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Three unique models that BMW Motorsport created for the South African market were the E23 M745i (1983), which used the M88 engine from the BMW M1, the BMW 333i (1986), which added a six-cylinder 3.2-litre M30 engine to the E30, [133] and the E30 BMW 325is (1989) which was powered by an Alpina-derived 2.7-litre engine.
The International Business Center of Madeira (IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre (MIBC), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of tax benefits authorised by Decree-Law 500/80 in 1980, legislated [1] [2] in 1986, and amended throughout the years by the Portuguese government to favor the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Sousa Group is a Portuguese private business group based in Funchal, Madeira. It is a maritime-port, logistics, energy and tourism operator [1] and is considered the largest Portuguese shipowner. [2] The Sousa Group includes cargo shipping companies GS Lines, [3] the shipping company Porto Santo Line [4] where it
A Caetano Intercity CI 200 coach at the Busworld 2007 exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium. The roots of Grupo Salvador Caetano can be traced, in 1946, to Salvador Fernandes Caetano (1926–2011) then with the name "Martins, Caetano & Irmão, Lda.", in the coachbuilding sector, becoming the first coachbuilder in Portugal (Salvador's brother (irmão), Alfredo Caetano, some years afterwards, founded ...
Some areas, such as the Azores, Madeira and Macau, were deemed either impractical to decolonise or too close in ties to Continental Portugal to make independent. However, due to their distinct geography, economy, social and cultural situation, as well as historical aspirations of autonomy in Madeira and the Azores, the autonomous regions were ...
São João da Madeira's motto, translated as "Labor, City of Work", appeals to its industrial history. In 2007, there were 3660 companies in São João da Madeira: despite being the smallest municipality in size in Portugal, it is the twentieth in economic turnover.
A historical image of the rocky beach of Calhau da Calheta, as workers transport barrels of Madeira wine for shipment. The origin of the areas name, are both related to the toponymy of Calheta (which means "small bay" in Portuguese, but "cal" also means "lime" and it relates to limestone): first, that there existed a small bay or cove, which already had this name, but secondly, that the area ...
Quinta Vigia serves as the seat of the Presidency of the Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. In the historic centre of Funchal, next to the Cathedral, stands the Building of the Regional Government of Madeira. This property was erected in the 17th century to house the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Funchal and its hospital, having ...