On the 22nd of November 2007 EYEMAXX Management SRL participated to a Logistics Seminar in Romania dedicated to Warehousing: different types for different purposes on different locations. EYEMAXX presented there their logistics projects, LOG CENTER.

This seminar is an initiative of Trafic Media (publisher leading logistics magazines LOGISTICA and TRANZIT) and Archicom Bucharest SRL (Consultants + Architects + Engineers) and it is the second one organized in Bucharest. Trafic Media and Archicom are very pleased by the overwhelming interest for the second Logistics Seminar in Romania. More than 270 participants were the audience on this unique logistics event. The seminar background is to speed up the developments in the logistics field in Romania. The key ingredient of the seminar was to bring together international experience and local practice. The culture of the Romanians in general, and the knowledge of logistics and the supply chain available here in particular, demands specialized external knowledge. This and the great need for parties, who are willing to make investments in Romania, were the basis for the Warehousing theme.

More than 85% of the 270 attendees were supply chain managers and directors of Romanian companies. The opportunity for networking in the exhibition area during the breaks was particularly valued by all participants. During the program expert panels discussed about the latest developments, concepts, solutions, bottlenecks, issues and risks. One of the day’s conclusions was that there is a great need for state of the art warehouses and distribution centers on all logistics hotspots in Romania.

Some further conclusions during the seminar party based on the participant survey held by Archicom SRL:

Distances in Romania are too large for trucking and therefore expensive;
• 80 % of all Logistics & Supply Chain activities fits in standard warehouses on multiple spots;
• 20 % of all Logistics & Supply Chain activities need a special designed solutions on predefined spots;
• You can save a lot of money by building and using a sophisticated warehouse. For this you need to know exactly the Supply Chain position, logistics, the distribution process and the warehouse processes. On this base you have to define the warehouse requirements;
• Logistics is everything, everything is logistics. If logistics is well organized this can be promoted as a major commercial tool for the company and country as well;
• There is no location in Romania that fulfils all location requirements;
• There are no locations (except for two) that are large enough to facilitate cluster(ing) demand;
• There are no locations in Romania that have space and/or configuration to fulfill tomorrow’s demand. Romania will be the most important hub for the South East region in Europe;
• Today Romania lacks an integral strategy towards coherent economic centers / hubs. In the next years for instance there will be an expansion to 5 - 6 million TEU (containers) in Constanta.
For the fast economic growth the next 8 years Romania needs:
• Develop at least 5 industrial parks of over 400 hectares each
• High integration of value adding processes & logistics processes.
• Consequently resulting in following Real Estate development forecast
- Real Estate development of 4 million sq m of ‘new logistics with the majority
outside Bucharest region
- 0,5 million sq m ‘supportive logistics Real Estate with the majority
outside Bucharest region
- 0,5 million sq m of new cold/conditioned Real Estate 
- 0,5 million sq m ‘special purpose warehouse Real Estate
• Develop the infrastructure in the whole country.