On June 22nd, LusoSpace will be presenting a paper at ESA GNC 2021 Conference, regarding a flight hardware product and technology in the frame of sustainable use of the space environment: Demisable magnetorquer.
At the beginning of April ’21, Lusospace closed the Technical Specifications Review for the project AR4Telecom II: Augmented Reality for Telecom Spacecraft AIT (Assembly, Integration and Testing).
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The Hannover Messe'22 will be held in Germany, between May 30 and June 2, and will be inaugurated by the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the Portuguese prime minister, António Costa.
Led by Eduardo Piedade, Bright Pixel Capital is counting on more than doubling the amount invested since 2016 in technology businesses applied to retail, digital infrastructure or cybersecurity.
The acquisition of Cosmocel by the former Sapec allows the Lisbon-based group to almost double its turnover. The Mexican company opens the door to markets in North and Latin America.
Hovione, the leader in spray drying and particle engineering, announced today an exclusive license agreement for a preclinical ophthalmology program, JX08, with Ji Xing Pharmaceuticals Limited (JIXING).
The Navigator Company will again be present at Graphispag, the leading trade fair for the printing industry, held in Barcelona from 24 to 27 May, together with Hispack, the largest packaging trade fair in the Iberian Peninsula.
The applications for the second edition of the Maria de Sousa Award, promoted by the Portuguese Medical Association and the BIAL Foundation, close on May 31.
The Polisport Group was awarded with the EQTM® - European Quality Trademark- quality seal for its range of baby carriers.
Spanish group Orfeón will invest around 38 million euros in the Tocha industrial zone, in Cantanhede, in a project that includes the creation of a logistics platform and a renewable hydrogen filling station.
German surfer Sebastian Steudtner has officially become the new record holder for surfing the biggest wave in the world, at 26.21 metres, which took place in Nazaré.
The Swedish fintech had announced its intention to set up a hub in Portugal and to hire 500 employees over several years. It is preparing to move to a new office in July.
Occupying the 23rd position, EY says the Portuguese market is "growing". USA and China lead the ranking.
This Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles aims to create a coherent framework and a vision for the transition of the textiles sector.
The purpose of the study 'After the new normal : scenarios for Europe in the post Covid-19' world was to chart the scope of change that the Covid-19 pandemic may bring to the context of the EU itself and EU R&I policy.
Portugal has become the first country to sequence the genome of the Monkeypox virus, a relative of the virus that causes smallpox and at the origin of a recent outbreak that affects several countries where the infection is not endemic.
Intellias, a global IT company, will gather world-known Agile experts to discuss techniques and instruments for leading businesses during a crisis.
The substantially higher prices allowed Navigator to increase profits by 115% to €50.6 million in the first quarter.
In a statement, the prime minister's office said that António Costa "will be on May 29 and 30 at the Hannover Messe'22, which this year has Portugal as a partner country."
The European Union's (EU) border police agency, is preparing to move an agent training centre from Spain to Portugal.
Nova SBE, Católica Lisbon, FEP | PBS and ISEG are the Portuguese institutions that appear in the Financial Times rankings.
António Costa conveyed this position on the European Union's energy strategy in Warsaw during a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki.
On 4 June, The Base Cowork Ericeira will host the first annual Ericeira Wine & Jazz Festival in the centre of the town of Ericeira.
The Austrian tech company for customised software development and UX design intends to integrate 50 new professionals in the new Porto centre during the first two years of activity.
Bosch and Farfetch are close to the top 3 – companies.
The group is created within the sideline of a mobility agreement between the two countries.
The Secretary of State for Tourism, Rita Marques, has defended that Portugal should be sold as "the most sustainable country in the world", in order to become more competitive and increase tourist revenue.
The Plastics Summit – Global Event 2022 organized by APIP (Portuguese Plastics industry Association) with the support of ANAIP (Spanish Plastics Industry Association), ANIPAC (Mexican Plastics Industry Association) and ABIPLAST/ABIEF (Brazilian Plastics Industry Association/Flexible Packaging Industry Association) will take place on October 17, 2022 at FIL – Feira Internacional de Lisboa (Lisbon International Fair).
Pre-registration open until June 3rd. All participants must be registered, even those registered at UNOC.
