Vale do Ave

Pedro Mendonça

Vale do Ave collection of posts and notes from this region.

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 [...]

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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