Cofaco

Present in more than fifty countries, Cofaco Açores is a specialist in the art of fish conservation. Our history dates back to 1880, when Francisco Rodrigues Tenório established his first factory for the manufacture of tuna, in Vila Real de Santo António (Algarve - Portugal). In order to maintain the excellence of the canning industry’s tradition, the industry relocated to the wonderful islands of the Azores, where the right conditions were found for fish to grow sustainably. Cofaco was born here, in 1961, the starting point of what is today the biggest group in the Portuguese canning industry, which now owns two factories in the Azorean islands of São Miguel and Pico.