El\u00edsio Parracho<\/h2>
\nThe only one who has been working for the company since the start.
\n“I joined as an errand-boy in 1966 and I\u2019m still working here, because I want to carry on as long as I can.
\n\u201cI know everyone here and I love working here because I feel that Celbi has contributed greatly as a main pillar to the economic development of Figueira da Foz, and provided a good quality of life for its employees. I remember when I came here at the age of 11, this was a desert and few believed that Celbi would become what it is today, one of the county\u2019s three economic pillars: Celbi, Soporcel and Vidreira.”
\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":"Europe\u2019s largest pulp factory has not forgotten the extraordinary group of people with which it commenced operation in 1967. Fifty years on, many of the men and women who were there at Celbi right from the very first day returned to the company to exchange fond memories. The get-together took place over a celebratory lunch attended by around a hundred employees. It was interesting to note that many of the older staff preferred to be known by their former employee number than by their name. The attendees included some of the oldest workers, such as Hern\u00e2ni Serra (no. 5), Arnaldo Biscaia (no. 9) and Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves (no. 10). The last on the roll call was Eduardo Almeida Rodrigues (no. 545). Special mention should be made of El\u00edsio Parracho, the only employee who has been working at Celbi since its launch. He joined the company in 1966 as an errand-boy and still works there because he enjoys working and wants to continue as long as he can.\r\n\r\nMost of the guests at the lunch hadn\u2019t seen each other for several years, which is why the gathering started with a reception in the company garden, and it didn\u2019t take long for emotion, nostalgia and deep friendship to surface. After a while, the event moved to the refectory. After lunch, the director Nogueira Santos addressed everyone to thank them for dedicating their working lives to Celbi, because they and the current employees \u201care the company\u2019s pride and joy\u201d.\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Some facts\" id_image=\"155\" type=\"dark\"]\r\n100<\/span> thousand tonnes<\/span> produced in 1967\r\n727<\/span> thousand tonnes<\/span> produced in 2016\r\n[\/card]\r\n\r\nLooking back at the last fifty years, Nogueira Santos summed up the factory\u2019s production record saying \u201c14 million tonnes of pulp have been made at this unit, and everyone of us did our bit\u201d. To illustrate the size of the company, he also painted a vivid financial picture. \u201cIn 50 years, Celbi only made a loss four times, and its net profits up to 2016 total 811 million Euros. If we look at these figures in today\u2019s terms, we end up with something like 1.3 billion Euros.\u201d It\u2019s no coincidence that in the last two decades, speciality magazines \u2013 including Exame \u2013 have on ten occasions named Celbi as the best company in the sector.\r\n\r\nSantos joked that with these figures it can be said that \u201cCelbi is the Ronaldo of the European eucalyptus pulp sector\u201d, and added that all of this was only possible \u201cdue to the legacy you all left us, the careful management and administration of resources, the thorough implementation of projects and tasks entrusted to us, the respect and development of our human resources and attracting shareholders\u201d.\r\n\r\nNogueira Santos concluded by highlighting the 450 million Euros invested over the last 10 years, which allowed the company to double its production capacity and achieve the goal of 750 thousand tonnes produced annually.\r\n\r\nEnding the formal part of the ceremony, the director Carlos Van Zeller talked about how in the 60s when the company launched, it was an extremely \u201cunusual and innovative\u201d project which changed the fortunes of Figueira da Foz, of Portugal\u2019s central region and of its pulp industry, although some small factories already existed and others were subsequently set up.