AICEP
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal

The scale voted the best in the world in recent years in the “Weighing Review Awards” is Portuguese. Produced by Balanças Marques, the BM5 ARM uses the most advanced technologies, which places it at the forefront and distinguishes it among the best scales. Its structure was also developed with the objective of practical and functional use.

Startup Portugal and AICEP are partnering with South Summit (Madrid) to support 10 PT-based startups in their participation of the event.

Portugal Tech NYC is a program focused on accelerating the growth of Portuguese companies in the United States. From 11^th-14^th of October 2021, this program will take place in New York City, United States.

Portugal based startup ILoF was crowned the winner of the 4YFN Impact Awards Barcelona 2021, after battling it out with five finalists on stage. We’ve had the chance to talk with them about the future of Digital Health, their future plans, applications of AI – and their experience at 4YFN.

The Portuguese Challenger Series event continues to grow as a fan and surfers' favorite.

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial in Portugal has acquired Grupo 20/20 Editora, and will merge the companies under a new name, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Portugal.

The startup Skizo, created in UPTEC – Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto, created a bag for washing clothes that collects microplastics released by the fibres and avoids sending them to rivers and oceans.

 Feedzai, the world’s leading cloud-based financial risk management platform, announced the acquisition of the most advanced behavioral biometric platform, Revelock.

Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said that he intended to do everything in his power to “build better bridges” between the country and Brazil, its largest former colony, noting that “there is no shortage of challenges” to be overcome in improving their bilateral relationship.

Portugal-based Pecol Automotive has invested €6 million in new machinery to increase its production capacity, as well as enable it to continue offering optimised solutions to its customers.

SYSADVANCE will be attending AQUANOR the world’s largest aquaculture technology exhibition.

Addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy.

The Douro Intermunicipal Community (CIM Douro) created the Douro Passport to promote the 19 associated municipalities and show a territory “which stands out for its diversity”, said the vice president.

The exhibition “Surrealism beyond borders”, which opens in New York, in October, and goes on to London, in 2022, will include works by five Portuguese-speaking artists, including Malangatana, Fernando Lemos and António Pedro.

Amancio Ortega has bought a stake in Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN). Through Pontegadea Inversiones, he has acquired 12% of the Portuguese company, becoming the second-largest shareholder of the listed company led by Rodrigo Costa.

Statistics Portugal (INE) published this Friday the flash estimate for the evolution of GDP in the second quarter. The quarter-on-quarter growth rate was 4.9%.

Lisbon, Portugal-based MyLads offers sports collectables connected with Augmented Reality, letting users interact with their teams, players, and stadiums just by using their smartphones.

Grow MCDL GmbH, a medical Cannabis company headquartered in Berlin, is pleased to announce that its fully owned subsidiary TAC Portugal Lda. has been granted a provisional license (the “Pre-License”) from INFARMED, I.P., the Portuguese regulatory authority overseeing the pharmaceutical industry and medical cannabis, at a cultivation site in Vendas Novas, Portugal. The Property is located approximately one hour east of Lisbon.

Portugal’s Sonae, which owns the country’s largest food retailer, swung to a profit in the second quarter of the year thanks to a solid increase in sales after the gradual easing of the COVID-19 restrictions

Portuguese utility company EDP-Energias de Portugal reported on Thursday a 9% rise in first-half net profit, boosted by the acquisition of Spanish electricity company Viesgo.

Portugal-based yards will supply monopiles and towers to European offshore wind projects.

From the very beginning, dating as far back as the XIX and XX centuries, Portugal has always welcomed European citizens to the country.

Portuguese paper pulp producer Altri said on Thursday its net profit rose almost five fold to 44.8 million euros ($53 million) in the first half of the year, boosted by price increases and a progressive recovery in global demand.

Low cost airline Ryanair, has announced a major cabin crew recruitment campaign for its Portuguese bases as the airline recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two parks for the low-cost production of green hydrogen, with technology developed in Portugal and considered “innovative and pioneering” in the world, are being installed in the municipality of Évora.

Portugal's second-largest retailer Jeronimo Martins said its net profit jumped 85% in the second quarter, boosted by robust sales in its key Polish market and at home with the easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Luís Portela, Chairman of the BIAL Foundation, was awarded with the Scientific Merit Medal, by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

The program enables a secure, safe, and fully compliant solution for EU Entry/Exit System (EES) programme by 2022.

Global, independent and self-sufficient, the newly created structure aims to create a framework for consistency in the wine industry with regard to sustainability standards.

Sogrape has teamed up with the University of Aveiro to help rehabilitate patients who have lost their sense of smell due to olfactory diseases like Covid-19.

