In professional activity since 1978, the Sociedade de Ferragens Progresso das Antas develops its business activity in the retail trade of crockery, cutlery and other similar articles for domestic use. There are dozens of articles, all very well organised, giving the space a practical and structured sense for the satisfaction of customers’ requests.
For more than four decades they have demonstrated mastery and customers are the first to praise good technical advice and excellent service. Concerned with the continuity of what constitutes the art of hardware, they often accept trainees in a working context, teaching the most diverse techniques of execution of the pieces.

More than 110 years old, founded in 1908, Vidraria Fonseca offers all kinds of glass products and services: decorative, lacquered and resin glass, mirrors, windows, safety glass, glass fittings, etc. It is born by the entrepreneurial spirit of Manuel Francisco da Fonseca with its first establishment in Rua das Velas, having from various establishments around the city.
Accompanying the technological evolution of glass, the constant modernization of its machines and the high professionalism of its collaborators provide the constant improvement of the centenary Vidraria Fonseca.

Started at 13, as a errand boy, today, Mr. Carlos Torres owns the store, with 42 years of experience, having been a man of seven trades, washing machine technician, lathe, smelter, chromator, polisher, stamper, shoemaker, mechanic. At Carli – Borrachas e Plásticos you can find, of course, all-purpose rubbers and plastics, rubber / silicone pipes, PVC pool suction pipes, vacuum cleaners and washers / dryers, motor mounts, synoblocks, casters, friezes / windshield, among many other things. Mr. Carlos Torres saw the history of Porto evolve. This is because Carli is part of this story.