December 12, 2023
- Through its subsidiary Logista Pharma and by means of an agreement with Integra CEE, it has hired staff with disabilities to provide the handling service it offers to pharmaceutical laboratories
Logista Pharma, the Logista company specialising in pharmaceutical distribution to hospitals and pharmacies in Spain, Portugal and Italy, has reached an agreement with Integra CEE to hire workers with disabilities, who will provide handling services at the company’s facilities in Fuenlabrada.
A Special Employment Centre (CEE, for its acronym in Spanish) is a company whose main purpose is to generate and promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities who, with the necessary support and adjustments, can perform high-quality work that is fairly remunerated and appropriate to their personal characteristics, facilitating their integration into the ordinary labour market. In a special employment centre, at least 70% of the staff must consist of people with a recognised degree of disability equal to or greater than 33% and receive comprehensive and personalised support from the technical team of professionals of the Professional Activity Support Unit.
Within the wide range of services that Logista Pharma offers laboratories is the Handling Service. This service, which had been provided from various of the company’s plants, has been centralised in its facilities in Fuenlabrada and, after the signing of the agreement, the handling work has been carried out by Integra CEE staff.
The centre started centralised activity on 2 October with one shift. Currently, due to the growing demand for the service, it has been extended to two shifts.
Luis Cruz Mateos, the General Manager of Integra CEE, expressed his gratitude for the welcome received, as well as the sensitivity shown by the Logista Pharma team towards the Integra CEE professionals assigned to perform the handling work.
Miguel Gómez Prado, the General Manager of Logista Pharma, highlighted the involvement of Integra CEE staff, their ability to integrate into the Logista Pharma team and the good harmony and connection between the teams. He also emphasised Logista’s commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and non-discrimination in all its forms.
About Integra CEE
Integra CEE was created in 2001 in response to a societal demand: the social and workplace inclusion of people with disabilities. Today, with more than 5,000 employees nationwide, it is one of the most important special employment centres in Spain. Specialising in managing, organising and implementing auxiliary services for public and private sector companies (cleaning, maintenance, logistics, environmental services, etc.), it fulfils a social function of the first magnitude, offering people with disabilities the opportunity to develop new skills and competences essential to compete in the ordinary labour market in the future. Integra CEE is the result of the commitment, effort and professionalism of all the people who make up the organisation, more than 90% of whom are people with disabilities
Sobre Logista Pharma www.logistapharma.com
Logista Pharma, a Logista company specialising in the distribution of pharmaceutical and healthcare products to hospitals and pharmacies in Spain and Portugal, offers the widest range of services covering all the needs of our customers, the Laboratories. Logista Pharma currently works with more than 230 customer laboratories.
Logista Pharma relies on the group’s transport companies to deliver orders, ensuring full operational integration, real-time physical and thermal traceability, with the highest quality standards and the use of state-of-the-art information systems.
About Logista www.logista.com
Logista is one of the largest logistics operators in Europe and specialises in distribution to local channels. It regularly serves almost 200,000 points of sale in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Poland and offers the best and fastest market access to a wide range of convenience products, pharmaceuticals, electronic top-up, books, publications, tobacco and lotteries, among others. It is also notable for being the largest transport network in Spain, which is also certified in food safety.
Logista has a team of highly qualified professionals made up of more than 7,400 direct employees and a large number of collaborators such as Nacex franchisees, Logista Parcel delegates, drivers, etc. Employees and collaborators all work focused on serving their customers in the most efficient way and adapted to their needs.