Navigator launches EUR 84m support scheme for forestry suppliers

The Navigator Company has launched a programme to mobilise up to EUR 84m (USD 94.5m) in incentives for 124 partners of its Navigator Forest Producers Club. The scheme, called Rede de Fornecedores Inovadores, is run with AGROGES under Portugal's EU-funded Portugal 2030 and COMPETE 2030 programmes and offers grants of up to 50% of eligible investment in machinery, technology and digitalisation for wood suppliers, forestry service providers and hauliers in Navigator's supply chain.

Why this mattersCo-funding suppliers' machinery, technology and haulage upgrades ties Portuguese wood supply more closely to Navigator, supporting feedstock security for its pulp and paper operations.

• Programme can mobilise up to EUR 84m (USD 94.5m) for 124 partners of the Navigator Forest Producers Club
• Grants can cover up to 50% of eligible investment
• Base aid rates of 40% for micro/small firms and 30% for medium firms under the Sistema de Incentivos à Inovação Produtiva
• A further 10 percentage point bonus applies for closer ties with Navigator, plus up to 10 points more in some sub-regions
• Run with AGROGES under Portugal 2030 and COMPETE 2030, with preferential financing via Crédito Agrícola and insurance terms via Empremédia
• Navigator reported 2025 turnover of EUR 1,970m (USD 2,217m)

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