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Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría close the most international edition of SIL 2016

• The massive influx of professionals, the synergies with Latin America with the ALACAT Congress celebration and the number of contacts made, they close a large Edition which has shown the power of the logistics sector as one of the pillars of the Spanish economy.
• The International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition leader in Spain and southern Europe will celebrate its 19th Edition from the 6th to the 8th June 2017.

Barcelona, the 9th June 2016. The Deputy President, Minister of the Presidency and Spokeswoman of the Spanish Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, has closed today the 18th Edition of The International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition, the most international of the history with more than 45% of the participating companies far from our borders, specifically from 35 different countries.

SIL 2016, which has counted with the participation of 600 companies and countless sessions of dialogue and discussion and networking activities, has brought along 3 intense days the entire sector of the logistics chain. Jordi Cornet, Special Delegate of the State and Chairman of SIL, has pointed out that  "we have celebrated a great edition of the SIL with the participation of 600 participating companies, more than 45% of internationality, a 20% more trade visitors, many quality contacts have been made and the exhibiting companies have communicated us their total satisfaction because they have done business. All this guarantees the success of this Edition, which has surpassed all forecasts showing the great potential that has the logistics sector as one of the economic engines of the economy of our country". In this sense, Cornet added that "we are very satisfied with the quantity and quality of visitors who have come to this SIL edition because it has exceeded all expectations. We will know the exact number in the next few days. The SIL has been reaffirmed again as the point of encounter and exchange of knowledge for a sector extremely competitive and attentive to new trends and technological developments as the logistics. One more year SIL has become again the meeting point for the logistics sector nationally and internationally in June". The SIL has consolidated once again its position of leadership in Spain and southern Europe and has positioned itself as the reference in Europe for business and contacts between the Mediterranean and Latin America.

XXXIII ALACAT Congress, 19th International Congress and 14th  Mediterranean Logistics and Transport Forum 

The President of SIL, Jordi Cornet, has wanted to mean that "the SIL has been reaffirmed as the meeting point for business between the Mediterranean and Latin America with the celebration of the 14th Mediterranean Logistics and Transport Forum, the 9th Mediterranean Summit of ports, the 5th Latin American Logistics Summit and the largest conferences program of the sector, with more influx of professionals". This fact reaffirms the role of the SIL as a point of encounter and discussion in the sector.

INAUGURATION

 Inauguration chaired by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing of the Ministry of Development, Júlio Gómez Pomar, who was accompanied by the Delegate of the Government in Catalonia, María de los Llanos de Luna, the Regional Minister of Territory and Susteniability  of Catalonina Goberment, Josep Rull, the Second Lieutenant of Mayor of the City of Barcelona, Jaume Colboni,  the Special State Delegate in the Zona Franca Consortium of Barcelona and President of the SIL, Jordi Cornet, the Deputy General Secretary of the World Customs Organization, Sergio Mújica, the President of the ederation of National Associations of Freight Forwarders and International Logistics Operators in Latin America and the Caribbean (ALACAT), Galo Molina, the President of the Yiwu Committee in the Chinese Political Consultative Conference of the People, Song Yinghao, Managing Director of the SIL, Blanca Sorigué , and Presidents, CEOs and General Managers of leading companies of the sector. SIL 2016 Opening took place on June 7th on the  Montjuic-Plaza de España Venue of Fira de Barcelona.

INTEREST DATA

This SIL has met one of its priority objectives: to be the most international Exhibition of its history. The large foreign business and institutional representation of the 2016 has been the key to reaffirm the SIL as the real space for the Know How and business of global reference. The countries that have been represented in SIL 2016 have been: Germany, Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Honduras, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mexico, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela, among others.

The 18th Edition of The International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition has been also one of the largest spaces of Europe dedicated to the international trade and the knowledge with a higher turnover than last year.

SIL 2016 disposed to the exhibiting and visiting companies a divided Venue into sectors where the different fields related to logistics management have been represented: 

• Systems for transport and logistics, infrastructure and real state.
• Wharehouse, equipment and handling
• Telematics, e-business, telecommunications, it solutions to put the world in motion
• The more than 3,600 professionals who have attended different sessions of the 2016 SIL International Congress as members of Congress who have endorsed again the commitment of the SIL for spreading knowledge about different logistics areas. In this edition 30 scheduled sessions have been inside of the largest Congress international logistics in Europe.
• From 1998 many companies and institutions have placed their trust in the International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition. And this year was not for less. 26 large firms, between companies and institutions, have become sponsors of SIL 2016 Sessions and official sponsors.
• n SIL 2016 have been held for the first time the ICIL SIL Awards to the Best Innovation presented in the Exhibition. Alcatherm Roll, from the Coldway company, and CorreosPaq, of Corresos, have been the winning news of this first edition.

CÍRCULO LOGÍSTICO

• The SIL 2016 Círculo Logístico has counted with the participation of more than 807 directors of logistics of leading companies from sectors as diverse as food and consumer goods, automotive, metallurgy and steelmaking, pharmaceutical and medical, chemical or textile.
• SIL has managed more than 1,800 applications for commercial interviews between visitors and participating companies at the Exhibition.
• At the Speed Dating and Networking Lunch of the Círculo Logístico have participated more than 100 directors of logistics that have kept 3,123 direct meetings with other logistics directors and companies participating in the Exhibition.

El SIL 2017 ya tiene fechas

Jordi Cornet, Special State Delegate at the Zona Franca Consortium of  Barcelona and President of the SIL, has announced that the 19th edition of the Exhibition will be held from 6th to 8th June 2017 in the exhibition centre of Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc-Plaza España.

Finally, the President of SIL, Jordi Cornet, wanted to "thank all Authorities, national and international associations that collaborated with the Exhibition, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, national and international participants, visitors and media and the city of Barcelona for their collaboration and enthusiastic participation that has made possible the success of this 18th The International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition". SIL has been reaffirmed again as the leading Exhibition of the sector in Spain, the Mediterranean and southern Europe.