{"id":2615,"date":"2025-03-10T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costo-intralogistics.com\/no-category\/ontmoet-managing-director-jorge\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:53:26","slug":"interview-with-jorge-couto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costo-intralogistics.com\/en\/news\/meet-the-team\/interview-with-jorge-couto\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jorge &#8211; Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image=&#8221;1639&#8243; bg_position=&#8221;center bottom&#8221; background_image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; 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Despite this, the company has captivated a number of managers with many years of experience in this sector and has more than quadrupled the number of employees in two and a half years of activity, and there is still a huge potential for growth due to the many opportunities in the intralogistics market which is developing[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; class=&#8221;dg-padding&#8211;mid-top&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; el_class=&#8221;dg-padding&#8211;mid&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; el_class=&#8221;dg-padding&#8211;small-bottom&#8221;]\n<h2>The company<span class=\"dot\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>What were the reasons that led to the opening of the company in Portugal?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There were two fundamental reasons: on the one hand, since Costo wanted to develop new solutions, an engineering group with a high degree of technical knowledge and experience, motivated and focused on carrying out research and development tasks, was found in Portugal. 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This solution allows high storage density, extremely high throughputs, is easily adaptable and has significantly reduced operational, maintenance and energy consumption costs. Today, very few companies in the world can offer a similar system, making our concept simply unique and with a great future. We have invested in a show room that allows us to invite our partners to visit us and see for themselves the enormous potential of the solution. 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