PST CLC Mitsui-Soko will open a branch in Slovakia in 2024, where it has recently won a major contract for a large manufacturing company. This was a large tender for internal logistics, so it is an extraordinary success that will be reflected significantly in the company’s turnover. In the Czech Republic, PST CLC Mitsui-Soko managed to extend a contract with a major customer. The company’s ambition is to be a leader in the Czech and Slovak market in the provision of internal logistics services. Currently, the company wants to acquire new clients for its warehouses in Pohořelice u Brna and Mošnov.
PST CLC Mitsui-Soko will not provide more detailed information on each of these achievements at this time. “We assume that the Slovak branch will have a similar turnover as the entire CLC Mitsui-Soko PST in the Czech Republic. In Slovakia we not only want to provide internal logistics, but also customs services, transport and, in the future, warehousing,” says Vít Votroubek, CEO of PST CLC Mitsui-Soko.
He said 2024 will be a year of growth for PST CLC Mitsui-Soko. “Only few manage to double their turnover from one year to the next. It is too early to assess the current financial results for this fiscal year, but we expect sales of around 900 million. I expect that in a year’s time we will have more than double the turnover,” says Vít Votroubek. The company wants to provide comprehensive logistics services in Slovakia. In the future, similarly to the Czech Republic, it will lease warehouses in Slovakia and outsource logistics to clients.
And how was 2023 for PST CLC Mitsui-Soko? “By having the fiscal year delayed until March next year, I can evaluate three quarters. It has not been an easy period, but we are doing well. The market situation is not optimal, but it is not critical either. When I compare the results with the last fiscal year, they are not so great now, we have about a third less turnover. However, if I compare it to the time before Covid, we would be grateful for today’s results,” says Vít Votroubek. He adds that the market situation is not improving. Purchasing demand is still declining or stagnating, which is reflected in logistics. “Some clients are gradually leaving our warehouses. Not because we provide a bad service, they are happy with the service, but because they limit their own production and don’t need to store as much. Related to this is our warehouse in Pohořelice, which we opened with the expectation that we would be able to fill it soon, but we are about one-third full,” says Vít Votroubek.
