The District of Leiria covers an area of almost 4 000 square kilometres, has around half a million inhabitants and consists of 16 municipalities. The region is set near the coast in the centre of Portugal.

This region has a strong industrial tradition of making the best use and placing high value on natural resources which have led to a successful development of economic activities.

Nowadays, the industrial network installed is one of the most diversified and modernized in the country and plays a vital part in manufacturing industries, such as ceramics, glass, crystal, moulds and other metallic products, wood and furniture.

The availability of valuable natural resources and a hard-working work-force, the receptive attitudes and entrepreneurial initiative towards technological innovation and global markets and the advantageous geographical position and easy accesses, make this region an area of increasingly important economic progress which provides great advantages for productive investment.