The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manfacture for transport equipment Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
475 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 June 2025
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2026
Foreseen end date
Description
Vanpro, a manufacturer of seats for the automotive sector, will close at the beginning of next year and is already preparing the collective dismissal of its workforce.
The reason given for the closure is the loss of its contract with Autoeuropa — the company’s sole client for nearly 30 years. Autoeuropa has selected a different supplier for the new model to be produced at its Palmela factory.
According to the coordinator of Vanpro’s workers’ committee, 125 of the 475 employees facing redundancy will be relocated to another company within the Palmela industrial park. The workers’ committee is actively working to find solutions for the remaining 350 employees who are at risk of unemployment. "The situation is particularly concerning for couples in which both partners worked at Vanpro".
The dismissed workers will receive 1.2 months' salary for each year of service — above the legal requirement — as well as an attendance bonus.
Eurofound (2025), Vanpro, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 203021, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203021.
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