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Martifer Pays GBP9 Million to Close a Fifteen-Year-Old Glasgow Building Dispute, Clearing Its Last Big Liability

The Portuguese steel-structures group Martifer will pay GBP9 million (about EUR10.4 million) to settle a long-running Court of Session case over the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, closing what it calls its sole remaining contingent liability as a takeover battle plays out.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

The Sines refinery and industrial-port complex in Portugal, with flare stacks, chimneys and gantry cranes against the sky

Portugal Opens Just EUR30 Million of a Promised EUR100 Million for Its Energy-Hungry Factories

Portugal has opened only EUR30 million - down from EUR50 million last year - of the EUR100 million promised to help energy-intensive factories with EU carbon costs passed through in their electricity bills, leaving Portuguese industry near the bottom of Europe's support league.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

Rows of blue photovoltaic solar panels on a green hillside at a solar power plant in Portugal

Bondalti Completes a €76 Million Clean-Energy Overhaul of Its Estarreja Chemical Plant

Bondalti, Portugal's largest chemicals group, has finished its 76-million-euro REPower project at the Estarreja Chemical Complex — solar parks, a pioneering industrial battery and electric steam boilers that together cut about 36,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. A third came from the PRR.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

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Hovione Pours €200 Million Into a New Seixal Medicines Factory Due to Open in 2027

Portuguese pharmaceutical group Hovione is investing €200 million in a new medicines factory at Seixal, now in its final construction phase and due to open in September 2027 with at least 100 qualified jobs. The plant is funded entirely from the company's own equity, without EU money.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jul 2026

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Volkswagen's Capacity Cuts Unsettle Portugal's Auto-Components Industry as a Third Down Year Looms

Volkswagen's plan to cut production capacity 25% and axe half its models is rattling Portugal's auto-components makers, whose exports fell 7% in May. Industry body AFIA warns 2026 will bring more losses and job cuts, though the Autoeuropa plant in Palmela looks set to be spared.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

A tall red-brick industrial chimney rising above an old factory building against a clear blue sky in Lisbon, Portugal

The EU's Court of Justice Faults Portugal Over the Industrial Emissions Directive, Citing an Outdated Hazardous-Substances Definition and a Too-Slow 48-Hour Incident-Reporting Rule

The EU's top court ruled on 9 July that Portugal incorrectly transposed the Industrial Emissions Directive, faulting an out-of-date 'hazardous substances' definition and a 48-hour incident-reporting window that EU law says should be immediate. There is no fine yet, but Portugal must now rewrite part

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

Gantry cranes and a moored cargo ship at the container terminal of the Port of Leixoes near Porto, with stacked shipping containers on the quay

Industrial Turnover Cooled to 7% Growth in May as Export Momentum Faded

Industrial turnover rose 7% year-on-year in May, INE data show — down from April's 9.4%, with turnover falling 0.8% on the month. Energy did most of the work; consumer goods were near flat, industrial employment slipped 0.7% and export growth decelerated sharply.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jul 2026

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