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Around the world with cork stoppers

Year 2020 N 3

Natural, micro-agglomerated and capsulated stoppers. Ergonomic, customised and two-disc stoppers. Stoppers for wines, sparkling wines and spirits. Cutting edge technological stoppers. Stoppers with a negative carbon footprint and stoppers with unparalleled physical, chemical and oenological performance. We produce more than 5.5 billion of these magical cylinders every year, for approximately 19,000 customers, including the world’s leading wineries. We have subsidiaries in major wine producing markets such as Spain, France, Italy, South Africa, Chile, Australia or the United States. Join us on a trip around the world of Amorim cork stoppers.

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Passion for Innovation

Year 2020 N 2

Cork stoppers that dispense with the need for a corkscrew, composite cork with biopolymers used to create unprecedented shapes, natural turf solutions that, by replacing traditional turf, reduce soccer players’ injuries by 40%. Technology that delivers non-detectable TCA (trichloroanisole) performance via individual analysis of each stopper, 100% waterproof and PVC-free sustainable floating floors, innovative applications for the aerospace, construction, transport, energy or design industries . Reduction of the first cork extraction cycle, sequencing of the genome of the cork oak tree, drip irrigation. Circular economy, green products, energy efficiency. Welcome to Amorim’s world.

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Sustainable by Nature

Year 2020 N 1

Under the motto “nothing is lost, everything is valued”, Corticeira Amorim has been transforming waste resulting from the production of cork stoppers since 1963, which is converted into granules, and then into agglomerated cork, thus offering new possibilities for cork. This was the first step towards the circular economy, that is now one the group’s main pillars – 150 years after its foundation. Today we have 29 establishments with a FSC® certification, 63% of our energy derives from renewable sources (biomass), we have planted almost 1 million autochthonous trees, our waste recovery rate is over 90%, and we conduct recycling across five continents.

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This year the Amorim group is celebrating its 150th anniversary

Year 2019 N 4

This year the Amorim group is celebrating its 150th anniversary, fruit of a long journey marked by many challenging projects and achievements and the entrepreneurial drive of four generations of the Amorim family. Pursuing the maxim «not just one market, not just one client, not just one currency, not just one product», the Amorim Group has surpassed geographical borders, economic crises, political regimes, social upheavals and industrial constraints to become one of Portugal’s leading enterprises. Today, its position is consolidated through dozens of business units across five continents. The group exports many different products to over 100 countries, spanning areas such as cork, viticulture and wine tourism. This edition of Amorim News proposes a toast to our history.

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City Cortex: cork in the urban context of cities of the future

Year 2019 N 3

The challenges posed by the climate crisis are too urgent to be ignored. The data disclosed by the scientific community is irrefutable and time is now of the essence. That’s why it’s important to think about available solutions and how to implement them, with determination, confidence and hope.

We believe that due to cork’s characteristics – as a 100% natural, renewable and recyclable material, with unique characteristics and strengths - it is in a strong position to project itself further into the world, expanding its influence as a sustainable and multifaceted solution.

Throughout our business history we have always been guided by the goal of adding value to cork. With City Cortex, we are taking yet another step to broaden the contribution of this unique, natural and sustainable material, whose versatility is capable of surprising some of the brightest minds in the world of contemporary creation.

 

 

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Cork used in Tom Dixon’s sustainable garden in London

Year 2019 N 2

The designer Tom Dixon created a futuristic, organic garden, conceived as an experimental - and sustainable - model for growing plants in an urban environment. In this garden, sustainability is underpinned by cork - a 100% natural and biodegradable material.

“We chose cork for the steps, floors and flooring due to its low environmental impact as a material,” says Tom Dixon, who also designed cork furniture for this urban oasis.

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Art and Sustainability of Cork in ARCO Madrid

Year 2019 N 1

In the 21st century, cork is increasingly the conscious choice of winemakers around the world, and we now know that this decision has a huge positive impact on the evolution of bottled wine. But this wasn’t always the case over the last 15 years.

At a time of growing research and analysis of situations in which external disruptions have caused serious competitive constraints for companies, there are few situations in which such difficulties have been overcome and even fewer cases where the disruption of established models has actually led to an increase in competitive capacity and consolidation of a company as a global leader of its industry.

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Amorim launches WISE. The first sustainable PVC-free flooring solution, with a negative carbon footprint

Year 2018 N 4

Welcome to the latest edition of Amorim News, which is celebrating 35 years of uninterrupted publication. Over the past 35 years, this magazine – published in six languages – has reached a rising number of stakeholders around the world, while upholding and fulfilling its primary goal: to disseminate this unique material – cork. The spectrum of use of cork has gradually expanded, as we reveal new initiatives and the results of our growing R&D commitment and investments.

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Corticeira Amorim acquires the Herdade da Baliza estate

Year 2018 N 3

Corticeira Amorim, via Amorim Florestal, has acquired the Herdade da Baliza estate located in the area of Castelo Branco / Tejo Internacional, occupying a total area of 2,866 hectares. This acquisition marks the beginning of a new activity for the company, as a forest owner, in a strategic operation to lead the implementation of an innovative management model for the Portuguese cork forest.

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