Mecalux has put the finishing touches on setting up a new automated warehouse for the Idaho State Liquor Dispensary at its logistics centre in Boise (Idaho).
Mecalux shall be bringing its latest innovations in warehouse management software and systems to the SITL fair in Paris.
The Mecalux Group will be taking part in the International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) 2010, held from 16th to 19th November.
Mecalux has increased its team of professionals at its R+D centre in Gijon which now has over seventy programmers.
CeMAT 2011 will be held from 2nd to 6th May 2011 and will be dedicated to intralogistics: material handling solutions for companies’ logistic operations.
Mecalux will be attending the CeBIT digital technology fair in Hannover from 1st to 5th March 2011.
Mecalux is exporting one of the latest high-tech innovations developed in its Spanish facilities: the Easy WMS warehouse management software.
Acerolux, S.L., majority shareholder of Mecalux, S.A., has signed with the latter and other significant shareholders of the company a contract by which they assume certain commitments to proceed with the withadrawal of Mecalux, S.A.´s shares from the Stock Exchange of Barcelona and Madrid.
Mecalux presents Mecalux Easy in Paris after attending other well-known trade fairs such as SIMO Network (Madrid) and CeBIT (Hannover).
Mecalux will participate in this international event with a 150 m2 stand, equipped with two large projectors with a simulation of the simple implementation of Mecalux Easy.
The Group continues its development plans in the R&D area and bets on its flagship product: Mecalux Easy (warehouse management software).
The incorporation of the company Interlake is reflected an increase in orders of 49% with respect to the same period last year in the NAFTA area.
Mecalux recorded a turnover of 204.4 million euros in the first half of 2009, 38.6% less than the same period last year. The incorporation of Interlake on March 9 saw an increase in orders of 34.4% over the same period for last year in the NAFTA area. The Group's net result stood at -3.7 million euros, representing a decrease of 113.2%.
The company is basing its strategy for the future on the growth of the American market, the investment in R&D, automation and new products such as Mecalux Easy. After the purchase of the assets of the US firm UFC Interlake, Mecalux is now leader of the sector in the United States, a key market for the future development of the company. The American division of MECALUX is now called INTERLAKE MECALUX.
The company recorded a turnover of 101.8 million euros in the first quarter of 2009, 33.5% less than the same period for the previous year. Profits stood at 7.7 million euros, a fall of 32.9%.
The purchase was made for 30 million dollars and involves the acquisition of 4 new plants for the American expansion of MECALUX: Pontiac (Illinois); Sumter (South Carolina); Mexicali and Matamoros (Mexico).
Mecalux increased its sales by 6% in 2008, rising from 598 million euros to 636 million euros.
Mecalux Easy is a new software system designed to be easily installed in any type of warehouse, sector and company size. The first levels of the system can be implemented in just two weeks.
The new economic conditions mean this possible operation would be a chance for Mecalux to expand and improve its presence in the US and Mexico.
The warehouse, which is situated in Fraga (Huesca, Spain), has had a cost of 7.1 million euros within a total investment of 10 million and fits 25.200 pallets.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Mecalux’s shareholders today approved the distribution of an extraordinary dividend in the gross amount of 0.16 euros per share, for a total amount of 5,377,240 euros.
