Segmon – Sistemas Globais de Segurança is a Coimbra-based fire-safety installation, maintenance and training company founded in 2006. Sweden’s Presto Group announced its acquisition on 2 November 2026, its first deal in Portugal. Segmon has about 50 employees, four locations and more than 5,000 clients, and keeps its own brand and management.
Segmon was founded in Coimbra in 2006 by Fernando Luís. It supplies, installs and maintains fire-safety systems — extinguishers, fire detection, extinguishing systems, fire-hose networks, emergency lighting and gas detection — and also prepares fire-safety projects and self-protection plans and runs safety training. From its Coimbra head office and branches in Viseu, Caldas da Rainha and Faro, it serves medium and large companies across Portugal, much of it under long-term maintenance contracts.
The Swedish Presto Group, which specialises in active fire protection and safety training, announced the acquisition on 2 November 2026; it is Presto’s first in Portugal. Segmon keeps its own brand and management: Fernando Luís stays on as CEO alongside co-owners Paulo Vasconcelos and Pedro Grilo, and all three will help develop Presto’s business in Portugal. Segmon will also work with Presto’s Spanish company Eurofesa, led by David Lopez, to serve clients that operate in both countries. Staffan Pehrson is CEO of Presto Group. Law firm SRS Legal advised Presto on the deal.
Fire-safety maintenance is a recurring-revenue business built on long-term service contracts, and Presto is using Segmon as its platform for Portugal and pairing it with its Spanish operation to cover Iberian clients. It follows a pattern NorthSouth HQ has tracked through 2026: Swedish groups buying Portuguese service companies and keeping local management in place, rather than only selling equipment into the country.
2 November 2026 — Presto Group press release (Mynewsdesk): “Presto enters Portugal with the acquisition of leading Portuguese Fire Safety company Segmon”. 4 November 2026 — ECO/Advocatus and Jornal Económico report that SRS Legal advised Presto. 5 November 2026 — Security Magazine (Portugal) publishes the deal in Portuguese. NorthSouth HQ coverage: Presto buys Segmon, AddLife buys MoonSurge.
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