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Wind turbines silhouetted against a sunset sky — illustrative of the operational onshore wind capacity Acciona Energía is preparing to divest from its Portuguese portfolio.

Acciona Energía Plots a 166 MW Portuguese Wind-and-Solar Divestment — 120 MW Wind Stack and 46 MW Solar Cluster Go to Advisors as the Spanish Parent Weighs a Delisting or Buyout of Its 91% Renewables Stake

Acciona Energía has handed advisors a 166 MW Portuguese portfolio — 120 MW of operational wind and 46 MW of operational solar — as part of an Iberian asset rotation that runs alongside the Spanish parent's strategic review of its 91% stake in the listed renewables arm.
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France's Sonepar Snaps Up Grupo LCI From the Carapeta Family — €48 Million Revenue, 200-Worker Montijo Distributor Folds Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel Into the €33.6 Billion Group's Portuguese Network on a 2 June Sale-and-Purchase Agreement

France's Sonepar Snaps Up Grupo LCI From the Carapeta Family — €48 Million Revenue, 200-Worker Montijo Distributor Folds Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel Into the €33.6 Billion Group's Portuguese Network on a 2 June Sale-and-Purchase Agreement

France's Sonepar acquires 100% of Montijo-based Grupo LCI from the Carapeta family — Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel trading names, €48M revenue and 200 employees fold into the €33.6 billion group's Portuguese network. Sale-and-purchase agreement signed 2 June; integration runs through 2026-2027.
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Portugal M&A Tape Skids Through Jan-April 2026 With Deal Count Down 32% and Value Down 28% on TTR Data's Read — €1.3 Billion Across 141 Operations as Tech and Real Estate Tie at 21 Each and Spanish Buyers Lead Cross-Border Inflow

Portugal M&A Tape Skids Through Jan-April 2026 With Deal Count Down 32% and Value Down 28% on TTR Data's Read — €1.3 Billion Across 141 Operations as Tech and Real Estate Tie at 21 Each and Spanish Buyers Lead Cross-Border Inflow

The Portuguese mergers-and-acquisitions tape continued the sharp deceleration that took hold across the first quarter, with TTR Data's Jan-April 2026 reading (released 13 May and updated in the late-May / early-June Iberian-desk follow-ups) putting...
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Lactogal Pencils In a €100 Million Annual Capex Run to Double the Faturação by 2030 — The Mimosa Owner Lines Up Iberian Acquisitions and Industrial Modernisation on the Trabalho XXI Backdrop

Lactogal Pencils In a €100 Million Annual Capex Run to Double the Faturação by 2030 — The Mimosa Owner Lines Up Iberian Acquisitions and Industrial Modernisation on the Trabalho XXI Backdrop

Lactogal — the cooperative-owned dairy group behind Mimosa, Matinal, Agros and Vigor — has set a €100 million annual capex envelope through 2030 with the objective of doubling faturação over the cycle, ECO reported Friday 29 May. Iberian M&A, plant modernisation and new launches frame the plan.
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Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Nordic pet-care subsidiary Musti acquired Norway's Petco Retail AS on Tuesday 13 May, taking the Helsinki-based champion into its fourth Nordic country. Portugal's ZU chain — 68 stores and €8.4M in quarterly sales — stays on a separate perimeter inside Sonae MC.
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