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The international exhibition logistics and maintenance closes its last Edition with 'good feeling'

SIL 2010, "a breath of morality" for the logistics sector

Drafting Interempresas07/06/2010

June 7, 2010

The international exhibition logistics and maintenance closed its doors on May 28, 2010 successful"visitors", as points out Enrique Lacalle, President of the Organizing Committee of the SIL. "SIL has represented a breath of fresh air for the logistics (...) and morality" "I have been able to speak with many of the exhibiting companies and they are satisfied because they have done business and they have opened up new markets."

Business representation and institutional foreign of 2010, one of the keys to reaffirm the SIL as space for the 'know-how' and reference businesses.

According to the Organization's data, the estimated turnover stood over 2,000 million euros now weighs.

Data from the living room

Professional visitors 50.600
Participating companies 615
National business 55 %
45% International companies
Participating countries 68
Professional accredited press 416

8Th Mediterranean Logistics Forum & transportation

Also, Enrique Lacalle pointed out at the end of the fair that "this year we have held more technical conferences ever, a total of 20, and all of them have had a magnificent participation". A fact which reaffirms the role of the SIL as a point of encounter and debate of the sector.

(VI) Awards SIL of logistics

Best national logistics entrepreneur José Mestre, CEO of Tercat, S.A.
Best international logistics company Knapp AG
Best project logistics national of Asturias yPlaza, S.A.
Best logistics project international Autorità Portuale Di Napoli
Special Award SIL Atox storage systems
SIL prize of journalism group Tecnipublicaciones yGrupo journal
Award Best SIL director of logistics Juan Ramón Rodríguez, director of factory and logistics operations of Seat

The international logistics and the leading maintenance in Spain and southern Europe will hold its next edition from 7 to 10 June 2011

Furthermore, and in the words of its organizers, this year the SIL cunplió new one of its priority objectives: "to be the most international exhibition of the celebrated to date". The broad foreign business and institutional representation of 2010 was key to reaffirm the SIL as true for the 'know-how' and benchmark business space. Countries with more representation they stressed Germany, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Holland, Hungary, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Panama, Portugal and United Kingdom

And it is the twelfth edition of the international logistics and maintenance was also one of the largest spaces of Europe dedicated to the commercial exchange and knowledge with a turnover estimated over 2 billion euros.

SIL 2010 also made available to companies exhibiting and visiting a salon sectorizado in which different areas relating to logistics management were represented:

Systems of transport and logistics, infrastructure and real estate
Storage, equipment and maintenance
Telematics, e-business, telecommunications and it solutions to get the world moving

Systems of transport and logistics, infrastructure and real estate, storage, equipment and maintenance and new technologies of gathered at this edition.

More than 3,157 professionals attending the different parallel to the living room sessions as congressmen again endorsed the bet of the SIL to disseminate knowledge about different areas of logistics.

For its part, the Special Representative of the State at El Consorci de la zone Franca of Barcelona, Manuel Royes, said "the satisfaction of the Consortium for a further year their grain of sand to turn Barcelona into the European capital of logistics through the SIL who founded the Consorci Zona Franca de Barcelona makes 12" "years for this purpose".

Enrique Lacalle, President of the Organizing Committee of the SIL, also announced that the 13th edition of the Salon will take place from 7 to 10 May 2011 at the Gran Via-Fira de Barcelona Fairgrounds. In the same way, Lacalle revealing that "discussions have been held so that Italy and Uruguay are the invitees of the 2011 SIL".

Finally, Lacalle wanted to "thank to all the authorities, associations national and international working with Hall, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, national and international participants, visitors and media and to the city of Barcelona for his collaboration and enthusiastic participation that has made possible the success of this twelfth international exhibition of the logistics and" "maintenance".

Italy shows his logistical potential

Italy was one of the protagonists of the second day of celebration of the international logistics and maintenance. The transalpine country presented their logistical potential through a series of lectures: your complete logistics supply, its extensive network of ports, the role of the motorways of the sea for the Euro-Mediterranean projects of future integration. Different organizations such as Assoporti (Association of the ports Italians), the UIR (Union of the Italian logistics platforms), RAM (Mediterranean motorway network), Alot (the Agency of the Lombardy East for transportation and logistics) and the University of Cagliari participated in these presentations.

Italy introduced its logistics potential in the SIL through a series of conferences.