\r\n\r\n[gallery-slick ids=\"313,314,284\"]\r\n\r\n[blockquote text=\"Celbi is the Ronaldo of the European eucalyptus pulp sector\" author=\"Nogueira Santos, director of Celbi\"]\r\n\r\n\u201cToday Celbi is one of Europe\u2019s largest paper pulp factories, starting off with 100,000 tonnes. We focused on excellence, with the best professionals available at the time, with their cutting-edge education. It\u2019s no coincidence that many of the local authority positions have been filled by people who used to work here and were highly evolved.\u201d Carlos Van Zeller appealed to the company\u2019s current employees to stay on the same path in order to ensure that Celbi retains its DNA. According to him, \u201cDedication, technical skills and the spirit of continuous improvement\u201d are important because \u201chonouring our history makes us bigger, but above all it makes us much better\u201d.\r\n\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Emanuel Vieira Alberto, Director\" id_image=\"304\"]\r\nJoined in 1966 as the pulp section supervisor and ended up as a director.\r\n\"Overall it was a remarkable experience and very satisfying professionally. I made some great friends and had some very good times, and everything was done to a high standard. \r\nI came back today and I feel right at home. I\u2019m enjoying seeing all of this and I feel a strong bond with this company and everyone here.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Maria Jos\u00e9, Controller\" id_image=\"308\"]\r\nTechnical pulp despatch controller (came from Coimbra to Figueira).\r\n\"I joined in May, 1967 and left in 1997. Coming back here is amazing, and filled me with emotion. Those were good times, we were young, we all got on well and I never had any trouble with anyone. I helped to grow the company and I\u2019m happy to be here again and to see old friends.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Arnaldo Biscaia, Clerk\" id_image=\"302\"]\r\n\"I started working for the company when it was in Figueira da Foz, at Rua Eng. Silva, in the Forestry Department. I was there for 41 years, from 1965 to 2006. For me it\u2019s not so emotional to be here today because I come back here every now and again. But it\u2019s interesting to return after 50 years and to see lots of faces I hadn\u2019t seen for years.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Saraiva Santos, Quality Manager\" id_image=\"309\"]\r\n\"I joined in April of 1966 before the factory started operation and I went on to specialise in the group in Sweden. Today I feel as though 50 years have gone by in the blink of an eye and I only realised that recently when I wrote the book about the story of Celbi. Coming to work in Figueira da Foz was an adventure. I would come here from Viana de Castelo, and in those days the journey would take over seven hours. It was a nightmare. But it was worth it.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"J\u00falia Maria Curado, Administrative Secretary\" id_image=\"306\"]\r\nJoined in 1966 and left in 2006.\r\n\"It\u2019s always a joy to come back here and see friends we haven\u2019t seen for years and to look back on the good times we spent here over four decades, not to mention the pride we feel about having served and contributed towards one of the greatest companies within the sector. \r\nI\u2019m really happy to be here.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves, Head of the Forestry Sector\" id_image=\"305\"]\r\n\" worked here from June 1965 to October 1992. I come here often. I have many friends here and this company allowed me to settle in Figueira da Foz (I was a civil servant in Mira). I was no. 10. I always feel good when I come here and this is where my professional dream came true. It\u2019s good to know I helped to make this a great company.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Lu\u00eds Guedes, Industrial Director\" id_image=\"307\"]\r\n\"I\u2019m happy because many of my colleagues from back in my day are still alive. It was a struggle, but what was unusual was that we were all very close to each other and that contributed greatly towards Celbi\u2019s success. You don\u2019t get much of that these days. The company always paid well and this gave all of us a lot of family and social stability. Figueira should be proud of being home to a great and prestigious company, which brought wealth to the region and to the country.