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The drop in global consumption of fashion items is having a direct impact on the Portuguese textile industry, with a reduction in orders from abroad. Clothing manufacturing companies are the most affected.
The Navigator Company, a European leader in bleached eucalyptus pulp production, is diversifying its business strategy. The Portuguese group is focusing on tissue paper and sustainable single-use packaging, including compostable coffee capsules made from eucalyptus fiber at its Cacia plant. With significant investments in new machinery and research through its Raiz institute, the company aims to replace plastics with biodegradable solutions while expanding its presence in international markets, including the UK.
One trillion dollars. This is the estimated revenue figure for commercial aviation last year, driven by a record 5.2 billion passengers worldwide. However, aircraft production is not keeping pace with this growth, and the latest estimates indicate that more will be needed...
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Glass is one of Marinha Grande's three main industrial sectors, and many factories have halted production. One company that manufactures glass for tabletops estimates losses running into millions of euros.
In Marinha Grande, several factories had to halt production and are now rebuilding their factory halls.
Storm Kristin left many companies destroyed or partially damaged. With production halted—either because conditions are unsuitable due to the severe weather or because of power cuts—sectors such as moulds and automotive components cannot supply the major multinationals they work for or customers abroad.
The glass sector says it has suffered losses amounting to millions of euros.
At 12:00, the glass sector says it has incurred losses totalling millions of euros.
The Association of Packaging Glass Manufacturers today put the sector's losses at millions of euros, which, in addition to the costs of rebuilding damaged factories, include exports lost due to Storm Kristin.
The Brazilian multinational WEG, specialising in the manufacture and sale of electric motors and other components, is expanding its industrial site in Portugal with a new 7,500-square-metre logistics warehouse that will increase operational capacity and free up “essential areas” to bolster the production of large medium- and high-voltage motors...
Cefamol's secretary‑general — the National Association of the Moulds Industry, Manuel Oliveira — warned today of the 'extremely difficult situation' facing companies in Marinha Grande and called for the rapid restoration of power and communications.
The new pre-agreement provides for pay increases of 2.8% this month and a further 2.5% in October, each with a guaranteed minimum of €50 (a combined minimum of €100). It also includes an attendance bonus of €500.
'We cannot be so childish as not to look at this.' That is how the CEO of Colep Packaging responds when asked if he is analysing the possibility of relocating production in light of the ongoing tariff war. A relocation that could occur to 'any market outside Europe'. However, Paulo Sousa assures ...
Colep Packaging is on a growth trajectory. In 2024 it exceeded €140 million in sales, and the outlook for this year is also for growth, driven by investments and increased capacity at factories in Mexico, Poland and Barcelona. The CEO, Paulo Sousa, on ECO dos Fundos, ...
After a descent into the hell of insolvency in 2000, Famel will return to the roads within months, with a new dynamic, reborn at the hands of a young man who a decade ago foresaw the opportunity to combine the electric propulsion technology he knew from Salvador Caetano buses with the brand born in the mid-…
The plan of Exlabesa, headquartered in Valga, Pontevedra, Spain, which specialises in aluminium extrusion, foresees expanding the current facilities, opened in 2024, from 10,000 m² to 30,000 m².
The Chinese company CALB, the Portuguese firms Everbio and Lifthium, the British company Savannah, the Danish Topsoe Battery Materials and the Belgian United PetFood will invest €3,077 million in the country.
Less than a year after making more than 300 employees redundant, Yazaki's factory in Ovar has reduced staff again: the Japanese company has initiated a collective redundancy affecting 163 employees.
The multinational says the move is driven by a greater emphasis on technological development, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Some 269,468 passenger cars, 68,809 light commercial vehicles and 3,084 heavy vehicles were produced in Portugal, according to data released by the Automobile Association of Portugal.
Last year, 341,361 vehicles left factories located in the national territory, representing an increase of 2.7% compared with 2024, according to data from the Automobile Association of Portugal (ACAP) released on Friday. The analysis shows that Portugal produced 269,468 passenger cars, 68,809 light commercial vehicles and 3,084 heavy vehicles, ...
Portugal produced 269,468 light passenger vehicles, 68,809 light commercial vehicles and 3,084 heavy vehicles.
Yazaky Saltano in Ovar made 163 workers redundant on Friday. The Japanese company, which produces electrical and electronic components for the automotive sector, announced further redundancies this week after already dismissing more than 300 employees last summer.