Our Business – What we do

Bluefin is a producer of Work Wear, Corporate Wear and Protective Personal Equipment (PPE).

Our products are Made in Portugal, more specifically in the North of Portugal, which is right in the heart of the country´s textile hub.

Our garments are made with the highest quality standards in the most sustainable way, being mainly used in the industrial field as they are specifically designed to withstand the high requirements of the Industrial Laundry Norm (ISO 15797).

Our main customers are Textile Services companies as well as companies from the

Industrial, Healthcare, Commerce, HORECA and Facility Management Sectors, amongst others.

Bluefin´s added value and competitive advantage are determined by the quality garments we produce and by the superior service we aim to always deliver. We believe in an efficient and hassle-free commercial relationship with our customers so that it allows them to focus on their core business.

We take no shortcuts when it comes to standards. The result? Sustainably made high quality garments at fair prices and the best dressed workers in the world.

History – Who we are

The creation of Bluefin was inevitable as the textile business has been in the soul of José Maia since he was born.

Belonging to a family with long heritage and tradition in the Portuguese textile industry, José has been in contact with fabrics and garments since a very early age, spending a lot of his time after school and during holidays in the middle of the action at textile factory floors surrounded by spinners, dyeing jets and all other machinery.

José ventured into other business sectors after obtaining his degree from a top UK university but never lost his fascination about vibrant coloured fabrics and factory floors as that was, and still is, his passion.

As a result he decided to embrace and pursue the dream of setting up his own textile company.

Focusing on the Corporate and Workwear sectors from the early stage, José quickly realized that there was a gap in this market: there weren´t any suitable solutions that provided companies with garments that on one hand, were functional, norm-compliant and technically suitable, but on the other hand were also made with style and design. As a result, Bluefin decided to transfer a strong sense of style, design and comfort into technically advanced Corporate, Workwear and PPE garments.

For that reason, in late 2010, Bluefin was born.

Culture - What we believe

Our dream is simple: to make garments that workers feel safe in and are proud to wear both in and out of the workplace.

Our success is built within a team that is responsible, motivated and happy.

As Europeans producing in Portugal, our main concern is to positively contribute towards the sustainability of Europe´s industrial and corporate sectors and the job safety they represent. By developing garment solutions for our own European market, we aim to modestly add value and innovation to the long history of the European textile sector and its evolution.