LAYING THE FOUNDATION... OUR HISTORY 1986 An entrepreneur and ambitious by nature, Carlos Oliveira first started Moliporex in 1986 in Marinha Grande. He anticipated future demands of the mould making industry and started the company just before Portugal was recognised world-wide for producing high quality moulds, thereby gaining a well-established position to be one of the leaders in this high tech enterprise. MOLIPOREX The first Vangest company was established in thermoplastic injection moulds ranging from small to big capacity. A year after its foundation, Moliporex exports its first mould to the United States of America and since then grew in a consistent and sustainable way. 1990 Carlos Oliveira and his brother Victor Oliveira, who joined him in the early 1990’s, sought to diversify their company over time and built a group that offers state-of-the-art solutions and technologies in different specialties within an integrated platform focused on the automotive, aerospace, electronics and global medical sectors. DISTRIM HARCHI 1997 In the mid 90’s, Carlos Oliveira and his brother Victor realized the demand of integrated services for the product life cycle development and they became an industry driver to establish a multi-service platform. They continued to invest in high-end technologies and gain knowledge to assume a pioneering role in the market to put more focus on product development and stream line the workflow. During this time, they decided to consolidate all companies and the VANGEST Group was born. Having all companies and facilities based in the same industrial complex made our services more seamless and more valuable to the customer. DISTRIM 2 GRANDESIGN 3DTECH CADFLOW INTEGRATION IS THE WAY FORWARD... 2009 VANGEST continued to evolve and gain valuable know-how. Analysing and recognizing market demands, VANGEST expanded with establishing three new companies outfitted with the highest level of equipment to increase production capacity and continue to give our customers high value and integrated solutions with competitive delivery times and prices. 2012 2015 WE ARE EVOLVING AND FURTHER IMPROVING… 2016 VANGEST turns 30! In our constant pursuit to establishing ourselves as technological leaders in the industry, we proudly look back on our advancements and in great anticipation look to the future. 2020 Industry 4.0 – Continuing to Set the Benchmark for Excellence Our Digital Factory is our newest state-of-the-art facility that operates with optimal energy efficiency. The temperature-controlled factory has advanced insulation and a solar paneled roof. To ensure the effectiveness of energy optimization, we implemented the latest digital energy management system to run our machines as efficiently as possible including our Flexible Manufacturing Systems. We continue to provide the latest technologies and expand our autonomous manufacturing capacity. Industries AUTOMOTIVE MEDICAL FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY ELECTRO-ELECTRONICS AEROSPACE Services Design & Engineering Prototyping & Rapid Manufacturing Mould Making Checking Fixtures High Speed Machining Injection Information Technology Contacts Complexo Industrial VANGEST Rua de Leiria, 210 2430-091 Marinha Grande, Portugal +351 244 575 700 vangest@vangest.pt News & Technology CoVSense October 28, 2021 Advantages of Mould Making Solutions in Portugal May 5, 2021 Flexible Manufacturing System April 5, 2021 @ copyright Vangest 2019 | Todos os direitos reservados | All Rights Reserved. ——— Privacy Policy Cookies Policy Privacy policy & Cokies