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10 years of logistics success

19/06/2008

More than 50,000 visitors attend the tenth anniversary of the SIL

The international exhibition logistics and maintenance shut down of which has been the Edition most crowd in its history, according to the Organization itself. Enrique Lacalle, President of the Salon organized by El Consorci de the zone Franca de Barcelona, has pointed out this same tomorrow that the SIL 2008 "has been a year, the meeting point of national and international logistics", consolidating its leading position in Europe and Spain. Speaking of Lacalle, "Barcelona has become again the capital of the European logistics" and "SIL 2009 will be bigger and more international, that is our goal.

Estimated turnover was EUR 2050 million.

Other highlights of the event were:

-Presided over by King Juan Carlos I, opening on 2 June on the grounds of Fira de Barcelona's Gran via.

-Brazil, country invited guest country of the Mediterranean Forum 6th of logistics and transport of the SIL and Turkey.

The SIL of this year has fulfilled one of its priority objectives: become the most international exhibition of the celebrated until now. The broad foreign business and institutional representation of 2008 has been key to reaffirm the SIL as true for the 'know-how' and benchmark business space. The most significant delegations include: France, with 38 companies represented, Belgium, 14 represented companies, Italy, with 13 companies represented, Brazil, with 12 represented companies and Germany and Portugal, with 9 represented companies

The 10th anniversary of the international logistics and maintenance has also been one of the largest spaces of Europe dedicated to the commercial exchange and knowledge with more than 80,000 square meters of surface.

The SIL 2008 has made available to companies exhibiting and visiting a salon sectorizado in which different areas relating to logistics management have been represented: transport, infrastructure and real estate, storage, equipment and maintenance, RFID, technology services and management systemsinformation and communication, logistics operators, road transport, industrial vehicle, shipping, air transport and rail transport.

More than 2,800 professionals who have attended as members of Congress to the different parallel to the living room sessions have again endorsed the commitment of the SIL to disseminate knowledge about different areas of logistics. In this edition have been 11 programmed activities.

Since 1998 have been many companies and institutions that have placed their trust in the international logistics and maintenance. And this year was not for less. 35 large firms, between firms and institutions, have become official sponsors of the 2008 SIL.

Finally, Manuel Royes, special delegate of the State in the consortium of the Franca area of Barcelona, said: "The SIL, driven from its foundation by the consortium of the Zona Franca de Barcelona, is a new service to a sector which we serve nearly 100 years ago"", so for us is a great satisfaction, the success of this 10th anniversary".

-Nit of the logistics, served as stage for the dinner gala and observance of the tenth anniversary. It was attended by more than 1,000 executives, who enjoyed the evening organized in the Oval room of the Palau Nacional de Montjuïc

-SIL has concluded two new technical conferences:

-1St meeting of logistics real estate, which dealt with the axes of cooperation between public institutions and private companies.

-1St Supply Chain Outsourcing Forum, meeting dedicated to logistics operators focused on the exhibition and discussion of case studies that establish standards of performance.