Petrotec Group announces the installation of a charger factory for electric vehicles in Portugal
The Petrotec Group announces the construction of a new production unit, in Póvoa de Lanhoso, dedicated to the manufacture of fast and ultra-fast electric chargers. An investment, worth €4M, which reinforces the company as a reference also in the sustainable mobility sector.
The facility will manufacture equipment for the Group’s startup, Hellonext, but will also supply other important commercial partners. The start of production is scheduled for the second half of the current year, with the expectation that 90% of production will be destined for export. This new factory, which represents the Petrotec Group’s fifth industrial unit, will boost the creation of approximately fifty new jobs in the short term.
Since its founding in 1983, the Petrotec Group has emerged as a European leader in the production of equipment and services for the fuel industry. With 100% Portuguese capital, branches in eight countries and representation in 84 countries on four continents, the company has more than 1,200 employees, is the industrial and technological partner of some of the largest companies and retailers in the world, with equipment installed in more than 200,000 service stations.
However, since the end of 2018, the Petrotec Group has been positioned across the entire mobility value chain, with the Hellonext brand assuming and materializing the transition strategy to a new energy paradigm, by making a wide range of products available to the market. of innovative and sustainable solutions in the areas of electric vehicle charging, green hydrogen and distributed energy resources.
The installation of a new charger factory for electric vehicles, in Póvoa de Lanhoso, reinforces the Petrotec Group’s commitment to the sustainable mobility sector.
An industrial unit in Portugal that projects Hellonext in Europe
Immediately, with around fifty employees, the new Petrotec Group factory – the Group’s fifth – will produce electric chargers. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of this year. “The works are ongoing and taking place by the outlined plan”, recognizes Nuno Cabral, CEO of the Petrotec Group. According to the same person in charge, “In the first phase, the unit will be prepared to manufacture, annually, 3,000 fast and ultra-fast chargers, the majority of which will be destined for markets such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania and Romania”.
The factory that is being installed in Póvoa de Lanhoso also aims to accelerate the positioning of Hellonext as one of the main European brands in the sector. “It is our aspiration, by 2030, to occupy a central position in the European panorama of ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers. A new industrial unit is a decisive step in this direction, as it enables us to respond more quickly to the market”, highlights Hugo Rigor, General Director of Hellonext.
This is a project that benefits from a strategic partnership between the Petrotec Group and the Taiwanese multinational, Zerova, for the co-development and distribution of chargers for electric vehicles. In terms of equipment, for example, the gradual incorporation of Petrotec Group technologies that are a market reference is planned, such as payment systems, content management, fleet management and communication with the point of sale (POS), among others.
About Grupo Petrotec
The Petrotec Group is the European leader in the production of technology and services for the fuel distribution and retail industry. With 100% Portuguese capital, it was founded in 1983 and, through the various group companies, it offers global solutions adapted to the specificity of each client or project.
In just four decades, Petrotec has evolved into a group with five industrial units, branches in eight countries and representation in 84 countries on four continents. With a turnover of more than 100 million euros and more than 1,200 employees, the Petrotec Group has already installed equipment in more than 200,000 service stations, being the industrial and technological partner of some of the largest companies in the world, such as BP, Cepsa , Elf, EKO, Eni, Esso, Exxon, Galp, Mobil, Ola Energy, Prio, Repsol, Shell, Sonangol, Tamoil, Texaco and Total, and from retailers such as Carrefour, Continente, E.Leclerc, Intermaché, Jerónimo Martins, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
About Hellonext
Hellonext is a Petrotec Group company founded in 2018 to materialize the group’s transition strategy to provide innovative and sustainable solutions, in the context of a new energy paradigm, applying its unique knowledge in the areas of electric vehicle charging and green hydrogen.
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