Sumol + Compal S.A. is a Portuguese

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and beverages company specializing in

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production and

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. The company's principal activities are the

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marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

, bottling, selling,

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, and

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of various types of beverages, such as soft drinks, juices,

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s, bottled water,

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s, and other related products. It also has operations in the sectors of

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and glass bottle manufacturing. Their brands include Sumol, Compal, Sucol, Tagus, Frize, Um Bongo and Água Serra da Estrela. It was founded in 2008 through the merger of Sumol (founded in 1945 as Refrigor) and Compal (founded in 1952), two leading Portuguese companies with a long history and a range of nationally prestigious brands. Sumol + Compal operates in five continents. Its

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is in

Carnaxide (Oeiras) Carnaxide () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carnaxide e Queijas. The population in 2011 was 25,911, in an area of 6.51 km².factories in Almeirim, Gouveia, Pombal, Vila Flor and Boane (

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António Pires de Lima António de Magalhães Pires de Lima, usually known as António Pires de Lima (Lisbon, April 7, 1962), is a Portuguese economist, business administrator and politician. He served as Minister of Economy of Portugal between 2013 and 2015 in the Pedr ...

and

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, members of the Portuguese parliament, are among the company's former

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s throughout its history.

Products

Soft drinks

* Sumol * Sumol Zero * B! * Blendz

Juices and nectars

* Compal Clássico * Compal Light * Compal Fresh * Compal Vital * Essential Compal *

Um Bongo Um Bongo is a brand of juice drinks produced by Sumol + Compal. It was first produced in 1983 by Nestlé, under the Libby's brand, for consumption in the United Kingdom, and was later licensed for production in Portugal. The trademark is current ...

* Compal 100%

Water and beer

* Água Serra da Estrela (spring water) * Frize (carbonated mineral water) * Tagus (beer)

Canned vegetables and tomato

* Compal da Horta

Distribution brands

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(soft drink tea) *

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...

soft drink products (exclusive Portuguese licensee) *

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(spanish beer)

External links

Official site
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