Monterrey, NL. Colgate-Palmolive, Solistica and OMEGA started a project to expand and operate the Colgate-Palmolive Distribution Center in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, and make it the biggest of the brand Colgate-Palmolive in the world, with a joint investment of 500 million pesos.
The center generates 690 direct jobs in warehouse and maquila operations, and around 530 jobs for 32 transportation companies that will cover supply circuits, Femsa said in a statement.
During the 11 months of construction, 342 jobs were created by the companies that participated in the works.
“I want to acknowledge and thank Colgate’s trust to continue growing together. It has been a relationship that has been developing and we have sought together how to generate value. Accomplishing projects of this magnitude reinforces being dedicated to our clients’ business, understanding their needs and not only fulfill them, but seek to exceed them “. “This is how we are moving towards our vision of being the preferred 3PL partner in Latin America,” said Luis Eraña, CEO of Solistica.
The contract was signed for five years, which shows the confidence that Colgate-Palmolive has in Solistica.
This warehouse has 100,000 square meters, and a storage capacity of more than 131,000 pallet positions of product, will dispatch 50% of the volume of Colgate in Mexico, which is roughly equivalent to moving 58 million boxes per year.
Among the characteristics of this center, is the great capacity of operation thanks to the use of double-depth racks that have a height of more than 10 meters, which allows working with 6 vertical storage levels. It also has an internal maquiladora area of 6,000 square kilometers.
It has state-of-the-art forklifts that are characterized by having a lithium battery that increases the time of use and eliminates additional processes, and a camera that allows greater precision when placing the pallets in the racks.
It also has electrical installations with LED lighting in energy-saving luminaires and a water treatment plant.
Solistica operates this warehouse under a dedicated scheme with exclusive resources for its operation, where 100% of the warehouse has Colgate-Palmolive products.
In Mexico, Solistica operates 16 warehouses in strategic locations.
“This fantastic project, exalts the name of our company and with this, once again it is shown that together we build an Unstoppable Colgate-Palmolive”, he said. Massimo Poli, vice president and general manager of Colgate-Palmolive México, during the inauguration of this center.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx