Vice-president Mr Carod-Rovira visits Fluidra’s state-of-the-art logistics centre in Maçanet de la Selva
August 18, 2008-
Trace Logistics, which involved an investment of 18 million euros, has changed the production and distribution approach of the Fluidra Group.
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Fluidra is a multinational Catalan group and a leading international company with own branches in over 31 countries and a distribution network that spans across 170 countries.
The vice-president and acting president of the Catalan Government, Mr Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, visited Trace Logistics, the new logistics centre of the Fluidra Group in Maçanet de la Selva, in the province of Girona today. During his visit the vice-president was able to take a close look at one of the country’s most modern and automated logistics infrastructures.
Fluidra is a multinational Catalan group and a leading international company with own branch offices in over 31 countries and a distribution network that spans across 170 countries. The logistics centre of Fluidra, one of Europe’s most modern logistics centres and unique in Spain for its level of automation, covers a surface area of 55,000 m² and has a shipping capacity of 150,000 pallets a year and 60 trucks a day, and the capacity to prepare 10,000 packages a day. The Maçanet centre ships to over 50 different countries across the world. Trace Logistics, which involved an investment of 18 million euros in 2002, employs 100 people in the storage and distribution of the group’s products.
During his visit this morning, the vice-president of the Catalan government was accompanied by several of Fluidra’s senior executives, namely Mr Eloi Planes (CEO), Mr Jaume Carol (operational chief executive), and Mr Jordi Martín (the manager of Trace Logistics). Also present during the visit were Mr Jordi Martinoy, the local representative of the Catalan government in Girona, and Mr Alfons Soms, the mayor of Maçanet de la Selva.
Fluidra, a national and international leader in promoting the sustainable use of water
Fluidra is a multinational group based in Sabadell (Barcelona), specialising in the development of applications designed to promote the sustainable use of water. The company provides solutions for the storage, transport, treatment and consumption of water. The group employs more than 3,800 people worldwide.
The philosophy of our group, which was founded in 2002, is underpinned by two core values: promoting respect for water and encouraging the rational use of water. The companies that make up the Fluidra Group, some of which have been established for almost 40 years, have grown with this vision, specialising in a range of sectors such as the treatment of water, the transport of fluids, irrigation, and swimming-pool equipment.
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