Stone extraction and Knife factory from Lisbon private

• Begin the day with pickup at your hotel
• Visit the Knives factory
• ICEL - Formed as a company in 1945, the business counted on its heritage and tradition to maintain the commitment it had taken on – to offer the market quality products and service nationally and internationally. Since the early days Icel has invested in strategic and sustainable growth and in 1973 began exports to demanding markets like the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Denmark and nowadays is represented in 35 countries on several continents. Nowadays the company has a staff of 190, produces 3.2 million items intended for the household and professional sectors and the turnover is close to € 9,000,000 a year, with 70% of this amount being exports. It is a national leader in the domestic and professional cutlery sector.
• Free time to shopping and lunch
• Visit Stone extraction factory
• Solancis - Officially founded in 1969, the story of SOLANCIS first began in the 1900s, when extraction and transformation was made using only saws and levers. Today we use cutting edge technology and innovative methods. The SOLANCIS quarries are situated in the most important limestone formation repository in existence in Portugal — the Maciço Calcário Estremenho — MCE. The area is 800km² of limestone formation in the centre of Portugal, around 90km from Lisbon and 30km from the sea. Due to its formation in a marine environment, the limestone coming out of the MCE has unique characteristics. More than 90 per cent of our product is destined for export. Our product is present in the Parque das Nações and the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, in the Petit Palais Museum and the stairs at the Louvre in Paris. Our product can also be found in various shops belong to the Hermés and Louis Vuitton brands, as well as in various private residences we have built in the USA, South Africa, Russia and Middle East, amongst others.
• Return to the Hotel