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"El\u00edsio Parracho\" id_image=\"303\"]\r\nThe only one who has been working for the company since the start.\r\n\"I joined as an errand-boy in 1966 and I\u2019m still working here, because I want to carry on as long as I can.\r\n\u201cI know everyone here and I love working here because I feel that Celbi has contributed greatly as a main pillar to the economic development of Figueira da Foz, and provided a good quality of life for its employees. I remember when I came here at the age of 11, this was a desert and few believed that Celbi would become what it is today, one of the county\u2019s three economic pillars: Celbi, Soporcel and Vidreira.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ceremony paid homage to the work and dedication of those first employees who turned the factory in Leirosa into the largest paper pulp factory in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"A ceremony paid homage to the work and dedication of those first employees who turned the factory in Leirosa into the largest paper pulp factory in Europe."},"author":2,"featured_media":283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_pt_post_content":"A maior f\u00e1brica de pasta de papel da Europa n\u00e3o esqueceu o extraordin\u00e1rio grupo de pessoas com o qual iniciou a sua produ\u00e7\u00e3o em 1967. Passados 50 anos, muitos dos homens e mulheres que estiveram presentes desde o primeiro dia de opera\u00e7\u00f5es da Celbi regressaram \u00e0 empresa para conviver e evocar essa hist\u00f3rica efem\u00e9ride. O conv\u00edvio decorreu num almo\u00e7o comemorativo marcado pela presen\u00e7a de uma centena de colaboradores. Foi curioso constatar que a maioria dos antigos colaboradores respondeu melhor pelo seu antigo n\u00famero de trabalhador do que pelo pr\u00f3prio nome. Entre os presentes estiveram alguns dos mais antigos trabalhadores como Hern\u00e2ni Serra (n.\u00ba 5), Arnaldo Biscaia (n.\u00ba 9) ou Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves (n.\u00ba 10). O \u00faltimo a ser chamado foi Eduardo Almeida Rodrigues (n.\u00ba 545). Uma nota para El\u00edsio Parracho, o \u00fanico trabalhador que ainda se encontra ao servi\u00e7o desde a inaugura\u00e7\u00e3o. Entrou como paquete em 1966 e ainda continua ao servi\u00e7o, porque se sente bem a trabalhar e quer continuar at\u00e9 que possa.\r\n\r\nUma grande parte dos presentes no conv\u00edvio n\u00e3o se via h\u00e1 v\u00e1rios anos, motivo pelo qual o encontro come\u00e7ou com uma recep\u00e7\u00e3o nos jardins da empresa e, rapidamente, se vislumbrou emo\u00e7\u00e3o, saudade e muita amizade. Depois de alguns momentos a reavivar a mem\u00f3ria, a cerim\u00f3nia prosseguiu no refeit\u00f3rio. Ap\u00f3s o almo\u00e7o, o administrador Nogueira Santos, dirigiu-se a todos os presentes para agradecer o empenho da sua vida de trabalho em prol da Celbi, porque eles e os actuais trabalhadores \u201cs\u00e3o as grandes gl\u00f3rias desta empresa\u201d.\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Alguns factos\" id_image=\"155\" type=\"dark\"]\r\n100<\/span> mil toneladas<\/span> produzidas em 1967\r\n727<\/span> mil toneladas<\/span> produzidas em 2016\r\n[\/card]\r\n\r\nAo analisar este meio s\u00e9culo de actividade, Nogueira Santos fez o balan\u00e7o da capacidade produtiva da f\u00e1brica explicando que \u201cj\u00e1 sa\u00edram 14 milh\u00f5es de toneladas de pasta desta unidade e cada um de n\u00f3s fez a sua parte\u201d. Para que todos tomassem melhor conhecimento da dimens\u00e3o da empresa, o administrador fez tamb\u00e9m um retrato financeiro. \u201cA Celbi em 50 anos s\u00f3 por quatro vezes teve resultados negativos e os resultados l\u00edquidos at\u00e9 2016 j\u00e1 somam 811 milh\u00f5es de euros. Se actualizarmos estes dados pelos quocientes monet\u00e1rios actuais, d\u00e1 qualquer coisa como 1,3 mil milh\u00f5es de euros.\u201d N\u00e3o foi por mero acaso que, nas \u00faltimas duas d\u00e9cadas, revistas da especialidade, entre elas a Exame<\/em><\/strong>, nomearam 10 vezes a Celbi como a melhor empresa do sector.