The cork industry in Santa Maria de Lamas

“The cork processing industry in Santa Maria de Lamas in the 1950s and 1960s” is the title of a thesis by two students on one of the regions where the industry is strongly rooted. The affirmation of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, particularly the parish of Santa Maria de Lamas, occurred in the cork industry in the 1950s and 1960s, especially at the end of the latter. This focus of the cork processing industry was due to a combination of factors: the availability of manpower and the existence of market.