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BA Glass

Avenida Vasco da Gama, 8001 - 4434-508 Avintes - Portugal
Tel.: +351 - 22 - 7860500 - Fax: +351 - 22 - 7860501
E-mail: bavidro@bavidro.com
www.bavidro.com

A Glass is located in Avintes, Portugual. The panhã (Porto) with semi-automatic technology. The com-
company has perfected a business model in- pany changes it’s name to ’Fábrica de Vidros Barbosa
Bspired by the group’s values (HeART - Humble- e Almeida, Lda.’
ness, Ambition, Rigor and Tansparency, with emotion) 1947: Introduction of Automated Technology: introduc-
and which is based on continuous innovation and in- tion of innovated technology in Portugal by the installa-
ternal enterprising. The values are the main features tion of automatic feeder mechanism and molding ma-
that promote shareholders business sustainability and chine in bottle manufacturing.
benefit and which also satisfies: 1965: Purchase of the third automatic machine, increas-
U the customers - with differentiated and quality ser- ing weekly production to approximately 350 thousand
vices, supported by state of the art technologies; bottles (a capacity six times superior to that of eighteen
U the employees - with a challenging agenda and our years before).
collective ambition, which promotes each persons 1969: Beginning of operation of the new industrial unit
personal development; in Avintes (Vila Nova de Gaia), with two regenerative fur-
U the communities where the company is located - with naces (with heat recovery) - state-of-the-art technology in
the responsibility to contribute to the creation of lo- relation to the traditional melting method of raw-materials.
cal wealth. 1971: Installation of the first automatic IS (Individual
With a total of eight factories and 2.400 employees, Section) machine, which lead to a substantial increase
1.600 in the Iberia plants, 660 in the Polish of the installed capacity.
plants and 140 in the German plant, BA Glass 1975: Transformation in a public limited liabil-
has an annual production over 6 thousand ity company with the name ’BA - Fábrica de Vidros
million containers in 10 colors: Amber, Dark Am- Barbosa & Almeida, SARL’
ber, Flint, UV Flint, Light Blue, Georgia Green, Black, UV 1979: The production depends on five IS machines, one
Green, Dark Green, Emerald Green. of which computerized.
The factories are structured – in terms of size and tech- 1983: Installation of a new regenerative furnace. Recon-
nology – and the production lines are specialized to version of equipment, introduction of a new technology
satisfy the different needs for glass packaging of the in the area of computerized molding and extending au-
food & beverage industries. All factories are equipped tomated product quality control to all production lines.
with modern automatic inspection machines that verify 1986: José Augusto da Silva Domingues acquires the
100% of the products to guarantee the conformity of sares owned by Sogrape (77%) and Vinícola Vale do
their physical and dimensional characteristics. In ad- Dão (3%) and controls 80%of the social capital.
dition to this inspection on the production lines, labo- 1987: Listing in the Lisbon Stock Exchange. José Augusto
ratory tests are also performed to control the surface Silva Domingues remains a reference shareholder, owning
treatment, capacity, resistance to heat and pressure a majority interest of about 54% of the social capital.
and others. 1988: Construction of a new furnace that increased ca-
As a result of these efforts BA Glass became a refer- pacity by approximately 40%, and confirming the com-
ence supplier to the main food & beverage industries, pany’s leadership in Portugal in manufacturing glass
where it stands out due to the quality of its products packaging.
and the ability to, together with the customers, find in- 1993: BA acquires 94,5% of ’CIVE - Companhia Indus-
novative and flexible solutions. trial Vidreira, SA’, from the state, a company located in
The company has a long story, which today includes Marinha Grande, with three furnaces.
also important acquisitions of other groups.

This are the history’s highlights:
1912: Incorporation of the company ’Barbosa e
Almeida’ (dedicated to the commercialization of
bottles) by the partners Raul da Silva Barbosa
and Domingos de Almeida.
1930: Beginning of industrial activity in Cam-

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