🇵🇹 Daily Portugal news for expats & investors — FREE Subscribe
Sign in Subscribe

Automotive

Portuguese Auto Plants Build 33,476 Vehicles in May — ACAP Reads an 8.3% Year-on-Year Contraction With the Heavy Segment Off 22.2% and Germany, Turkey and Italy Carrying the 93.3% European Export Mix

Portuguese Auto Plants Build 33,476 Vehicles in May — ACAP Reads an 8.3% Year-on-Year Contraction With the Heavy Segment Off 22.2% and Germany, Turkey and Italy Carrying the 93.3% European Export Mix

ACAP logs 33,476 Portuguese vehicles produced in May 2026 — an 8.3% year-on-year contraction — even as the YTD line holds +3.3% at 149,828 units. Germany absorbs 21.7% of national output and Europe takes 93.3% of exports as demand softens at Portugal's largest auto end-markets.
The Portugal Brief
Continental Mabor Adds 215 Operationals at Famalicão to Hit a 3,200-Worker Record — Lousado Tyre Plant Marks 80 Years of Production and 36 Years Inside Continental as a FORAVE Skills Memorandum Lands

Continental Mabor Adds 215 Operationals at Famalicão to Hit a 3,200-Worker Record — Lousado Tyre Plant Marks 80 Years of Production and 36 Years Inside Continental as a FORAVE Skills Memorandum Lands

Continental Mabor confirmed 215 new Lousado hires in the first half of 2026 — workforce climbs to 3,200, an all-time Famalicão record — as Pedro Carreira marks 80 years of tyre production and 36 years inside Continental AG and signs a FORAVE skills memorandum with the Câmara Municipal.
The Portugal Brief
Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe has notified Portugal's IEFP of an eventual lay-off covering up to 400 Tramagal workers in July, per a 15 May Ministério do Trabalho response to a PCP question. The diesel Canter sunset routes the Daimler Truck-owned plant toward eCanter-only European production.
The Portugal Brief
Automotive components assembly line — illustrative

Coindu Walks Up to 493 of Its 752 Joane Famalicão Workers Into a Six-Month Phased Lay-Off Running May to November 2026 — Another Print for Portugal's 2026 Auto-Components Ledger After Bosch, Husqvarna, Yazaki and Enercon

Coindu opens a six-month phased lay-off at Joane, Vila Nova de Famalicão, running May–November 2026, with up to 493 of 752 workers in the contingency pool. The auto-components supplier cites tariffs, war, and a demand drop — and projects an activity recovery in 2027.
The Portugal Brief