Mascus Opens Office in Portugal

Mascus, the Pan-European marketplace for used heavy equipment and machinery has opened its 23rd European office in Portugal. The new Portuguese office is opened in partnership with the classified publisher Ocasião, a part of the Portuguese media groups Controlinveste, the owner of various newspapers, journals and e-marketplaces.

The newly formed partnership with Ocasião marks another license agreement for Mascus and in accordance to it, Ocasião will be responsible for sales and marketing on the Portuguese market, while Mascus will provide knowledge, know-how and IT support, the press release says.

“Now we will be even closer to our Portuguese customers and will be able to give them the possibility to buy and sell used machines locally and internationally, which has always been the core of Mascus’ multi-local concept,” says Rickard Petersson, Mascus sales director. “Our customers in Portugal have the opportunity to all use our products and services in their native language, while at the same time reach buyers from whole Europe.”

In addition, Gustavo Simões has been appointed the new Portuguese country manager. “I am glad to have the opportunity to offer Mascus products and services. We also will advertise Mascus Portugal, www.mascus.pt, in many local newspapers, fairs, events and Google in order to give all Mascus customers even more opportunities to reach potential buyers for their used equipment and trucks.”

Mascus is present in more than 32 countries and with the addition of the Portuguese language is now available in 26 European languages.