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The General Council of the Pyrenees Eastern bid to the 2009 Sil

18/02/2009

February 18, 2009

The President of the international exhibition logistics and maintenance, Enrique Lacalle, recently received a visit from a representation of the General Council of the Eastern Pyrenees (France), led by its Chairman, Christian Bourquin. This House, which administers the French Department comprising the Comarques of Roussillon, Vallespir, Conflent, Capcir, and Alta Cerdanya, with its Executive showed his total interest in participating in the 2009 Sil as international logistics and maintenance important of southern Europe and the Mediterranean arc.

During this meeting, Christian Bourquin expressed the importance for the region of Languedoc-Roussillon participate in Sil 2009 due to significant logistical connections existing between Spain and the French part of the Pyrénées-Orientales. At the same time, the logistics and transport are key strategic sectors for the development of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. In this regard, the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales bet decisively by the international logistics and maintenance due to the high volume of business, the facilities for contacts and knowledge of new opportunities arising from this room.

Languedoc-Roussillon is structured in four logistics poles scattered throughout its territory: Gard industries (located in the Valley of the Rhône); Montpellier Sète Mediterranée (which includes the port of Sète, the airport of Montpellier, the Eurogare platform and two logistical areas); Croix Sud (platform in a strategic location at the point where they link the motorways and railways - Lyon - northward and westward - Toulouse - Narbonne); and Pyrénées Mediterranée (the first European Centre of fruits and vegetables, with Boulou terminal, the airport and the logistics centre of Perpignan, the intermodal station of Cerbère and Port Vendres has).

The 11th International exhibition logistics and maintenance, to be held from 2 to 5 June 2009 in the enclosure of Gran Vía of Fira de Barcelona, will be the most international of all the preceding ones to date. Panama, as guest country, Colombia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Italy, Algeria, Morocco and Portugal, among many other countries, will also be a major commitment by the Sil 2009.