The Danish shoemaker told staff in São João de Ver on Monday that it is starting the legal procedure to close the plant it opened in 1984. Here is what the Labour Code and Social Security rules give workers facing a collective dismissal.
The Danish medical-device maker invested about 100 million euros in a urinary catheter plant, with 18.5 million in EU support. The Labour Minister says its staff earn 20 percent above the regional average wage.
Prices charged by Portugal's industrial producers rose 9.2 percent on a year earlier in September, INE says, with energy up 33.6 percent and behind more than half the rise. Excluding energy, the increase was 4.4 percent. What it means for shop prices.
Portugal's trade agency got 5.1 million euros in 2025 from the bankruptcy of Qimonda's Dutch holding company, money owed for subsidies given before the 2009 collapse. The German administrator says Portuguese public claims should be met almost in full.
An in-person auction of the Montalvo plant, closed since January 2025, drew one offer and was suspended. It is the second failed sale this year, and about 200 former workers are still waiting to be paid in full.
Schmidt Light Metal, which makes die-cast aluminium parts for the Volkswagen group, stopped production on 30 September. Most of its workers' contracts end on 7 December.
Laboratories found 27 of 76 pairs over the legal limit for substances such as phthalates and hexavalent chromium, and eight of ten models sold as safety footwear failed at least one protection test.