\r\n\r\nNum tom festivo e alegre, o administrador referiu que com estes indicadores pode afirmar que \u201ca Celbi \u00e9 o Ronaldo do sector da pasta do eucalipto na Europa\u201d, acrescentando logo que tudo isto s\u00f3 foi poss\u00edvel com \u201co legado que voc\u00eas nos deixaram, com o rigor da gest\u00e3o e da administra\u00e7\u00e3o dos recursos, exig\u00eancia na execu\u00e7\u00e3o dos projectos e nas disponibilidades que nos s\u00e3o confiadas, no respeito e desenvolvimento dos nossos recursos humanos e na capta\u00e7\u00e3o do accionista\u201d.\r\n\r\nNogueira Santos concluiu destacando os 450 milh\u00f5es de euros investidos nos \u00faltimos 10 anos, o que permitiu duplicar a capacidade de produ\u00e7\u00e3o e alcan\u00e7ar a barreira das 750 mil toneladas de produ\u00e7\u00e3o anual.\r\n\r\nA encerrar a parte formal da cerim\u00f3nia, o administrador Carlos Van Zeller, falou do arranque da empresa na altura como um projecto extremamente \u201cinvulgar e inovador\u201d, que tra\u00e7ou o destino da Figueira da Foz, da regi\u00e3o centro e da ind\u00fastria da pasta de papel no Pa\u00eds, embora j\u00e1 existissem algumas f\u00e1bricas de pequena dimens\u00e3o, aparecendo posteriormente outras que se instalaram.\r\n\r\n[gallery-slick ids=\"313,314,284\"]\r\n\r\n[blockquote text=\"A Celbi \u00e9 o Ronaldo do sector da pasta do eucalipto da Europa\" author=\"Nogueira Santos, administrador da Celbi\"]\r\n\r\n\u201cA Celbi \u00e9 hoje uma das maiores f\u00e1bricas de pasta de papel da Europa, que arrancou com 100 mil toneladas. Foi uma aposta na excel\u00eancia com os melhores quadros que havia na \u00e9poca, valorizados com novas forma\u00e7\u00f5es. N\u00e3o \u00e9 uma casualidade que muitos lugares aut\u00e1rquicos ocupados no concelho tenham sido preenchidos por pessoas que trabalhavam aqui e que tinham um elevado grau de evolu\u00e7\u00e3o.\u201d Carlos Van Zeller apelou aos actuais trabalhadores da empresa que \u00e9 preciso continuar na mesma senda para manter o ADN da Celbi, desde o come\u00e7o at\u00e9 agora: \u201cDedica\u00e7\u00e3o, compet\u00eancia t\u00e9cnica e esp\u00edrito da melhoria cont\u00ednua\u201d porque, finalizou o administrador, \u201cHonrar a nossa hist\u00f3ria faz-nos maiores, mas sobretudo faz-nos muito melhores\u201d.\r\n\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Emanuel Vieira Alberto, Director de Servi\u00e7o\" id_image=\"304\"]\r\nEntrou em 1966 como chefe de sector da pasta e terminou como director de servi\u00e7o.\r\n\"Globalmente foi uma experi\u00eancia extremamente marcante e profissionalmente muito gratificante. Fiz grandes amizades e tive muitos bons e agrad\u00e1veis momentos, com coisas muito bem feitas. Hoje regressei aqui e sinto-me bem, como se estivesse em casa. Gosto muito de ver isto e tenho uma liga\u00e7\u00e3o muito grande a esta empresa e a toda esta gente.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Maria Jos\u00e9, Controladora\" id_image=\"308\"]\r\nControladora t\u00e9cnica de expedi\u00e7\u00e3o de pasta (veio de Coimbra para a Figueira).\r\n\"Entrei em Maio de 1967 e sa\u00ed em 1997. Voltar aqui de novo \u00e9 fant\u00e1stico, enche-me a alma de emo\u00e7\u00e3o. Foram tempos bons, \u00e9ramos jovens, d\u00e1vamo-nos todos bem, nunca tive atritos com ningu\u00e9m. Contribui para o crescimento da empresa e estou feliz por estar de novo aqui a rever bons amigos.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Arnaldo Biscaia, Escritur\u00e1rio\" id_image=\"302\"]\r\n\"Comecei a trabalhar para a empresa ainda na Figueira da Foz, na Rua Eng. Silva, no Departamento Florestal. Estive c\u00e1 41 anos, entrei em1965 at\u00e9 2006. Para mim n\u00e3o \u00e9 t\u00e3o emotivo este regresso porque venho c\u00e1 de vez em quando. Mas \u00e9 interessante voltar aqui ao fim de 50 anos e rever uma s\u00e9rie de caras que j\u00e1 n\u00e3o via h\u00e1 muitos anos.