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| | | Announcements | | | | FinTrU OPENS NEW DELIVERY CENTRE IN PORTO | | |  |
| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | The Belfast-based technologically enabled Regulatory Solutions company is opening a new office in Porto and foresees creating 500 new jobs over the next three years. This new office location will be a client delivery centre, working directly with Tier 1 Investment Bank clients across the globe.
According to Chief of Staff Katrien Roppe, “the highly educated talent, the thriving business community and top tier universities on offer confirmed our decision”.
| | |  | | | Ferring Pharmaceuticals opens Service Centre in Lisbon
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| september 2022 |
| | |  | | | Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Swiss biopharmaceutical group, opened a new site in Portugal, bringing together IT, Finance, Human Resources and Purchasing areas.
Cristiano Ferreira, General Manager and Head of Finance at the Ferring Service Centre, says: “We are excited to move to our new facilities and support Ferring to deliver on its purpose of building families and helping people live better lives”.
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| | | SBM Offshore opens a new hub in Porto
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | The Dutch-based SBM Offshore inaugurated its newest office location in Porto, in an event that recognised the important bridges being built between the company and the city.
The Porto office opened in May 2022, to centralise operations for the Africa, Asia and Guyana fleet, which currently counts 8 of the existing 15 Floating Production Storage and Offloading units.
| | | | | | | Cronos Europa opens office in Lisbon
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| september 2022 |
| | | Cronos Europa, part of the Belgium Cronos Group, opened its fifth office in Lisbon to support European Institutions. Initial functions include digital communication, application development and IT support and, in a second phase, Lisbon will be a preferred hub for data, applications and creative services.
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| | | Kruso opens development office in Lisbon
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| SEPTEMBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | Danish tech agency Kruso has opened a development office in Lisbon which will employ back-end and front-end developers.
| | | | | | | MicroHarvest opens subsidiary in PORTUGAL
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| JULY 2022 |
| | | Hamburg-based biotech startup announced the opening of a Portuguese subsidiary, with the setup of offices and labs in Lisbon. MicroHarvest produces sustainable, animal-free protein using bacteria.
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| | | EXPANSION | | | Airbus has announced the opening of a satellite office of its GBS in Coimbra
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| SEPTEMBER 2022 |
| | | After opening the main hub in Lisbon in 2021, which already employs 350 talents, Airbus Global Business Services (GBS) is expanding to Coimbra, a city located in the centre of Portugal. This satellite office plans to hire 100 professionals in the areas of Accounting, Procurement, IT Systems, Human Resources and Travel Expenses.
Coimbra stood out due to its strategic location, transportation options and infrastructures, and the pool of talent from the University and Polytechnic Institute.
| | | | | | | Olympus inaugurates new repair facilities in Coimbra
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| september 2022 |
| | |  | | | Olympus Medical Products Portugal (OSFP) moved into a brand-new building in Coimbra to accommodate the steady growth of its repair service activities and to become a key hub for medical repairs in EMEA. This represents an investment of 32 million euros and the creation of 300 jobs.
The location is strategic since Coimbra is an important centre for medical research and services in the healthcare sector, with a diversified offer of higher education institutions. | | | | | | |
| | | | Webhelp officially inaugurates offices in Lisbon and Braga | | | |
| SEPTEMBER 2022 |
| | |  | | | Webhelp has officially inaugurated two new offices, a flagship HQ in Lisbon and a second office in Braga.
According to Regional Director Benoist Voidie, “this inauguration is the result of two years of strong growth of Webhelp in Portugal. We are still one of the best destinations worldwide to implement a multilingual contact center, particularly in the northern region”.
| | | | | | | | Fresenius Kabi inaugurates pharmaceutical compounding facility in Portugal | | | |
| SEPTEMBER 2022 |
| | | The German pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi inaugurated the first Portuguese Industrial compounding unit, in Tondela, centre of Portugal, next to its industrial complex.
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| | | Industry highlight | | | | NEW tool: Portugal Tech Hub | | |  | | | The Portugal Tech Hub platform was launched on October 8th at the Future.Works Conference in Lisbon. This initiative brings together more than 20 public and private entities – including the founding members Landing.Jobs, IAPMEI, AICEP, Startup Portugal, Invest Porto, Invest Lisboa and Portugal Digital – with the goal of promoting the country’s key competitive advantages to host tech operations.
Learn about Portugal’s demographics, culture, cost of living, talent pool, and access information on how to set up a company and benefit from business support and affiliated services. Portugal Tech Hub will also promote the recent track record and provide insights from newcomers and industry leaders already present in the market.
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| | | RECOGNITION | | | LinkedIn Top Startups 2022: Portugal's 10 rising companies
| | Backed by LinkedIn data measuring elements of growth and demand, the annual LinkedIn Top Startups list features companies that are rising to today's challenges and continuing to innovate and attract attention in 2022.
Coverflex, Barkyn, Casafari, Smartex.ai, InnoTech.pt, Genesis.studio, Stratio, theloopco, Uphill Health and Sensei are the ten Portuguese startups to look out for.
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| | | DID YOU KNOW? | | | Portugal moves up two places in the European Innovation Scoreboard 2022
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Portugal’s innovation performance went up 6.4%-points between 2015-2022, and the country’s major strengths are related to talent availability, namely in terms of foreign doctorate students, population with tertiary education and employed ICT specialists, but also digitalization, particularly when it comes to broadband penetration and government support for business R&D.
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| | | Portugal is Europe’s Leading destination in the World Travel Awards 2022
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Portugal collected 30 prizes at this year’s World Travel Awards, regarded as the ‘Oscars’ of Tourism, and for the fifth time in six years, was voted Europe’s Leading Destination.
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| |  | | | With the tremendous tech environment in the Portuguese market, we will be well equipped to access the right talent and capabilities to drive digital value creation and product innovation.
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| Markus Sontheimer, Group CIDO (CIO/CDO) at ISS Portugal |
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