Lisbon’s tech scene is bustling and the city is one of Europe’s fastest-growing tech ecosystems, making a name for itself as Europe’s Silicon Valley.
In accumulated terms, until March there was a year-on-year growth of 6.5% in exports compared to the same period of the previous year, for a total of €5.434 billion.
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The Group led by Cláudia Azevedo registers record sales of €1.7 billion in the first quarter, reduces debt and values the portfolio, managing to "overcome the challenges" caused by the war.
"The attribution to Portugal of the status of partner country at the Hannover Messe is a recognition of the excellence of the work that Portuguese companies have done," said António Costa.
Hub in the Lisbon area will start with 40 employees, but the goal is to reach 100 people by the end of the year. The hub will serve the Danish financial group's European and global business.
Glovo will move offices in both Lisbon and Porto in order to respond to this growth. The Portuguese market is in the top 3 in terms of investment by the company.
The startup uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to manage assets in the area of renewable energy, such as wind and solar farms.
The EU Global Action is an initiative of the European Union that aims, among others, to promote the EU Space programme worldwide. You can find more information on our website for the EU Global Action on Space.
At stake is the LIONS Solar PV, in activity for almost a decade, with an installed capacity of 45 MWp, and operated until now by Samsung.
German company will hire over 350 people and invest €100 million this year. Ovar and Aveiro units are being expanded.Bosch Group sales in Portugal increased 5% to €1.7 billion euros in 2021.
A preliminary study by Dealroom.co also shows that Lisbon has attracted record investment this year, with VC funds injecting €122 million into startups located in the Portuguese capital.
Portugal will create a new liquefied natural gas re-export hub in the port of Sines, which will cost around €35 million, in order to reduce energy dependence on Russia.
The Governments of Portugal and Kenya are proud to organize the Sustainable Blue Economy Investment Forum (SBEIF), a special event of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference that will take place at Estoril Congress Centre in Cascais on June 28, 2022, 3.00pm.
The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, has stated that the reopening of external tourism contributes to the projection of a growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Portugal this year of 5.8%, the highest in the European Union.
A project called Plantalicious at the Centre for Food Education and Research (CFER) has created what it claims is Portugal’s first vegan egg.
€2.1 billion is how much startups based in the Portuguese capital are worth in 2022, a value three times higher than five years ago, according to a preliminary study by Dealroom.co on the startup ecosystem in the city.
Bionova Capital, a leading venture capital firm investing in and building disruptive life science companies across Europe, announced today that its portfolio company Delox has secured another € 750,000 of private and public investment, bringing its total capital raised since inception to over € 1.3 million.
The Universidade Católica Portuguesa has developed the Ciência-UCP platform Ciência-UCP | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, a tool that is a systematic aggregation of all research information.
"The Hannover fair is the biggest industrial and technological fair in the world, it is a kind of showcase, a 'showroom' for world technologies, new trends, products and companies."
Last year alone, Demium invested 1.35 million in 12 start-ups in Portugal. This year, the plan is to raise the bar.
Five minutes by car from downtown Faro, just two minutes from the nearest shopping centre, three minutes from the airport, and five minutes from Faro beach. With all this in mind, no one doubts that Quinta de Faro has an ideal location, as well as an elevated position that allows almost all the 37 properties to have a stunning view over the Ria Formosa.
Bank of Greece | Economic Analysis and Research, May 13, 2022.
Pre-registration open till May 25th. All participants must be registered, even those registered at UNOC.
Mónica Pinto achieves the prominent Silver A'Design Awards & Competition, in Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Category.
BIAL Foundation opened in April 2022 a new call of its Grants Programme for Scientific Research. Applications should be submitted until August 31, 2022.
Portuguese furniture company JOM First opened Algarve Save to Portimao.
A new study has revealed that searches for holidays in Portugal from British travellers have increased by over 25% over the past week.
Lisbon will host the 47th UEFA congress, on April 5, 2023.
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.
Until now, Bosch Aveiro produced the indoor unit for air and water heat pumps in a single production line.
Digi will start building its mobile network in June, but also plans to offer other services. Company confirms it already has 70 people in Portugal.
Exports of goods continued to grow in the first quarter of this year, currently standing 21.5% above the pre-pandemic level.
