The Portuguese industrial group Purever, originating from Nelas and controlled by asset manager Draycott, is sounding out major investors to find a new shareholder that will allow the company to achieve turnover exceeding one billion euros. Founder and CEO Luís Coelho Borges explained that the company needs a more robust shareholder structure to face planned investments and acquisitions. The company is expected to close 2026 with approximately 490 million euros in turnover, meaning the goal is to double business volume.
The CEO clarified that no effective sale of the company is underway, but rather a process of evaluating strategic options. To date, some investors have emerged that were not considered interesting by management. Luís Coelho Borges noted that the company frequently receives offers from intermediaries or families with businesses facing succession problems, and that Purever always analyzes these possibilities carefully.
The growth strategy involves inorganic acquisitions, maintaining the integration logic that has been followed over the past 25 years, with examples such as Sopromeco (2019), Taver (2023), Misa and Ardmac (2024). The company intends to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, where it has less implantation, and in the United States, where it is attentive to acquisition opportunities and evaluating a possible investment in Texas or another region beyond Atlanta.
Purever also announced the opening of a factory in India, in Hyderabad, with an initial investment of approximately 20 million euros, through a joint-venture with the Indian company Manaksia Coated Metals & Industries. The unit, which is expected to open in 2027, will manufacture cleanroom products in the areas of semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and data centers. It will be the group's ninth factory, in addition to the centers in Madrid and Dublin and the 25 offices in 18 countries, where approximately 1,500 people work.
