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.
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.
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.
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.