Francisco Aranda emphasizes the strategic importance of logistics for Madrid's competitiveness and international projection.

 

La logistics has been one of the pillars selected by the Region of Madrid for Madrid Investment Forum, a key event driven by Invest in Madrid to emphasize the value of Madrid's economy. At this forum, which brought together business leaders from various fields, the president of ONE Logistics, Francis Aranda, was in charge of presenting the strategic relevance of the sector.

 

Aranda emphasized that logistics is a driver with an impact multidimensionalHe described it as a sector employment-intensive y new technologies., in addition to being cross, since it not only generates its own value, but also boosts competitiveness of most productive sectors. It is also tractor by attracting industrial investments, and vertebrate, contributing to the settlement of population in different territories.

 

Madrid, a hub logistics with great international projection

 

The president of the employers' association highlighted the region's position as intercontinental logistics hub. Mentioned that Madrid owns the strategic capacity to transform into a large consolidation center for Asian marketplaces and, simultaneously, in a key entrance door for the flow of goods destined for Latin America.

 

This capacity, according to Aranda, is based on various factors: “The region brings together a privileged geostrategic location, highly competitive infrastructure, a solid productive fabric, a favorable fiscal policy, a high population density, a large number of logistics companies and different nodes spread throughout the territory." These elements have allowed the Community of Madrid to establish itself as the national leading territory en logistics competitiveness, as confirmed by the ICLE report prepared by the employers' association itself.

 

Aranda highlighted the region's role as an intercontinental logistics hub: "Madrid has the capacity to become a major consolidation center for Asian marketplaces and a key gateway for the flow of goods to Latin America."

 

The need to facilitate investments

 

The UNO leader addressed the current process of logistics relocation, a phenomenon that is driving up demand for land in the region. In this context, he stressed the importance of facilitate investments that arrive, but with the condition of guaranteeing adequate infrastructure, power supply and sufficient capacity so that the growth of the sector is not seen limited due to lack of available power.

 

Looking to the future, Aranda showed optimistic, anticipating a “spectacular” horizon for Madrid logistics. He highlighted a increase of 15% in logistics surface investments, a clear sign of business interest that consolidates Madrid as a first-class industrial point.

 

The president of UNO also emphasized the importance of the public-private partnership as the driving force behind this success: “All this is not the result of chance, but the consequence of a effective public-private collaboration and a real commitment from the regional government to our sector," he concluded, adding that while businesspeople assume investment risks to generate value, the task of the administrations is create a favorable climate for this to happen.