Another prominent aspect of the second day was the high presence of professionals who swarmed the corridors of the Hall. In the same way, a total of nine technical conferences of highly debated and addressed aspects of topical, with major figures of the sector as it is the case of the director-general of land transport of the Ministry of development, Juan Miguel Sánchezthe Secretary of mobility of the Department of Territorial Planning and public works of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Manel Nadal, the President of the State, Fernando González Laxe, ports or the President of Renfe Operadora, Teófilo Serrano. All of them participated in the 6th day of the railway, which presented the keys to boost the rail transport of goods in Spain, and that he lived an intense day with the assistance of more than 200 professionals in the sector.

Very active in the circle logistics SIL

One of the great innovations of the 2010 SIL was the creation of the circle logistics, a space dedicated to accommodate the main directors of logistics of the country, upon invitation by the Organizing Committee of the international logistics show and the maintenance. Many participating companies held business meetings with the directors of logistics members of the circle of logistics. Edition, and despite the current economic times, the international exhibition logistics and maintenance was characterized by the large number of business and generated business contacts.

Success of the technical conferences

One of the highlights of the SIL were the numerous technical conferences, such as the 3rd Edition of the Supply Chain Outsourcing Forum (SCOF), organized by the Idom consultancy and the SIL and sponsored by Gefco, which addressed the issues of efficiency and sustainability. In only 3 edits this forum has become a reflection of reference platform for logistics operators. In the present edition participated as speakers representatives from some of the main logistical operators at the global level, as it is the case of Gefco, Norbert Dentressangle, Kuenhe + Nagel, DHL, Ceva Logistics, Agility and Ochoa.

Another of the session before a full House to the flag was dedicated to 'The keys to the success of a Tender', organized by the Spanish Centre for logistics (CEL) and the SIL. At this meeting, different actors of the sector pointed out the keys to take into account when negotiating a contract logistics, known in the industry as a Tender. Representatives of Unilever, Cadbury, Danone, Norbert Dentressangle, Carreras, logic, ALG, Everis and Fiege participated in this exciting session.

The technical seminars, one of the protagonists of the 2010 SIL.

The eleventh day of zones and deposits francs, one of the most veteran Conference of the international trade fair for logistics, organized by the Spanish Association of dealers of zones and deposits Franks also took place. This event had the participation, among many other speakers, by José Luis Rodríguez, area director of the Industrial area and zone Franca customs the Consorci de the zone Franca de Barcelona, Joaquim Maria Tintoré, President of the College of agents and customs brokers, Barcelona, and Alejandro Arola, President of the Association of representatives customs OAS.

Another strong Hall days was the 3rd Ferrmed Conference that introduced the new concept of rolling stock for goods in the EU. Different personalities of the European Economic Community and the Governments of Spain and Catalonia have been involved in this journey. FERRMED also took this day to present the findings of the study 'Concept of carriage of goods', as well as its recommendations.

Also, the technological Institute of packaging, transport and logistics (Itene) conducted two workshops, one to the sector chemist and one who has dealt with aspects of sustainability in logistics. Other notable events were the first workshop SIL Pharma & Health, the Corresponsables day and a session organized by Itene under the title 'Logistics, innovation and information technology'.

Commitment to new technologies

New technologies were also one of the protagonists of the day with the holding of the 2nd Edition of the day of information systems for the logistics, an organizer for the Spanish Center for logistics (CEL) working breakfast and numerous presentations of companies within the SIL Tech area, the area of exhibition dedicated to this sector.

The 2nd Edition of the day of information systems for the logistics, organized by Idom consultancy and the SIL, sponsored by SAP and co-sponsored by TXT e-solutions, he presented a series of advanced solutions to detect, analyses and respond to the new conditions of the productmarket and customer. This day has been with the assistance of a center for professionals and the participation of prominent speakers at the international level. At the same time, the Centre Spanish of logistics (CEL), sponsored by Tenenet, hosted a working breakfast under the title 'New technologies for the optimisation of processes along the supply chain'.

Throughout the day, in SIL Tech area, the area of SIL 2010 dedicated to new technologies, there have been presentations and demonstrations of different companies. In this sense, 4 G fleet, Ares identification solutions, SSI Schäfer, Zenatek, TomTom Work, IDAT, Vocollect and Daimler Fleetboard have presented their products, services and technology solutions.

It should be noted that the international logistics and maintenance (SIL 2010) committed to new technologies, as illustrated by SATO technology features Control Access to, by means of the RFID technologies, you can identify all visitors of the Salon in a time record.

Many companies made presentations, wheels of presses, live demonstrations and cocktails or breakfast to present their various and varied offerings of products and services.