Their brands include Sumol, Compal, Sucol, Tagus, Frize, Um Bongo and Água Serra da Estrela.

[1] The merger was investigated by the Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office in March 2012, in a tax fraud case also involving executives from Caixa Geral de Depósitos, one of the company’s shareholders.

Its head office is in Carnaxide (Oeiras) and it has factories in Almeirim, Gouveia, Pombal, Vila Flor and Boane (Mozambique).

António Pires de Lima and João Cotrim Figueiredo, members of the Portuguese parliament, are among the company's former CEOs throughout its history.

In November 2014, it was announced in the press that Copagef, a company in the French Castel Group and a shareholder in Angola’s Cuca beer, purchased 49.9% of Sumol+Compal Marcas' capital for 88.2 million euros.