Campia is a small village in the municipality of Vouzela, in the district of Viseu. This is where the company REFAL is headquartered, dedicated to machining aluminum parts with tolerances of tenths of a millimeter. The company operates in a mountainous corner of the Beira Alta, a location that would not normally be associated with high-precision industry.
REFAL managed to grow surprisingly in this small village, exceeding the expectations of many who did not believe that a business of this nature could thrive in such a place. The company is capable of delivering ready-to-use parts to clients who demand absolute precision and do not accept errors or delays in deliveries.
The REFAL case demonstrates that it is possible to maintain a high-tech industrial activity in rural areas of the country's interior, countering the trend of concentration of such companies in metropolitan areas. The company has managed to build a reputation with demanding clients while growing from a small Beira village.
