Leading Spanish importer-exporter CMR Group is set to open a new headquarters and logistics centre, covering a total of 17,000m2 of land, close to its current offices at Barcelona’s Mercabarna wholesale market.
The Barcelona-based company, which imports and re-exports a wide range of fruits and vegetables from across Spain, Latin America and other sources, will officially open the new facility on 8 April at a ceremony to be held at the site.
According to CMR’s import-export director, Carles Martí Inglada, the company made a major investment in acquiring land alongside Mercabarna in 2009 to “serve the diverse needs of its business”.
He said the new site, which features a 9,000m2 warehouse, would give the firm the capacity for all its logistics facilities and stock.
“The increase in commercial activity experienced by our company over the last few years has led us to seek larger spaces where we can base our plan for business growth,” Mr Martí told Fruitnet.
“This new site represents a huge step forward for our company because it enables us to group all of our packhouse facilities together at one site to become our new central headquarters.”
The Barcelona site will oversee not only CMR’s Spanish ventures, which include business in Madrid, Leon and the Canary Islands, but also subsidiaries in France, the Netherlands and Brazil.
