The International Logistics and Maintenance Exhibition (SIL), which is held every year in Barcelona and in which ATOX Storage Systems, as a manufacturer of metal shelves, is present as a prominent exhibitor in the maintenance section, will host in 2016 the 32nd edition of the ALACAT Congress, the Congress of the Federation of National Associations of Cargo Agents and International Logistics Operators of Latin America and the Caribbean.
It will be the fourth time that an ALACAT congress is held in Spain, and within the framework of the SIL 2016 will allow the exchange of knowledge and the establishment of business bridges between representatives of Latin American logistics and European logistics, where all the actors within the supply chain will be important, from logistics and transport operators to metal shelving manufacturers, storage systems and warehouse automations.
The agreement between SIL and ALACAT to hold this congress was signed during the celebration of SIL 2014. And according to Enrique Lacalle, president of SIL, the sum of the largest international logistics congress in Europe (SIL) and the largest international logistics congress in Latin America (ALACAT) will provide a favorable scenario to establish important synergies between Latin America and Europe. .
The Federation of National Associations of Cargo Agents and International Logistics Operators of Latin America and the Caribbean (ALACAT) was founded in 1982 with the common interest of its founders in the development of international cargo in collaboration with national and international institutions and constant improvement. of services and infrastructures, ensuring competitiveness for exporters and importers.
The member countries of ALACAT are: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.
ATOX Storage Systems, as a leading manufacturer of high-quality metal shelving, has a consolidated international presence both in Europe and Latin America.
With a wide range of industrial racking, from pallet racking and picking racks to automated warehouses and semi-automated systems, ATOX plays a fundamental role in the supply chain, designing storage systems tailored to customers to ensure optimization of warehouse space. warehouse and productivity in maintenance tasks.