All entries located in Porto (Portugal), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/porto 2026-10-09T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9157f043:en 2026-10-09T06:00:00Z

The Lithuanian meter maker Axioma Metering is building its first industrial plant outside Lithuania in Paredes near Porto; the foundation stone was laid on 9 October 2026. The site will make water and heat meters using ultrasonic technology; the report puts the investment at €30m and the new jobs at 200. The figures come from the headline of the single source (Jornal de Negócios, 9 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/industria/detalhe/lituanos-vao-investir-30-milhoes-e-criar-200-empregos-numa-fabrica-em-paredes

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5133a0a4:en 2026-08-06T06:00:00Z

Management of the Pontual shoe factory, founded in 1948 in the Avintes district of Vila Nova de Gaia, has confirmed the plant's definitive closure; the insolvency petition was filed in court on Tuesday, 4 August 2026. The workforce — 54 employees according to the company, around 60 according to Bloco de Esquerda and the PCP, some with 45 years of service — was told at the end of the Friday shift on 31 July 2026 that they would not be returning; July wages and holiday pay went unpaid. The plant had most recently been producing about 600 pairs of shoes a day and had received EUR 37,120 in funding from Portugal's PRR recovery plan; BE, PCP and PS tabled parliamentary questions to the government on 6 August 2026. — Source: https://eco.sapo.pt/2026/08/06/fecho-de-fabrica-de-calcado-em-gaia-atira-54-trabalhadores-para-o-desemprego/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:288e2ba1:en 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z

The foundation stone for a new Alstom train plant was laid at Guifões (Matosinhos) on 30 June 2026; the plant is to build 81 three-car suburban trains for CP (Comboios de Portugal). The 20,000 m² plant is due to be finished by 2028, to create 300 direct and around 1,000 indirect jobs and to deliver its first train in 2029. It forms part of CP's order for 153 trains (117 plus 36 additional) worth EUR 1,064 million, with delivery dates brought forward by almost two years. The report gives no separate investment figure for the plant. (LOK Report, 8 Jul 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/portugal/portugal-baubeginn-fuer-neues-werk-zum-bau-der-81-alstom-zuege-fuer-die-vorortstrecken-der-cp.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2354f16a:en 2025-02-09T06:00:00Z

The 18.9 km line reopened for passenger service between Contumil and Leça do Balio on 9 February 2025, after a 14-year hiatus (last passenger service in January 2011). The roughly EUR 32 million investment included replacing a bridge over the Leça river, removing four level crossings, and upgrading the track for freight trains up to 750 m long; on weekdays 60 passenger trains now run per day. The final stretch to the port of Leixões has been served by a replacement bus since March 2025. — Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linha_de_Leixões