In June 1946, Manuel António da Mota incorporated Mota & Compania in the Portuguese city of Amarante. In that same month and year a branch of the company was opened in Angola. Until 1974 Mota & Companhia operations focused on the Angolan territory, firstly in the exploration and processing of timber and as of 1948 also in the area of construction and public works. In 1952, Mota & Companhia was awarded the implementation of Luanda International Airport, near Luanda, the first major public work executed by the company in this territory, at the time still under Portuguese colonial administration.
In the same year and in Lisbon, Portugal, Fernando José Saraiva and António Lopes de Almeida founded Engil, Sociedade de Engenharia Civil, Lda. In 1954, Simões Cúcio and António Valadas Fernandes joined Engil and gave it a new boost and renewed energy.
In 1961, Engil's operations until then focused on the region of Lisbon start spreading to other regions within the Portuguese territory through the award of the Escola Industrial e Comercial of Castelo Branco, Portugal, and the construction, in Mirandela, of the Bridge over the Tua River. 1969 will be remembered for the signing of a contract with the company Siemens-Baunnion. Engil acquires in exclusive for Portugal the rights of use of the Siemcrete patented sliding forms system, allowing it to carry out countless major works as from then, involving silos and chimneys. Under the expansion of its operations the North delegation was created in Porto.
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Mr. Carlos António Vasconcelos Mota dos Santos (Non-Independent Exec. Director)
Mr. Manuel António da Fonseca Vasconcelos da Mota (Non-Independent Exec. Director)