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Saraiva Santos, Gestor de Qualidade\" id_image=\"309\"]\r\n\"Entrei em Abril de 1966 antes de a f\u00e1brica come\u00e7ar a laborar e fui especializar-me para o grupo na Su\u00e9cia. Hoje sinto que 50 anos passaram num \u00e1pice e s\u00f3 me apercebi disso quando, recentemente, fiz o livro sobre os primeiros anos da Celbi. Vir trabalhar para a Figueira da Foz foi uma aventura. Vinha de Viana de Castelo para aqui, a viagem naquela \u00e9poca demorava mais de sete horas, era um tormento. Mas valeu o sacrif\u00edcio.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"J\u00falia Maria Curado, Secret\u00e1ria Administrativa\" id_image=\"306\"]\r\nEntrou em 1966 e saiu em 2006.\r\n\"Voltar aqui \u00e9 sempre gratificante para ver amigos que h\u00e1 muito n\u00e3o v\u00edamos e recordar bons momentos aqui passados durante quatro d\u00e9cadas, al\u00e9m do orgulho que sentimos de ter servido e contribu\u00eddo para uma das maiores empresas do sector. Estou muito feliz por voltar c\u00e1.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves, Chefe do Sector Florestal\" id_image=\"305\"]\r\n\"Comecei em Junho de 1965 at\u00e9 Outubro de 1992. Venho c\u00e1 frequentemente, tenho c\u00e1 muitas amizades e esta empresa deu-me a possibilidade de me fixar na Figueira da Foz (estava em Mira como funcion\u00e1rio p\u00fablico). Era o n.\u00ba 10. Sinto-me sempre bem quando aqui estou e realizei aqui profissionalmente o meu sonho, sabendo tamb\u00e9m que contribui um bocadinho para a grandeza e a qualidade desta empresa.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Lu\u00eds Guedes, Director industrial\" id_image=\"307\"]\r\n\"Estou feliz porque ainda encontro muitos colegas do meu tempo vivos. Foi uma luta muito grande, mas com a particularidade de sempre ter existido uma proximidade humana no relacionamento entre todos e isso contribuiu muito para o \u00eaxito da Celbi, actualmente j\u00e1 h\u00e1 pouco disso. Foi uma empresa que pagou sempre bem e isso dava muita estabilidade familiar e social \u00e0s pessoas. A Figueira deve sentir-se orgulhosa de possuir no concelho uma empresa desta dimens\u00e3o e qualidade, que s\u00f3 criou riqueza para a regi\u00e3o e para o pa\u00eds.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"El\u00edsio Parracho\" id_image=\"303\"]\r\nO \u00fanico que ainda est\u00e1 ao servi\u00e7o desde a inaugura\u00e7\u00e3o. Entrou como paquete em 1966 e ainda continua ao servi\u00e7o, porque se sente bem a trabalhar aqui e quer continuar at\u00e9 que possa.\r\n\"Conhe\u00e7o todos os que aqui est\u00e3o e gosto imenso de c\u00e1 trabalhar porque sinto que a Celbi contribuiu como um pilar fundamental para o desenvolvimento econ\u00f3mico da Figueira da Foz, dando muita qualidade de vida aos trabalhadores. Recordo os meus 11 anos, quando vim para c\u00e1, isto era um deserto e poucos acreditavam que a Celbi se tornasse naquilo que \u00e9 hoje, fazendo parte dos grandes tr\u00eas pilares econ\u00f3micos do concelho: Celbi, Soporcel e Vidreira.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]","_pt_post_name":"honrar-a-historia-da-celbi-faz-nos-maiores-e-muito-melhores","_pt_post_excerpt":"A empresa homenageou e celebrou o trabalho e a dedica\u00e7\u00e3o dos primeiros trabalhadores, que permitiram consolidar a f\u00e1brica da Leirosa como a maior f\u00e1brica de pasta de papel da Europa.","_pt_post_title":"\u201cHonrar a hist\u00f3ria da Celbi faz-nos maiores e muito melhores\u201d","_en_post_content":"Europe\u2019s largest pulp factory has not forgotten the extraordinary group of people with which it commenced operation in 1967. Fifty years on, many of the men and women who were there at Celbi right from the very first day returned to the company to exchange fond memories. The get-together took place over a celebratory lunch attended by around a hundred employees. It was interesting to note that many of the older staff preferred to be known by their former employee number than by their name. The attendees included some of the oldest workers, such as Hern\u00e2ni Serra (no. 5), Arnaldo Biscaia (no. 9) and Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves (no. 10). The last on the roll call was Eduardo Almeida Rodrigues (no. 545). Special mention should be made of El\u00edsio Parracho, the only employee who has been working at Celbi since its launch. He joined the company in 1966 as an errand-boy and still works there because he enjoys working and wants to continue as long as he can.