The Finnish multinational Lumon, specialized in glazing systems for terraces and porches, inaugurated its new factory in Antequera. It is the third of this Group, based in Malaga for 30 years, after those of Finland and Canada. With these facilities, the company is positioning itself in the future dry port of Antequera, the largest logistics platform in southern Europe currently under construction.

The factory, inaugurated by the president of the junta, Juanma Moreno, occupies 25,000 meters and generates 120 direct jobs (There are already 40 incorporated), plus another 200 indirect or induced. It has the capacity to produce 6,000 sheets of glass per week and required 40 million euros investment.

The President stressed that “Antequera will be a key hub thanks to the dynamism of the Megahub Andalusia logistics platform“, the result of a public-private collaboration between the Public Ports Agency of Andalusia and the company Puerto Seco de Antequera.

Moreno said that the urbanization works of the first phase of the macro-complex, which will cover 102 hectares, are being finalized. The first phase of urbanization of Puerto Seco de Antequera involves an investment of €34.7 million. In parallel, the electrical substation is under construction, which will also be completed this year and which has a budget of 4.8 million.

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In addition to Lumon, Ikea It has already shown its commitment there to set up its largest logistics center in southern Spain. In Antequera they are also waiting for an upcoming announcement from a company linked to the United Arab Emirates. Day announced a project in Antequera. Yes on time is also on the list.

Around the dry port, the creation of more 8,000 direct jobs and about 16,000 indirect. It’s a project we’ve been talking about for almost two decades, and which is finally seeing the light of day.

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The Andalusian President stressed the importance of continuing to present Andalusia as a place conducive to the development and expansion of large national and international companies. Thus, he explained that both the offer of aid and the investment facilities, as well as the political stability and legal certainty currently offered by the region, have become one of the great characteristics of the Andalusian government.

In this sense, he made special mention of the administrative simplification and the reduction of procedures as a decisive factor, since it is essential to the expansion policy of any company, as well as to the Taxation and the importance of having made Andalusia the second most competitive region in the country in this field.

“On private initiative and investors need to make it as simple as possible so that projects like this succeed in our region”, he assured, referring to the work in the field of public-private collaboration that the Andalusian government is developing.

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Thus, he insisted on the objective of continuing to advance in the development of Andalusia as a national economic engine and, more precisely, as a major logistics platform in southern Europe: “We know how important it is, and that is why we encourage the development of the Logistics Network of Andalusia with an investment of approximately 60 million euros”

The inauguration also took place in the presence of the Minister of Economy, Finance and European Funds, Carolina España; the mayor of Antequera, Manuel Jesús Barón, and the delegate of the government of the junta in Malaga, Patricia Navarro.