Locating specialists in Portugal.
Independent locating programmes for Portuguese plants, ports and healthcare, from discovery to managed care. Independent.
EU compliance and OT-aware locating architecture.
On-site visits across Lisbon, Porto, Aveiro, Braga and Setúbal when a stage needs it. Remote scoping engagements run from anywhere; on-site visits to Portugal regularly.
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Portugal industries we cover
Manufacturing: Portuguese industrial, automotive and manufacturing sites.
Healthcare: SNS and private healthcare networks.
Logistics and 3PL: container ports (Lisbon, Sines, Leixões), 3PL networks, e-commerce fulfilment, cold chain.
Defence: defence and public-sector facilities and contractors.
Retail: apparel item-level, grocery DCs, store operations.
Energy and utilities: energy and utilities sites across Portugal.
Regulatory and compliance fit
Portugal locating programmes have specific regulatory considerations. CE marking under the EU Radio Equipment Directive. Hardware must also respect the ETSI power limits for the band in use. Healthcare data and privacy: GDPR plus Lei 58/2019, supervised by the CNPD, when location feeds touch clinical systems.
Código do Trabalho. Remote surveillance of workers is restricted, and a system that can locate people needs a defined, proportionate purpose plus consultation with the comissão de trabalhadores where one exists. Lei 102/2009 on occupational health and safety (ACT enforcement), overlaps with lone-worker and restricted-zone deployments.
CNCS guidance and NIS2 as transposed in Portugal, increasingly required for public-sector and supply-chain procurements. We design for these in stage 1. See GDPR & RTLS: the employee-tracking question.
Portugal suppliers and integrators
Most global RTLS, RFID and AGV/AMR suppliers have Portugal presence directly or through resellers and integrators. Suppliers with a strong Portugal presence include Impinj, Zebra, Honeywell (RFID); Quuppa, Aruba (BLE-AoA); Sewio, Ubisense (UWB, with Ubisense headquartered in Cambridge); MIR, Geek+ (AMR).
Advice first. We also supply, lease and integrate if you choose. See our independence policy.
How we engage with Portugal clients
Remote scoping engagements run from anywhere. Stage 1 rarely needs on-site visits. For stage 2 (pilot) and stage 3 (production rollout), we visit regularly.
We coordinate with your chosen suppliers and integrators for deployments spanning Portugal and continental Europe. Engagements run from 4-week scoping reviews to multi-year programme guidance.
Portugal-specific case studies
Programmes span the UK, DACH and wider Europe, the Middle East, North America and APAC (hospital-scale asset and hygiene, automotive WIP, 3PL RAIN, aerospace tool control, item-level retail and more) case studies anonymised by default; references callable with permission.
Specific case studies are anonymised by default. References are callable with permission. See our case studies.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with SNS and private healthcare networks directly?
Yes, directly with hospital groups and via Portugal public procurement routes where they apply. We have experience navigating public healthcare procurement and health-data compliance for connected RTLS systems.
Do you work under Portuguese public procurement frameworks?
Yes, public and private routes in Portugal.
Does the Código do Trabalho restrict staff tracking?
It restricts remote surveillance of workers, so a people-locating system needs a defined and proportionate purpose, worker information, and consultation with the comissão de trabalhadores where one exists. Asset-only tracking is a lighter case, and we separate the two in stage 1.
Can you support Portuguese public-sector procurement?
Yes. We guide on requirements, evaluation criteria and supplier scoring for tenders published on the Portal BASE under the Código dos Contratos Públicos. We can sit on the buying side without a conflict.
How do you handle CE marking and radio compliance?
RTLS and RFID hardware sold into Portugal must carry CE marking under the EU Radio Equipment Directive, and readers must stay inside the ETSI power and duty-cycle limits for the band. We verify both during supplier evaluation in stage 1, because a reader configured for a non-EU power table will pass a demo and fail an audit.
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