\r\n\r\nMost of the guests at the lunch hadn\u2019t seen each other for several years, which is why the gathering started with a reception in the company garden, and it didn\u2019t take long for emotion, nostalgia and deep friendship to surface. After a while, the event moved to the refectory. After lunch, the director Nogueira Santos addressed everyone to thank them for dedicating their working lives to Celbi, because they and the current employees \u201care the company\u2019s pride and joy\u201d.\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Some facts\" id_image=\"155\" type=\"dark\"]\r\n100<\/span> thousand tonnes<\/span> produced in 1967\r\n727<\/span> thousand tonnes<\/span> produced in 2016\r\n[\/card]\r\n\r\nLooking back at the last fifty years, Nogueira Santos summed up the factory\u2019s production record saying \u201c14 million tonnes of pulp have been made at this unit, and everyone of us did our bit\u201d. To illustrate the size of the company, he also painted a vivid financial picture. \u201cIn 50 years, Celbi only made a loss four times, and its net profits up to 2016 total 811 million Euros. If we look at these figures in today\u2019s terms, we end up with something like 1.3 billion Euros.\u201d It\u2019s no coincidence that in the last two decades, speciality magazines \u2013 including Exame \u2013 have on ten occasions named Celbi as the best company in the sector.\r\n\r\nSantos joked that with these figures it can be said that \u201cCelbi is the Ronaldo of the European eucalyptus pulp sector\u201d, and added that all of this was only possible \u201cdue to the legacy you all left us, the careful management and administration of resources, the thorough implementation of projects and tasks entrusted to us, the respect and development of our human resources and attracting shareholders\u201d.\r\n\r\nNogueira Santos concluded by highlighting the 450 million Euros invested over the last 10 years, which allowed the company to double its production capacity and achieve the goal of 750 thousand tonnes produced annually.\r\n\r\nEnding the formal part of the ceremony, the director Carlos Van Zeller talked about how in the 60s when the company launched, it was an extremely \u201cunusual and innovative\u201d project which changed the fortunes of Figueira da Foz, of Portugal\u2019s central region and of its pulp industry, although some small factories already existed and others were subsequently set up.\r\n\r\n[gallery-slick ids=\"313,314,284\"]\r\n\r\n[blockquote text=\"Celbi is the Ronaldo of the European eucalyptus pulp sector\" author=\"Nogueira Santos, director of Celbi\"]\r\n\r\n\u201cToday Celbi is one of Europe\u2019s largest paper pulp factories, starting off with 100,000 tonnes. We focused on excellence, with the best professionals available at the time, with their cutting-edge education. It\u2019s no coincidence that many of the local authority positions have been filled by people who used to work here and were highly evolved.\u201d Carlos Van Zeller appealed to the company\u2019s current employees to stay on the same path in order to ensure that Celbi retains its DNA. According to him, \u201cDedication, technical skills and the spirit of continuous improvement\u201d are important because \u201chonouring our history makes us bigger, but above all it makes us much better\u201d.\r\n\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Emanuel Vieira Alberto, Director\" id_image=\"304\"]\r\nJoined in 1966 as the pulp section supervisor and ended up as a director.\r\n\"Overall it was a remarkable experience and very satisfying professionally. I made some great friends and had some very good times, and everything was done to a high standard. \r\nI came back today and I feel right at home. I\u2019m enjoying seeing all of this and I feel a strong bond with this company and everyone here.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Maria Jos\u00e9, Controller\" id_image=\"308\"]\r\nTechnical pulp despatch controller (came from Coimbra to Figueira).