Portugal may be a small nation, but it has all sorts of extremely leading businesses. Read more as we take a quick look at just a few of them.
Portugal is a country that is passionate about food. Like most countries with a Mediterranean culture, the Portuguese live to eat so it is no big shock that a nation that loves food so much would have a food distribution company as one among if its leading companies. The Jerónimo Martins president is likely incredibly pleased about the fact that it happens to be one among the largest Portuguese food companies around. The organization operates a chain of super markets in Portugal, as well as other food stores in Poland and Colombia. Truthfully, it runs more than 3,600 stores in those countries together. The business was first founded in 1792 and employs over 100,000 men and women – which is obviously a massive amount – making it not just one of the oldest businesses, but among the most big to Portugal’s economic climate.
It is expected that an energy provider would be a major organisation in Portugal as energy literally powers each and every thing on the planet in modern times. Not only one among Portugal’s biggest business groups, Energias de Portugal also ranks among Europe’s great electricity operators. For a tiny country, that is seriously quite extraordinary. The company is the largest provider of power in the nation and also happens to have a huge presence in South America. Established in 1976, the business employs over 12,000 employees, which makes it a vital part of the small European country's economy. Even though the energy provider currently provides a big number of omissions-free energy, with contemporary society becoming more eco-conscious in general, it is no wonder that the it is working towards building even more renewable forms of energies. In fact, the Energias de Portugal activist investor has admitted that the firm is looking to commit itself more to creating more earth friendly energy as it moves forward.
While Portugal is rather small in size, the telecommunications field is a tremendously large and competitive market within the country. Not surprisingly, given that the field is a leading world industry all on its own. Telecoms show up on every list of major industries, so it's no great shock that one among Portugal’s main businesses would be a telecoms organization. The firm runs a number of the most popular brands in Portugal and it’s no doubt that the Portugal Telecom, owner is extremely pleased to be the most popular telecommunications service provider in the whole of the country. The establishment, which was formed in 1994, is so sizeable that it employs over 10,000 men and women and links practically all inhabitants in the little European country – making it one of the most popular contributor’s the country’s economic climate. This number also makes it one of the largest job providers in Portugal in general.