Giacomo and Guglielmo Benvegnù / Sogeco International SA

What is your company’s core activity? What are your main markets (countries/areas)?

Sogeco international is, since 1987, active in leasing and trading of storage, living and temperature controlled containers.
Main markets are Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, India, UAE and China where all our containers are manufactured.

From your perspective, how does your industry perform and what is the market outlook?
The industry is growing especially in Southern Europe where containerization is gradually replacing traditional storage solutions.

What are the advantages of having your headquarters in / operating from Lugano, Switzerland?
Lugano combines a fair corporate taxation and an efficient bank system with proximity to Italy, especially Milan, strong market and where our branch office is headquartered.

Give a brief description of why you joined LCTA.
We are aiming to expand our business in Switzerland and in all European countries. In particular, the southern cantons of Switzerland can benefit from being very close to our Milan depot where containers are trucked from. We also believe that the recent abolition of swiss import duties on industrial products like containers and, in general, the absence of “middle men” between us and final users will make our products extremely competitive.