The current fiscal year, which will end in March for PST CLC Mitsui-Soko, is very successful. The company, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, is doing well in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where it has opened a branch in Bratislava focused on transport and storage. The customs services branch in Košice is also successful, which will be expanded by a warehouse. In addition, the company in Slovakia provides internal logistics for a major client in the automotive industry. The goal is to build a full-fledged company on the Slovak market, as it is in the Czech Republic, which is gradually succeeding.
The new fiscal year, which will begin in April, will focus on further strengthening market positions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Furthermore, on improving and automating processes, increasing labor productivity and developing new software cooperating with artificial intelligence, which the company will use in the Customs Services Division, HR and Economic Division.
„Our shareholders in Japan praise us for our economic results. They say we are one of their best overseas affiliates. Shareholders therefore appreciate our activities and have a number of plans for the future in Europe. They are currently considering the possibility of expanding to one of the countries of Western Europe,“ reveals Vít Votroubek, CEO of PST CLC Mitsui-Soko, who is also the president of the Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics of the Czech Republic. Let us add that Vít Votroubek will celebrate 20 years of his work in the company in March. He started as Director of Logistics, then worked as Director of Customs Services and for the last ten years he has been the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. During his tenure as CEO, the company quadrupled its profit, which was achieved thanks to the establishment of cooperation with large clients and the launch of operations in Slovakia.
Despite a number of successes in transport, logistics and customs services, there are areas that did not go as planned. „For a long time, we have not been able to fully occupy the warehouse in Pohořelice near Brno. We are currently negotiating with the developer to reduce the area. This warehouse was filled several times, we provided services for large clients, but unfortunately, they ended mainly due to production restrictions in the automotive segment,“ says Vít Votroubek.