E-Tuk Factory, a company from the Netherlands that manufactures electric tuk-tuks, will relocate from Thailand to Santo Tirso, in the district of Porto.
Minority Denim, based in the north of Portugal, a denim lab and dyeing company, is pleased to announce the BioTint concept and the Tech on Textile, a dye and inovatives denim washes techniques that will make a difference to the fashion world.
Balanças Marques is again nominated for best company in the 2022 edition of the "Weighing Review Awards". Also nominated are some of its products, the PCM M1500e truck scale, the BM5 ARM retail scale and the ETPOS software.
The Greek Economy publication aims to provide the latest key economic information on Greece in a clear and comprehensive manner.
Technological company Klarna wants to create 500 jobs in the next few years and is hiring computer engineering and beyond.
Investment in the purchase of real estate, as part of the golden visa program, totalled 48.3 million euros in April, of which 15.4 million was for urban rehabilitation, with Americans leading the way.
According to the company led by Andy Brown, the four new photovoltaic plants will be able to avoid the emission of around 54 kton of CO2 to the atmosphere.
In the last week of April 2022, Nordbygg took place in Stockholm, one of the most important tradeshows in the construction sector in Sweden.
An official mission will take place from the 10th to the 13th May from Luxembourg to Portugal organised by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, in close cooperation with the Ministry of the Economy and the Embassy of Luxembourg in Portugal.
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Swedish fintech company Klarna, known for its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) installment payment solutions, will install a development center in Portugal. According to the company’s announcement, this center will be established in the country’s capital, without a concrete site yet.
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Portugal is the eighth country to host the Norwegian company, listed on Euronext Growth with a market capitalisation of around €350 million.
Balanças Marques participated in Farm Shop & Deli Show which took place from April 25th to 27th in Birmingham. The balance of the first presence at a fair held in the United Kingdom could not be more encouraging.
Pre-registration for eligible stakeholder organizations to participate in the 2022 UN Ocean Conference is now open (Deadline: Monday, 16 May).
The hub starts with 150 engineers and plans to create 400 new jobs by 2026. "It's a fantastic city to live and work in, which gives access to an increasing number of talents," said the company's CTO.
The other two cities completing the podium are Miami and Dubai, respectively. The fourth place in the Savills ranking is occupied by the the Algarve region.
Foreign minister João Gomes Cravinho Portugal wants to strengthen relations at the economic, scientific, cultural, educational and mobility levels with India.
Enterprise Greece Newsletter | April 2022.
When Paddy Cosgrave brought the Websummit to Portugal in 2016, the Europe’s largest tech event, there were already Portuguese startups on the international scene, like Farfetch, Seedrs and Codacity.
The World Business Chicago is hosting its inaugural food innovation conference, the 2022 Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food, from Wednesday, May 25 to Thursday, May 26.
The construction of NEST - New & Emerging Sustainable Technologies will involve a €130 million investment and is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2023.
With the participation of a great number of Greek and foreign fur-making businesses, the 47th KASTORIA International Fur Fair will be opening its doors 25-28 August, 2022, offering Exhibitors the opportunity to present their new collections for the 22/23 Winter Season, at an exhibition event which attracts hundreds of commercial buyers of the most significant fur markets worldwide.
Lonely Planet has ranked an ocean pool in Portugal as one of the ‘Most Incredible in the World’.
Greece’s pharmaceutical sector.
The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) are pleased to announce that the POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship programme for 2022 is now open for applications.
ALDI Portugal has officially opened its largest distribution centre in the country and one of the largest in the ALDI Nord Group.
The Portuguese company will build a new factory in Spain to supply the automotive industry, foreseeing a total investment of €45 million in this industrial project.
According to the president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, this conference is a "unique opportunity" to demonstrate the "national vocation" of investing in the sea.
In the medium-term, the company aims to recruit Product, Engineering and Sales teams for the Lisbon hub.
EDP secures contract to sell energy generated by new solar power plant in São Paulo, Brazil. The plant has a capacity of 254 MW, of which 120 MW are covered by a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published on Tuesday its projections in the World Economic Outlook, having revised downwards the recent global growth estimates due to the negative effects of the war in Ukraine.
National tourist accommodations received 1.2 million guests in February, which represents an increase of 507% compared to the same month of 2021, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Portugal continues to stand out as a tourist destination of excellence.