Plateformes Magazine

Ports, corridors, warehouses: West Africa builds its logistics future

Modernized ports but still-fragile corridors: West Africa has made more progress on its maritime gateways than on the smooth flow of its supply chains. For logistics real estate, this unfinished transition presents an opportunity.

Economy

Storing Lithium Batteries: The Great Confusion

Found in nearly all of our everyday objects, the issue of lithium batteries goes far beyond the added convenience they provide. An essential technological building block for decarbonizing industry, a matter of European sovereignty over the raw materials they contain, and the development of a reuse and recycling sector... They also draw attention when accidents occur. Regulations that take these new risks into account have therefore been under development by the DGPR for around two years. But delays in issuing the corresponding order containing requirements are putting the designers and operators of buildings that store them in a difficult position.

Economy

Afilog Has a New President

After five terms at the helm of Afilog, Claude Samson is handing over to Christophe Ripert, who has served as vice president for the past two years. Elected by the Board of Directors on June 25, Christophe Ripert thus becomes Afilog’s fourth president since its creation exactly 25 years ago. The editorial team at Plateformes Magazine had the pleasure of speaking with both men about the future of Afilog and the industry, building on all that has been accomplished in recent years.

Economy

The registration scheme: a widely supported simplification measure under close scrutiny

The appeal of the registration scheme for classified installations has been confirmed, both for project developers and for the government departments responsible for reviewing applications. The latest inspection report, recently published by the Ministry of Ecology, bears this out.

Economy

Logistics: essential for ArcelorMittal

Steel is the world’s second most traded material after oil. It is everywhere around us, particularly in logistics real estate. Given its indispensable role upstream of several sectors and international competition, steel produced in France is undertaking a technological, organizational and logistics transformation to decarbonize. A leader in France and Europe, the ArcelorMittal group is setting an example through this transformation.

Economy

Stock: Toward the Warehouse and Beyond

The Stock exhibition, organized by the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, runs through June 28 at La Poste Rodier, a former postal sorting center. Beyond tracing the evolution of storage architecture over the centuries, its exhibition design also invites visitors to consider the vision of the world and society that underlies it.

Economy

Logistics: a threat to, or a support for, local retail?

For those in the know, the question may seem absurd. Yet even today, logistics still faces preconceived notions that are difficult to erase from the minds of elected officials and the general public. Among them is the idea that logistics concerns only e-commerce and is therefore a threat to local retail. We help you demonstrate that logistics is essential to retailers—and, above all, to cities.

Economy

Vincent Fromage, CEO of Chronofresh: “Real estate is not merely technical infrastructure: it is a central strategic lever”

12 million parcels delivered in 2025, a network of 90 branches, and delivery within 24 to 48 hours: Chronofresh’s figures reflect the explosive growth of food e-commerce. To support this growth, the temperature-controlled transport specialist must reconcile health requirements with environmental constraints. Its CEO, Vincent Fromage, outlines the levers of an operating model that requires keeping a cool head at every stage.

Economy

Émilie Brot, Managing Director of the Plaine de l’Ain Industrial Park: “It can sometimes be difficult to convey logistics’ strengths”

The Plaine de l’Ain Industrial Park (PIPA) was born from the vision of around 30 elected officials in the 1960s. Balancing planning with responses to historical circumstances, PIPA was built around an ambition and today hosts nearly 200 companies, representing 8 000 jobs, including more than 3 500 in the pure logistics sector. Interview with Émilie Brot, the Park’s Managing Director since 2022.

Economy

The logistics of recycling automotive spare parts: a major environmental challenge

Each year, 1.2 million end-of-life vehicles are recorded. Recycling their spare parts represents a major environmental challenge. The 2020 AGEC law strictly regulates this sector, requiring precise logistics and flawless traceability. GPA, one of the leading players in the sector in France, tells us more.

Economy

Where logistics is thriving in France

Not everyone hates logistics… Some regions have even introduced practices inspiring enough for the Directorate-General for Enterprise (DGE) to list them in a document released a few days ago. More broadly, what makes a region successful in logistics? Analysis.

Economy

Banknote logistics: how the Banque de France is using its real estate portfolio as a lever for decarbonization

From the production to the destruction of banknotes, cash logistics relies on a critical, highly constrained industrial chain. Committed to a carbon-neutrality trajectory, the Banque de France has made optimizing its real estate portfolio a central lever for reducing its environmental footprint.