improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2012 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sopormetal sociedade portuguesa de metais lda . type brazing founded february 2nd 1985 headquarters portugal products welding brazing metal joining soft solders silver brazing alloys copper phosphorus alloys filler metals fluxes website www.sopormetal.com sopormetal international group was founded on february 2 1985 . it began as a portuguese company supplying brazing materials silver and copper brazing solders . 1 contents 1 production 2 internationalization 3 renovation 4 references production edit sopormetal is a producer of brazing materials such as silver solders copper phosphorus soft solders and fluxes . cadmium free silver solder special alloys and tri metal alloys for the entire industry as well as several special alloys in the form of rod strips rings and various preformed . coated silver solders with different ratios having regard the technology used for brazing and fusion technical parameters . copper phosphorus alloys with and without silver for all sectors as well with different types of profiles like rods plates strips wires . welding fluxes in powder gel and liquid in accordance with all types of alloys or soldering technology . 2 internationalization edit sopormetal globalization strategy begins with the acquisition of a spanish company resulting in the establishment of sopormetal espa a in madrid now considered a significant player of the industrial sector in spanish market covering it as a whole and supplying large companies such as airbus basque mondragon corporation and siemens . in this context the company begins its expansion currently supplying almost entire european continent and maghreb being in development the establishment of a trade office in dubai to serve the middle east market aiming to consolidate a strategic world wide position . from this internationalization strategy emerged the project of a new production unit sopormetal brazil foreseeing its starting soon . this investment is an important step towards the consolidation on the south american market and a bet on the supplying of raw materials vital for the entire group . 3 the company has also been continuously exhibiting in fairs like chillventa 4 biemh 5 big5 6 schweissen & schneiden . 7 renovation edit the investment policy of this company would not be sufficient if sopormetal international group did not invest on its current capacity and on the establishment of a new production unit in portugal a priority task for its expansion plan . this new production unit already running will be equipped with the latest technology according to current international standards and will have a production capacity much higher than the current foreseeing to become operational within three months . references edit sme leader companies list . iapmei . 2012 05 12 . retrieved 2012 08 20 . welding and cutting volume 2011 issue n 5 . retrieved 2012 08 24 . sopormetal international group tecnologia em cobre e prata . chillventa 2012 in nuremberg germany international trade fair for refrigeration air conditioning ventilation and heat pumps . biemh 2012 in bilbao spain international machine tool exhibition . the big 5 2012 dubai international building & construction show . schweissen & schneiden 2012 germany international trade fair joining cutting surfacing . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sopormetal & oldid 601862259 categories companies of portugalhidden categories orphaned articles from october 2012all orphaned articlesarticles with a promotional tone from october 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 march 2014 at 20 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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