About Us

About Us Nothing compares to cork

When it comes to understanding a wine, nothing compares to cork. For more than 100 years we have been producing the best cork stoppers on the market and leading the way in innovation, breaking boundaries, while contributing to a more sustainable world.

Amorim Cork is the world’s largest producer, supplier, and distributor of cork stoppers. Starting from a unique, 100% natural and sustainable material, we use state-of-the-art technology, ground-breaking quality control and solid expertise to create the finest cork stoppers in the world.

We offer the most complete and diversified portfolio on the market, designing, developing, and supplying cork stoppers for still and sparkling wines and for spirits. Our cork stoppers offer high standards of quality, flawless sustainable credentials, and unparalleled physical, chemical, and oenological performance.

Oenologists, winemakers, consumers, and critics all agree that cork is the best choice for wine. It guarantees the performance, sensorial neutrality, and oxygen ingress for the wine's evolution in the bottle and the development of its intrinsic qualities, such as aroma, colour, taste, and texture.

When it comes to understanding a wine, nothing compares to cork. For more than 100 years we have been producing the best cork stoppers on the market and leading the way in innovation, breaking boundaries, while contributing to a more sustainable world.

Amorim Cork is the world’s largest producer, supplier, and distributor of cork stoppers. Starting from a unique, 100% natural and sustainable material, we use state-of-the-art technology, ground-breaking quality control and solid expertise to create the finest cork stoppers in the world.

We offer the most complete and diversified portfolio on the market, designing, developing, and supplying cork stoppers for still and sparkling wines and for spirits. Our cork stoppers offer high standards of quality, flawless sustainable credentials, and unparalleled physical, chemical, and oenological performance.

Oenologists, winemakers, consumers, and critics all agree that cork is the best choice for wine. It guarantees the performance, sensorial neutrality, and oxygen ingress for the wine's evolution in the bottle and the development of its intrinsic qualities, such as aroma, colour, taste, and texture.

About Us

Only cork can provide these benefits.
We make it happen.

  • 1870 our first cork stopper production site opens
  • 6 billion cork stoppers produced annually
  • 24 million cork stoppers a day
  • 23 manufacturing units
  • 41 sales companies
  • 22.000 active customers in 90 countries and 5 continents
Innovative Tradition

Innovative Tradition

We are part of a group with more than 150 years of history, Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in cork. A family business, focused on people, the planet, and sustainable growth, combining profitability and a positive impact.

The oldest cork company in the world in continuous operation is also one that has its eyes set on the future, going back to where it all began, the forest, to expand knowledge, share it, and create a better future.

Sustainability is part of our culture. And it couldn’t be any other way, when we take pride in working every day to add value to cork - a 100% natural, recyclable, and renewable material - and also one of the most beautiful and versatile in the world - in perfect harmony with nature.

Within the cork industry, we have the greatest capacity for investment in technology. We are passionate about this unique material and always eager to do better. Fascinated by cork, wine and their interaction, we’ve made a serious commitment to R&D, coupled with a major investment in innovation. This made possible the development of groundbreaking new products and improved the quality of cork stoppers, reaching unimaginable standards in terms of quality control and anti-TCA technologies, such as NDtech®, Naturity® and Xpür®.

Certifications

ISO 9001 IQNET

ISO 9001 IQNET

ISO 14001 IQNET

ISO 14001 IQNET

FSSC 22000

FSSC 22000

FSC®

FSC®

BV Celiege HACCP Systecode

BV Celiege HACCP Systecode

BV Celiege Systecode Excellence

BV Celiege Systecode Excellence

BV Celiege Systecode Premium

BV Celiege Systecode Premium