Sat-Log to have two other distribution centers in SP
Valor Econômico 05/26/2009
Sat-Log, specialized in logistics operations, will invest R$ 20 million (US$ 9.5 million) this year in the opening of two new areas to meet the needs of expansion of its activities in the region of Vale do Paraíba, in the interior of São Paulo. For four years in the region, the group already works with an estimate of growth of 80% until 2012 and there is a forecast of sales of R$ 88 million (US$ 41.9 million) in 2009, which represents a 39% increase in relation to 2008.
Other demonstration of the economic potential of São José dos Campos is its position in the volume of the Brazilian exports. According to the data disclosed by the Ministry of Development of Industry and Commerce last week, the municipality is in second place in the ranking of the Brazilian municipalities that exported the most in the first four months of the year. The volume of foreign sales of the industries of São José dos Campos in the period, according to the Ministry, exceeded US$ 1.5 billion. The main investment of Sat Log to meet the new market potential of the region in 2009, according to Cardoso, includes the construction of a new warehouse in São José dos Campos. Called Eugênio de Mello Distribution Center, the warehouse will also offer services of road-railroad transportation, since it is located next to the MRS railway. Sat Log is investing R$ 15 million (US$ 7.1 million) in the project of the new warehouse, which will have 68 thousand square meters of built-up area, in a total area of 114 thousand square meters. The investment for increase of the group operations in 2009 also includes the construction of a Distribution Center in Guarulhos (SP), where more than R$ 5 million (US$ 2.4 million) have been invested. The place will be intended for the storage of electric and electronic products and parts and will have a built-up area of 31.8 thousand square meters. In Guarulhos, the company will have 170 employees and the beginning of the operations is expected for August. Sat Log, according to the officer Gilberto Cardoso, is currently among the 50 largest companies of the country. According to the Officer, the location of the company is also an strategic factor, because besides being the main road axis of the country, with the Presidente Dutra highway, it is near its main clients. In the end of last year, the group invested R$ 7 million (US$ 3.8 million) to create a new company, PGR Logística, and meet the transport demand from ports and airports from all over the country. PGR has two branches and support centers in Santos and in the airport of Viracopos.