Most travelers to Portugal focus their sojourns on Lisbon or the star-studded Algarve, the 100 miles of sun-splashed southern coastline where dazzling limestone cliffs glance downward at chiseled rock arches with secluded grottoes for a beach holiday.

You notice how wine makes people wanna feel, like, sexy?” The memorable Clueless line rings oh so true.

The outlook for Portuguese wine in China is looking positive however one wine importer has stated that it will be important to first put in the “ground work” to succeed.

easyJet has announced the launch of a new route between Faro and Nantes starting next winter season (2021-22).

Quinta dos Vales, the Algarve's leading winery, has recently launched their new resort, The Vines, which couldn’t have come at a better time for Digital Nomads.

The North American brand arrives in Portugal after entering the Spanish market two years ago.

The announcement of the hub's opening in Portugal comes after the company raised €665 million in the Series C round. Mollie has just opened its first development centre in Lisbon and is recruiting.

Portugal and Luxembourg created a fund to support the development of feature films and fiction or animation series, with an amount of 200,000 €, announced the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual (ICA).

The AdP Group has been operating in Angola since 2004, providing consulting, technical assistance, capacity building and training and operating and maintaining water supply systems.

Portugal Tech NYC is a program focused on accelerating the growth of Portuguese companies in the United States. From 11^th-14^th of October 2021, this program will take place in New York City, United States.

MANVIA through Augmented Reality is able to provide technical assistance remotely, quickly and effectively, through its technical specialist’s, in facilities scattered nationally and internationally.

Portugal was considered the largest producer of bicycles in the entire European Union, with more than 2.6 million bicycles produced in 2020.

Un nuevo concepto de tienda en el corazón de Madrid donde cobra importância el denim y la colección de mujer.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Portugal’s National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários – ANJE), have announced a three-year partnership to support and promote Africa’s Fashion Apparel and Textile Manufacturing Industry in Portugal and across Europe.

António Costa stressed that "all forecasts" indicate that between 2021 and 2022, the Portuguese economy could grow by around 9 percent.

Independent producers in Portugal and Luxembourg can apply for the co-production of a feature film or a fiction or animation series.

Trás-os-Montes is the second largest producer of olive oil, after the Alentejo. Is having the "best year ever" in terms of production.

"We believe that this partnership is another important step towards expanding the commercialisation of our innovative medicines," said the drug manufacturer.

Workshops Green Shooting Portugal: from theory to practice take place on July 26, 28 and 30.

THU 2021, one of the biggest events in the digital and entertainment industry, confirms it will host its eighth edition in Tróia, Portugal, from September 20 - 25, 2021.

The production and sale of citrus fruits in the Algarve was not affected by the pandemic and sales increased in 2020 reaching record levels.

This investment is part of the strategic plan presented to the market in February, which provides €24 billion for energy transition by 2025, of which €19.2 billion (80%) in renewable energy by 2025.

Projects in the area of renewables, decarbonisation, green hydrogen or artificial intelligence applied to preventing and fighting forest fires are expected to start in the last quarter of 2021.

Webinar “Portugal: a magnet for high-quality IT services“, organized by dc nearshoring and AICEP, takes place on the 23rd of July.

A powerful and adaptable technology to revolutionize digital brand content and start a new era in the upcycling of garments.

Following its internationalization strategy in Southeast Asia, the architectural firm Saraiva + Associados, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, developed the most ambitious residential project on Cebu Island, in The Philippines.

Plexconnect Virtual B2B Meeting will take place virtually from 30-31 July 2021.

Workshops Green Shooting Portugal: from theory to practice take place on July 26, 28 and 30.

To improve the openness and innovation, and carry out various forms of international cooperation with China and European companies. EUPIC will hold the "2021 European Clusters & Parks Roadshow Event”.

Take your startup to the next level at the 2022 SXSW Pitch competition!

The 4th International Biofruit Congress, on organic demand and sustainable supply, kicked off on June 17 with a digital session held on LiveConnect at ifema.es.

To increase Portugal’s autonomy, Ciclo Fapril developed a new project to start cargo bike frame and component production. As partner in the Triangles project, Ciclo Fapril played an important role in the start of bicycle frame production in Portugal a few years ago.

Factors that make this one of the most successful investment migration programmes in EU.

The strong demand for Digital Transformation projects contributed to the 11% growth over the previous year, with the international market representing 57% of the total.

Running away to a green list isle won’t solve all your problems – but it’s a good place to start.

Portugal could have accumulated losses of 60 billion euros and up to 600,000 jobs could have been eliminated in tourism, when the sector recovers from the effects of the pandemic, a study by McKinsey revealed today.

