Os Açorianos e as Pescas, 500 anos de memórias - Norberto Manuel Antunes
A segunda fábrica de conservas foi fundada nos anos quarenta na Ribeira do Meio, arredores das Lajes do Pico, por Norberto Antunes, que era oriundo da antiga vila de Machico da ilha da Madeira, Foi fundada entre 1945 – 1946.
Admitiu um sócio das Ribeiras do Pico, Manuel Henrique Ávila, abastado proprietário que ali aplicou muito do seu capital financeiro. Mais tarde a fábrica faliu, obrigando este sócio a emigrar para San Diego da California, onde recuperou a fortuna perdida.
The second factory was established in the 1940s in Ribeira do Meio, on the outskirt of Lajes do Pico, by Norberto Antunes, who came from the old town of Machico in Madeira.
It was founded between 1945 and 1946. He took on a partner from Ribeira do Pico, Manuel Henrique Avila, a wealthy landowner who invested much of his capital in the factory. When thi later became insolvent, he was forced to emigrate to San Diego, California, where he regained his lost fortune.
