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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.
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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.
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Husqvarna Group Walks the Rio de Mouro Sintra Factory Into Its End-of-2026 Closure Window — Stone Diamond Tools Exit Cuts SEK 250 Million of Annual Sales Across Portugal, Belgium and Greece in Glen Instone's Portfolio Cut

Husqvarna Group Walks the Rio de Mouro Sintra Factory Into Its End-of-2026 Closure Window — Stone Diamond Tools Exit Cuts SEK 250 Million of Annual Sales Across Portugal, Belgium and Greece in Glen Instone's Portfolio Cut

The Swedish power-tools group Husqvarna has confirmed that its stone-diamond-tools manufacturing operations in Rio de Mouro, Sintra — alongside companion sites in Belgium and Greece — walk into a closure window that completes by the end of 2026. The...
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