300 directors and employees in marketing, communication, design and logistics currently working in several locations across Europe and North Africa will be relocated to the North of Portugal. They will join 100 new employees in the new 5.500 m² facility to be built in a terrain with more than 11.000 m² bought from a non identified «private citizen».
Quoted by JN and Faro de Vigo, mayor Emídio Sousa claims to be «satisfied with Faurecia’s choice of Santa Maria da Feira», and believes that a growing number of companies are looking for qualified, rather than cheap labour in Portugal.