Eduardo Pereira de Almeida, Lda (NIF 503822930) is a small hat maker in the Travessas industrial zone of São João da Madeira, Portugal’s traditional hat-making capital. Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has listed it as its hat maker since 2006, one of the brand’s oldest Portuguese supplier relationships.
Racius lists Eduardo Pereira de Almeida, Lda (NIF 503822930) as a private limited company in the Zona Industrial das Travessas in São João da Madeira, Aveiro district. Its activity code covers other clothing articles and accessories. The town has long been known as the capital of Portuguese hat-making and is home to the national hat museum, the Museu da Chapelaria.
Nudie Jeans’ 2025 supplier list names the company as a Tier 1 “Hatmaker” that has worked with the Swedish brand since 2006. The list gives a workforce of 20 (18 women and 2 men) and says Nudie staff have visited the site. The most recent Nudie-initiated audit was in 2017, and no collective bargaining agreement or workers’ committee is recorded. Nudie does not give a production-volume share for the factory, which suggests hats make up a small part of its range.
A relationship of almost 20 years between a 20-person workshop and an internationally sold Swedish brand shows how Nordic fashion labels use specialist Portuguese craft clusters for niche products. São João da Madeira’s hat and footwear makers can win Nordic orders through skill rather than scale.
Sources: Nudie Jeans supplier list (2025 data, xlsx); Racius and nif.pt (NIF 503822930). Fetched 9 November 2026.
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