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Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos de Fafe

By |2022-08-26T10:36:02+01:00September 4th, 2018|Portugal|

Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos de Fafe A company that marked a region Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos de Fafe ( Fafe , Portugal) has its origins back to 1887, evolved from its predecessor, Companhia Industrial de Fafe.   Originally operating in grain milling and also into the [...]

Exposição do Mundo Português, 1940

By |2021-01-01T21:22:59+00:00January 24th, 2018|Portugal|

Exposição do Mundo Português took place in Lisbon in 1940, from 23 June to 2 December, commemorating 800 years since the country foundation and 300 years since independence from Spain. The exhibition alone was an architectural splendor, expressing the creativity of Cottinelli Telmo it's major architect [...]

SOREFAME , shaping steel and progress

By |2021-01-23T22:44:22+00:00January 18th, 2018|Industrial Heritage|

SOREFAME, shaping steel and progress SOREFAME - Sociedades Reunidas de Fabricações Metálicas, S.A.R.L.  was probably a company that forever marked the industrial history of Portugal, not only by what it produced but, also for the tremendous know-how and manufacture [...]

Sampaio Ferreira & Cª, Textiles, Electricity and a Legacy

By |2021-01-23T23:18:36+00:00January 4th, 2018|Industrial Heritage|

Sampaio Ferreira & Cª, Textiles, Electricity and a Legacy Sampaio Ferreira & Cª, Lda. is another extension of the great work and vision of the industrialist Narciso Ferreira.Introduction to the industrial profile of Narciso Ferreira was already made in [...]

ETE – Empresa Têxtil Eléctrica, a pioneer company

By |2021-01-21T21:44:31+00:00December 26th, 2017|Portugal|

Empresa Têxtil Eléctrica, Lda (ETE for short), was a textile company founded in 1905 in between the municipalities of Vila Nova de Famalicão and Santo Tirso, near the margins of the Ave river.The company was at the time an important textile industry but also innovated by the [...]

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