ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics has inked a contract with LG Electronics Brazil to offer expanded warehouse and dedicated distribution services.
will aid LG in the Brazilian distribution of consumer products like televisions, DVD players, washing machines and refrigerators. The largest South American country is also among the worldβs fastest growing economies, known informally as a BRIC country (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
βWe selected ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics because of the technical superiority and extended experience in electronics, and facilities that meet LGβs highest standards, and because their distribution centers are located in strategic areas,β said Carlos Neto, logistics manager for LG Electronics Brazil.
ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ will store and distribute LG products from these distribution centers: a 400,000 square foot location in Cajamar, SΓ£o Paulo; a Jaboato dos Gurarapes, Pernambuco, building with 140,000-square-feet; and a 330,000 square foot building in Salto, SΓ£o Paulo.
In total, ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ will aid LG Brazil in managing two LG owned facilities, and four distribution centers, spanning nearly every corner of a country with 203 million residents, according to the .
βOur strategic analysis of LGβs product portfolio and consumer market showed the best areas for these distribution centers, which are more geographically dispersed and better positioned to supply LG products,β noted ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics South America managing director .
By Alen Beljin