Wines of Portugal is reportting sales uplift of +286% in volume and +300% in value at participating retailers that were specially selected for June’s month-long promotion.

The VIBEIRAS, aware of the ecological footprint of its own work, has developed an innovative technology that allows changing the characteristics of the soils supporting lawn areas that are already installed, enabling greater and better water storage, reducing the amount and periods of irrigation required. Immediately there is a reduction of the water footprint with direct savings on more than 50% of water.

With the publication Living Conditions in Greece, the Hellenic Statistical Authority(ELSTAT) provides to users significant statistical data reflecting living conditions in Greece, concentrated in one publication.

Greek Economy bulletin.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) through the quarterly publication Greece in figures, published in both the Greek and English languages, presents statistical data providing an updated demographic, social and economic picture of Greece in a clear and comprehensive manner.

With presence in the Energy, Mobility and Environment value chain, Efacec was the company chosen by Smartenergy and Edisun Power for the installation of over 120,000 photovoltaic panels in Mogadouro, constituting Efacec’s largest ever solar PV project in Portugal, and over 43,000 photovoltaic panels will be installed in Mina Tó.

Thailand: Inflation declines to lowest level since March in June.

Spain: Industrial production growth moderates in May.

The typical Portuguese sardine is a must-try summer delight in the Algarve.

Norton Finance has reminded investors that there are now only six months left to buy a holiday home in the Algarve, Porto and Lisbon using the Golden Visa – and claims re-mortgaging could help people get there.

In 2020, Intraplás, in collaboration with Yoplait in France, has launched a pilot phase of a project to incorporate recycled polystyrene on its products, that now implements it at an industrial scale on the French market.

Enterprise Greece Newsletter | JUNE 2021

The Belgian-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (CCBP) organizes every year the seminar “Belgian-Portuguese Routes for the Blue Economy”. The 2021 edition will take place on the 30th of June, between 13:45 and 16:15 (Belgium Time).

With the inauguration of its Portugal offices, RFA signed a cooperation agreement with AICEP, the Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency, RFA said.

Quidgest launched the magazine with an interview to Eurico Brilhante Dias.

In order to become a high-income country by 2045, Indonesia needs to create more “middle-class jobs” for its growing labor force, according to a new World Bank report, ‘Pathways to Middle-Class Jobs in Indonesia.

WTO members agreed to extend until 1 July 2034 the deadline for least developed countries (LDCs) to protect intellectual property under the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

China has requested WTO dispute consultations with Australia regarding anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures imposed by Australia on imports of wind towers, deep drawn stainless steel sinks and railway wheels from China.

Australia has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures imposed by China on imports of bottled wine from Australia.

For Daniel Michalik, the designer responsible for creating the items of furniture, “cork was a natural choice”.

Corticeira Amorim also announced an agreement with Parvalorem to purchase the remaining 50%, depending on certain requirements, which it expects to materialise "in the short term".

The genuinely Portuguese raw material was used to create Brainless Figure in Cork, a sculptural self-portrait by the activist.

A group of 42 leaders from the largest private companies operating in Portugal have combined forces to create the Business Roundtable Portugal Association, that aims to help Portugal attain a much higher growth rate, by valuing and qualifying Portuguese people, supporting the creation, development and scale of our companies, and, improving the performance of the State.

The Island of Porto Santo is a haven of gold and blue, where the pace of everything is tranquil, inviting relaxation and rest.

In Portugal there are 12 areas classified by UNESCO as Biosphere Reserves where the conservation of biological and cultural diversity is reconciled with economic and social development, maintaining the balance between people and nature.

The investment will be used to build an electrolysis hydrogen production plant, a wind power complex and an energy storage system.

The European Commission has approved a further €8 million State aid scheme for small businesses in sectors affected by Covid-19 in the Azores.

Portugal-based cannabis producer Symtomax deploys industry experience and genetic expertise to deliver high-quality, market-leading products.

In the 1st quarter of 2021 (provisional data), the median house rental value of 19 472 new lease agreements in Portugal scored 5.80 €/m2.

Retail trade turnover index registered a year-on-year change rate of 16.1% in May, 12.4 percentage points below the rate observed in April. These results continue to be influenced by a base effect, given that the comparison focuses on months heavily affected by the pandemic, with a year-on-year decrease of 11.2% in May 2020.

The Consumer confidence indicator increased slightly in June, after the significant increases observed in the previous three months, reaching the maximum value since February 2020 (results of the last survey not affected by the evolution of the pandemic).

Globalisation has brought major benefits for businesses, but at the same time it has enabled large multinational firms to book their profits in countries with low or no tax, rather than where they carry out their business activity.