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In 1854, Jesuíno de Castro Rego opened an Optics and "Physica" and "Mathematica" instruments business at the so called Santo António Street no. 137 in the city of Oporto. In 1877 this business was bought by Emílio de Azevedo Campos and it was then called EMÍLIO DE AZEVEDO CAMPOS & FILHOS. Subsequently, when Emílio de Azevedo Campos died, the company was called EMÍLIO DE AZEVEDO CAMPOS, FILHOS. Since then, the Company has always been a property of the Family Azevedo Campos.
Meanwhile, in 1947, by formal reasons, the social agreement was changed to EMÍLIO DE AZEVEDO CAMPOS & Ca. Lda., and it was then official the entry as a partner of a Emílio de Azevedo Campos's grandson, who had already been responsable for the company development.
Between 1877 and 1952, the business kept its initial characteristics, that is to say, the selling of optical instruments, glasses, binoculars, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics devices and electric material... electronic instruments didn't exist at that time...
From then on, some years after the Second World War, a strong development began in the technical material area with the settlement of several foreiner distribution contrats and a branch office was established in Lisbon, at the Antero de Quental Street, to expand the businesses in the south. |
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In 1994 an important step was given proper structures were built in the surroundings of Porto, precisely in Senhora da Hora (near Circunvalação), where the Administration, Accounting, Technical services and the Chemistry and Diagnosis, Industrial Metrology and Topography Departments were placed.
By the end of 1997, a building was acquired at the Bordalo Pinheiro Avenue in Alfragide, in order to enlarge the Lisbon office to make further development of the company possible. All the departments in Lisbon were transferred to this new building, except the Professional Video Department, that was kept at the Ferreira da Silva Street. So, at this time, the company had its own structures in the North with about 1800 m2 and in the South, in Alfragide, with an area of 1200 m2.
On the 27th March 2000, at the Porto 4th Notary's Office, the company Emílio de Azevedo Campos & C.ª Lda., turned into a share holders Company with the increase of capital to Euros 1.000.000,00 and with the new denomination of EMILIO DE AZEVEDO CAMPOS, S.A. |
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