{{refimprove, date=February 2014 Fucoli-Somepal (full name: Fucoli-Somepal, Fundição de Ferro, S.A.) is an

iron Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...

foundry A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...

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headquartered in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

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. The company has its industrial facilities in two locations: Coimbra (in Coselhas), and

Mealhada Mealhada () is a city and a municipality located in Aveiro District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,428, in an area of 110.66 km2. It had 17,043 eligible voters (2006). The city of Mealhada itself has a population of 4,522.

(in the civil parish of Pampilhosa).

History

The company had its origins in the 1940s, being today a result of a merging process of ''Fucoli'' and ''Somepal'' foundries in 1998. It started its international activities in 1990. Currently, it is among the largest iron casting producers and exporters of Portugal.

External links

Official site
Metal companies of Portugal Organisations based in Coimbra