Scan Global Logistics strengthens its presence in Latin America

By investing in strengthening its Latin American infrastructure, Scan Global Logistics (SGL) expands its presence in one of the world's emerging regions, which offers significant economic potential and a strategic geographic position relative to North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

Jörn Schmersahl, CEO for Latin America, details the organization's strategy:

Latin America holds immense potential, and expanding our regional presence, including Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil, is a strategic investment. Simultaneously, we are strengthening our teams' capabilities in Mexico, Chile, and Peru. Through greater local knowledge and expertise, we are responding to customer needs and preferences more effectively, offering better, customized logistics solutions and services. This allows our local and global clients to make more informed decisions to enhance and optimize their supply chains. Furthermore, the expanded structure of SGL LATAM will contribute to the requirements of the entire SGL network.

Expanding SGL's global and regional network will also enhance the company's connections with neighboring countries, such as Uruguay and Paraguay. This will benefit clients with expanded cross-border logistics solutions, facilitated customs clearance, and national and international trucking storage and transportation services.

Throughout Latin America, SGL provides services to clients in the areas of assistance and support, energy, pharmaceuticals, industrial projects, automotive, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), food and additives, technology, and manufacturing, among others.

Allan Melgaard, SGL's Global CEO, comments on planned investments for the region:

Latin America is an extremely interesting market, with a young and growing population, rising purchasing power, and diverse commercial sectors and customer bases. This makes it an excellent option for our company. We are determined to continue investing in developing a strong presence in the region, to provide comprehensive and competitive logistics solutions to our clients.

Additional markets will provide customers with better solutions and greater flexibility.

• A Argentina (headquartered in Buenos Aires) It boasts robust logistical infrastructure with a well-developed port, airport, and rail system. The country's principal ports, along the Atlantic Ocean, offer local and global reach. Combined with cross-border services to Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, clients will experience even greater benefits in importing and exporting. The country offers excellent connectivity and strategic advantages for companies seeking expansion and regionalization of their operations.
• A Colombia (headquartered in Bogotá)) With ports on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, maximizing the profitability of these operations and turning the country into a strategic springboard for Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, as well as an entry point for other South American countries. With its extensive free-zone networks in all ports and major cities (Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín), Colombia is the ideal location for distribution throughout South America.
• The Brazil (headquarters in São Paulo) With one of the world's most extensive coastlines and numerous deep-water ports, a superior port infrastructure is ideal for international trade, complemented by road links to neighboring countries. SGL recently acquired Blu Logistics Brasil, specializing in trade routes between China and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. A key local player in air and sea logistics, it boasts impressive growth rates of 27% and 47% over the past two years. This acquisition will provide SGL with a robust operational platform, enabling the company to expand its regional presence and offer improved services to clients worldwide.

In Chile and MexicoSGL teams now include new qualified specialists in the air and maritime sectors, operating from Santiago (Chile) and Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara (Mexico). Furthermore, SGL México is strengthening its operations on the northern border, in cooperation with SGL USA.