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Avenue Code opens a Delivery Centre in Lisbon
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| may 2023 |
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San Francisco-based software consultancy company Avenue Code, part of UOL Group, just announced the opening of a delivery centre in Lisbon to serve the global market.
Avenue Code’s Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Zeo Solomon, stated that the executive team selected Portugal for multiple reasons: "Portugal enjoys a high ranking on the quality-of-life index. Its government's visa schemes and incentives for entrepreneurs have attracted top talent from around the globe".
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Intellias inaugurates first office in Porto
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| may 2023 |
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Intellias, a global technology partner to Fortune 500 enterprises, has launched an engineering centre in Porto.
Operating in Portugal since 2022, Intellias now held the inauguration ceremony of its first office, which will also serve as the company's headquarters in the country. Intellias plans to have around 100 engineers in Portugal by the end of 2023.
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GuestReady announces a Customer Support Centre in Porto
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| May 2023 |
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| GuestReady, a short-term rental management company with headquarters in Switzerland, announced the opening of a new customer support centre in Porto. The centre will support GuestReady's global operations and reach 50 professionals, providing multilingual support to guests and property owners in all seven countries where the company operates. |
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Pole To Win opens new studio in Portugal
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| April 2023 |
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Gaming company PTW announced the opening of a new studio in the city of Braga, north of Portugal, that will offer Localization Quality Assurance and other services according to market demands.
"As a company we looked at numerous locations for expanding our European services footprint, but ultimately selected Braga because of the huge potential we see in the region", said CEO Deborah Kirkham. "Portugal has a high-caliber talent pool and a flourishing gaming scene, both of which are requirements to grow our operations and serve our world-class clients". |
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HanseCom opens office in Lisbon
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| April 2023 |
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| The German developer of future-oriented software solutions for local public transport, HanseCom, chose Lisbon for its new office. |
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ICRO Digital opens R&d centre in Lisbon
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| April 2023 |
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| ICRO Digital, part of the Brazilian ICRO Group, announced the opening of a new research and development centre dedicated to Industry 4.0 technologies. |
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Siemens establishes new hub in Portugal
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| May 2023 |
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| Siemens chose Portugal for its Digital Industries Inside Sales hub, which will cover markets such as the UK, Sweden, Norway and Poland, and is expected to reach 30 professionals. Alf Franzoni, Head of Global Business Services for Western Europe and Africa, highlights the reasons for choosing Portugal for this project: the quality of human resources, the macroeconomic and fiscal stability, the quality of the education system, the language skills and openness towards other cultures. |
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DS Smith expands Portuguese plant
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| April 2023 |
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British packaging company DS Smith announced an investment of 145 million euros to expand its Viana do Castelo unit.
"As one of our larger mills, Viana has a huge role to play in this, and the €145M investment is a testament to our commitment to remain at the forefront of the market, and to lead the way in the race to net zero in the paper industry".
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Continental opens new Solution Centre in Portugal
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| April 2023 |
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Tire manufacturer Continental inaugurated a new solution centre in Lousado, Portugal, in the vicinity of the tire plant, to provide global support in digital tire solutions, e-commerce and Industry 4.0 applications. The company is recruiting specialists from the fields of IT, artificial intelligence and applied analytics, e-commerce and industrial engineering, to reach 160 employees by 2026.
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Colt reinforces investment in Portugal
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| April 2023 |
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Colt Technology, part of the British Colt Group, invested another 5 million euros in 2022 in the expansion of the capacity of its long-distance network and in the connection to a new data centre currently underway, and plans to hire more talent and reach 150 people by the middle of this year.
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Transcom opens third office in Portugal
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| April 2023 |
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Swedish Transcom Worldwide AB opened a second site in Porto (the third in Portugal) and will add 300 employees to the 520 it already employs in the country. This contact centre will be a multilingual hub serving national and international clients in several languages.
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