\r\n\"I joined in May, 1967 and left in 1997. Coming back here is amazing, and filled me with emotion. Those were good times, we were young, we all got on well and I never had any trouble with anyone. I helped to grow the company and I\u2019m happy to be here again and to see old friends.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Arnaldo Biscaia, Clerk\" id_image=\"302\"]\r\n\"I started working for the company when it was in Figueira da Foz, at Rua Eng. Silva, in the Forestry Department. I was there for 41 years, from 1965 to 2006. For me it\u2019s not so emotional to be here today because I come back here every now and again. But it\u2019s interesting to return after 50 years and to see lots of faces I hadn\u2019t seen for years.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Saraiva Santos, Quality Manager\" id_image=\"309\"]\r\n\"I joined in April of 1966 before the factory started operation and I went on to specialise in the group in Sweden. Today I feel as though 50 years have gone by in the blink of an eye and I only realised that recently when I wrote the book about the story of Celbi. Coming to work in Figueira da Foz was an adventure. I would come here from Viana de Castelo, and in those days the journey would take over seven hours. It was a nightmare. But it was worth it.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"J\u00falia Maria Curado, Administrative Secretary\" id_image=\"306\"]\r\nJoined in 1966 and left in 2006.\r\n\"It\u2019s always a joy to come back here and see friends we haven\u2019t seen for years and to look back on the good times we spent here over four decades, not to mention the pride we feel about having served and contributed towards one of the greatest companies within the sector. \r\nI\u2019m really happy to be here.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves, Head of the Forestry Sector\" id_image=\"305\"]\r\n\" worked here from June 1965 to October 1992. I come here often. I have many friends here and this company allowed me to settle in Figueira da Foz (I was a civil servant in Mira). I was no. 10. I always feel good when I come here and this is where my professional dream came true. It\u2019s good to know I helped to make this a great company.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"Lu\u00eds Guedes, Industrial Director\" id_image=\"307\"]\r\n\"I\u2019m happy because many of my colleagues from back in my day are still alive. It was a struggle, but what was unusual was that we were all very close to each other and that contributed greatly towards Celbi\u2019s success. You don\u2019t get much of that these days. The company always paid well and this gave all of us a lot of family and social stability. Figueira should be proud of being home to a great and prestigious company, which brought wealth to the region and to the country.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]\r\n\r\n[personal-card title=\"El\u00edsio Parracho\" id_image=\"303\"]\r\nThe only one who has been working for the company since the start.\r\n\"I joined as an errand-boy in 1966 and I\u2019m still working here, because I want to carry on as long as I can.\r\n\u201cI know everyone here and I love working here because I feel that Celbi has contributed greatly as a main pillar to the economic development of Figueira da Foz, and provided a good quality of life for its employees. I remember when I came here at the age of 11, this was a desert and few believed that Celbi would become what it is today, one of the county\u2019s three economic pillars: Celbi, Soporcel and Vidreira.\"\r\n[\/personal-card]","_en_post_name":"honouring-celbis-history-makes-us-bigger-and-better","_en_post_excerpt":"A ceremony paid homage to the work and dedication of those first employees who turned the factory in Leirosa into the largest paper pulp factory in Europe.","_en_post_title":"\u201cHonouring Celbi\u2019s history makes us bigger and better\u201d","edit_language":"en","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[66,67,16,92],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-50o-aniversario","tag-almoco-comemorativo","tag-celbi","tag-edicao-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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