The "Stamping Ralope, SA" was founded in 1982 and is currently a public company. It is located in the parish of Manhente in Barcelos, doing there part of the industrial and administrative units. It is a plant with 50 employees and is considered an SME. The company is engaged in since the beginning of their training, printing of textiles, especially in cut pieces, semi-fabricated or constructed. Aware of the changes, needs and customer satisfaction, the company has begun a recruitment of skilled personnel contributing to the quality of items printed. In order to remain competitive in the market, the company decided toface the the new challenges that are guessed and set strategic development policies for investing in more sophisticated equipment to upgrade the technological infrastructure and allow for greater responsiveness . The Ralope holds an Exploration Licence issued by the Ministry of Industrial Economics and Innovation.