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The factories behindMade in Portugal.

Portuguese clothing manufacturers, finally reachable, without any agent between you and your factory.

Browse manufacturersSee clothing factories firstStart sourcingShare a brief, go direct
  • From50MOQ
  • Directto the factory

Brands that already produce in Portugal.

A few of the names already shipping from Portugal.

  • Casablanca
  • Cole Buxton
  • Acne Studios
  • Aimé Leon Dore
  • Kith
  • Off-White
  • Supreme
  • Norse Projects
  • Burberry
  • Stone Island

The problem

Portugal makes some of the best clothing manufacturing in the world.But nobody knows how to find them.

For brands

Stuck

Finding and working with a factory

  • Can't find real factories

    Search returns SEO spam and trading companies. Most Portuguese factories barely have a working website.

  • Factories don't reply

    Cold outreach from an unknown brand gets ignored. Good factories select on credibility, and a first-time founder has none to show yet.

  • An agent in the middle

    An agent sits between you and the price, the feedback, and the relationship. If that agent leaves, so does your access. It was never really yours.

  • History gets lost

    Briefs, quotes, samples, and POs scatter across email, WhatsApp, and spreadsheets. One lost thread and you're starting over.

For factories

Invisible

Getting new brands in

  • Invisible to the right brands

    Decades of experience, sometimes for major brands under NDA, and still unfindable by brands who are actively looking for you.

  • Agents take a big cut

    Introductions go through agents who filter who you meet and take a big cut of the relationship.

  • Stuck with old clients

    Dependent on a handful of large accounts, with no reliable way to reach new premium brands that would diversify the business.

  • Wasted quoting time

    Vague briefs from brands who don't understand MOQs, deposits, or lead times burn capacity a serious client would never ask for.

The factories are here. Serious brands already found them. What's missing is a place for everyone else to meet and work.

What NovaSupplier is

NovaSupplier is where clothing brands find and work with Portuguese manufacturers, directly.

Find a Portuguese factory, work with them, all in one place, and grow that relationship over time: discovery, vetting, quotes, samples, orders, and payments, without an agent in the middle.

  1. 01

    Describe what you're making

    Specs and a tech pack, enough for a real factory to respond.

    novasupplier.com

    Sourcing brief

    Completed · ready to send

    Heavyweight tee · FW26

    • Knitwear
    • 220gsm
    • 200 units
    • GOTS
    • Cotton jersey
    • Rib sample
    • Fit ref
    POM
    Tech packFW26-tee-v2.pdf8 pages · POM · construction
    PDF
  2. 02

    Match to the brief

    Factories that can make what you briefed.

    Your brief

    Heavyweight tee · FW26

    • Knitwear
    • 220gsm
    • 200 units
    Matched

    Barcelos Knit

    Barcelos · Knitwear

    Runs your 220gsm jersey at this volume

    • MOQ 150
    • 6–8 wks
    • Visited
    • Aveiro Cut & SewAveiro · Cut & sew
  3. 03

    Talk, direct

    Quotes and negotiation in one thread.

    Shared threadYou · Barcelos Knit
    Direct · live
    • YouCan you do 220gsm with our neck finish?
    • BarcelosYes. Sample in 10 days. Quote for 200 units below.
    Quote v1Shared in thread

    €22.00 / unit

    200 units · FOBx Porto

  4. 04

    Pay, produce & track

    Deposit unlocks production. Balance, samples, and shipment stay on the order.

    Start production

    Based on Quote v1 · order €4,400.00

    1. Due now30% to start
      €1,320.00
    2. Balance later70% before shipment
      €3,080.00
    Pay €1,320.00

    Powered by NovaSupplier Payments

    1. PayDeposit due
    2. ProduceFactory starts
    3. TrackSample to ship

From the founder

From the founder
Matias Santos, Founder of NovaSupplier

My goal with NovaSupplier is to fix something that never should have needed fixing: some of the best manufacturing in the world, sitting a few hours from the brands who'd want it, with no real way for either side to find the other.

These factories have been perfecting their craft for generations, quietly, without needing to announce it. The work has always spoken for itself.

What grew in that silence was an entire industry of middlemen charging to stand where a direct connection should have been.

That gap didn't need a toll booth. It needed a bridge. And that's what I'm building.

Matias SantosFounder

Your move

For brands

Start sourcing in Portugal.

Verified manufacturers, then brief, quotes, and production in one thread.

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For factories

Get found by brands looking for you.

Be discovered by brands looking for Portugal, then quote and produce in the same thread.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The infrastructure for a brand and a Portuguese manufacturer to find each other and build a relationship. Search, matching, communication, files, sourcing briefs, quotes, payments, purchase orders, all in one place.

No. Neither. An agency puts someone between you and the factory. A directory lists a name and stops there. NovaSupplier vets every factory personally before it goes live, and gives you the tools to run the relationship yourself: brief, quotes, messages, samples, payments, all in one thread, straight between you and the factory.

3.5% per completed transaction. No monthly membership, no listing fee. NovaSupplier earns when our factories earn.

Personally, not by a form. Capabilities and export history are reviewed before a factory goes live, and most are visited in person.

Depends on the factory and category, but NovaSupplier includes factories with MOQs as low as 50 units.

Right now, apparel: cut-and-sew, casualwear, streetwear, activewear, outerwear, and a bit of swimwear.

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The factories behindMade in Portugal.

Portuguese clothing manufacturers, finally reachable, without any agent between you and your factory.

Browse manufacturersSee clothing factories firstStart sourcingShare a brief, go direct
  • From50MOQ
  • 50+vetted clothing factories
  • Directto the factory
  • Kapuz
  • Marjomotex
  • Azuriberica Têxtil

Portuguese factories.

A few of the vetted clothing manufacturers on the network.

Kapuz factory

Kapuz

Esposende, Portugal

MOQ 150–200 pcs

Profile
Marjomotex factory

Marjomotex

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

MOQ 150–250 pcs

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Azuriberica Têxtil factory

Azuriberica Têxtil

Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal

MOQ 100–200 pcs

Profile
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