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28/05/2006
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The II logistics night brings together more than 1,000 people in the Drassanes
Montilla highlights the importance of infrastructures to improve companies’ productivity and competitiveness
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, José Montilla presided in the evening of 23rd May over the second edition of the Logistics Night, where he presented the second series of the SIL Awards. Lluís Gay, the president of Spain-Tir, was awarded as the Best National Logistics Entrepreneur, and the prize for the Best National Project went to the company FCC Logística.
In his speech to the more than 1,000 people attending the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, José Montilla stated that “the administration has the responsibility of improving the infrastructures to ensure that industrial activity can improve the productivity and competitiveness of companies”. For the Government representative, “in a globalised environment such as the current one, the logistics sector has gained a determining role and its correct management is an added value and a competitive factor for companies”. To close his speech, the Minister wished to highlight “the importance of the SIL as a European referent in the sector” and recognised the work of the institutions that make it possible.
The second edition of the Logistics Night, which, as in previous editions, brought together the most outstanding managers and professionals of the logistics sector, was the stage to the awarding of the Second SIL Awards. The jury, led by Jordi Valls, the Catalan Minister of Employment and Industry, gave Lluís Gay i Mundó, the President of Spain-Tir, the prize for the Best National Logistics Entrepreneur. Manuel Royes, the Special State Delegate in the Consorci Zona Franca (Free Port Consortium) in Barcelona, was responsible for giving the prize.
For his part, John E. Meredith, the General Manager of Hutchinson Port Holdings Limited, received the award for the Best International Logistics Entrepreneur from the Minister of Employment and Industry of the Generalitat, Government of Catalonia, Jordi Valls.
In the category of Best National Logistics Project, the award went to FCC Logística. Gonzalo Sanz, the Executive Vice-President of the company, received the award from the Spanish Minister Montilla.
In the Best International Logistics Project, the jury rewarded the company Maerks Logistics, the operator of the Ikea distribution centre in Spain. Jesús Aznar, the Storage and Management Manager for Spain and Portugal, collected the prize from Xavier Casas, the first Deputy Mayor of Barcelona.
Finally, the SIL Award for Journalism highlighted the work of the newspaper La Razón. Its Publications Manager, José Antonio Vera, was entrusted with receiving the prize, which was given by Enrique Lacalle, the President of the SIL.
In the prize-giving ceremony, which was sponsored by Renfe, the President of the SIL, Enrique Lacalle, insisted on “the considerable development of the exhibition, which in just 10 years has grown from 10,000 to 70,000m2” and which, in this edition, has brought together over 900 exhibitors (40% foreign). The members of the jury, and those entrusted with giving the prizes, coincided in highlighting the key role of logistics in the economic development of a country and the importance that the SIL has gained in the European fair panorama.
The Logistics Night, this year in its second edition, once more gathered the main agents of the sectors and the large attendance confirmed the success achieved in the previous edition and confirmed this meeting as one not to be missed.
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