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An investment of EUR 3 billion is expected for phase 1 of Portugal’s Lisbon-Porto high-speed rail line.

Portuguese Group Sonae co-leads an investment of USD 20 M in US tech company Picnic through its investment firm Bright Pixel Capital.

Airbus is investing in a Global Business Services centre in Portugal. The new Lisbon office has partnered with Randstad to employ 900 people

Portugal will have Europe’s first Green Movie Studio with Tage Studios investing € 200 million in Palmela, that is located south of Lisbon.

Portuguese company NewCo, a JV between Stellantis & Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance, buys ALD Portugal and LeasePlan Luxembourg.

Portuguese company BA Glass will invest EUR 1 billion in its glass bottle factories in Portugal and Romania.

Luxemburg based firm Aggregate Holdings is selling one of Portugal’s largest real estate companies VIC Properties for EUR 670 M.

Portuguese company Greenvolt, that is a leading renewable energy company, is acquiring 1/3 of the capital of Italian company Solarelit.

The first phase of Portugal’s iconic Fuse Valley is starting soon with an investment of EUR 200 million.

Bright Pixel Capital, that belongs to Portuguese group Sonae, is investing USD 5 million in US startup Mayan.

US fund Platinum Equity is acquiring industrial waste company SUMA from Portuguese group Mota-Engil through Spanish company Urbaser.

Coca-Cola is investing EUR 8 M in a new warehouse in Setúbal, southern Portugal.

Portuguese Banks register profits of EUR 7 M per day, namely Caixa, Santander, Montepio, Novo Banco, BPI and Millennium BCP.

Private investments of over EUR 60 billion are expected in Portugal’s Energy sector by 2030.

Portuguese CaetanoBus sells a fleet of Hydrogen buses to Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway company.

AFP reports that Portugal’s textile sector has a competitive advantage over Asia and clients are now turning to Portugal.

Benetton will move half of its production to the Mediterranean as well as Portugal by the end of 2023, in order to diversify its sourcing.

Financial Times includes Portuguese companies in its FT1000 ranking 2023 of Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies.