006.

Zug is a major capital for financial transactions in the trading of raw materials. Over 25% of the world?s commodity deals are carried out through Zug making it a crucial hub in the world?s trade.

Laroute is a service company, which supplies specialist additive services to the world?s oil traders; the customer base ranges from small independent oil traders through to the oil majors.

The company operates throughout the world. The focus of the cargo treatment activity is Russia and the FSU countries, The Middle East, Europe, SE Asia, West Africa, North America and the Caribbean.

The need for additive services has been well established over recent time. Laroute currently treats in excess of 40 million MT of crude oil and petroleum products per annum. We operate in 33 countries with additives stock suited to the local market requirements in each location.