Corticeira Amorim SGPS S A : Amorim Cork triples its installed production capacity of Xpür® stoppers
April 02, 2024 at 06:54 am EDT
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Amorim Cork's ground-breaking Xpür® technology, was launched in January 2021 and the company has tripled its installed production capacity, making it possible to produce over one billion Xpür® stoppers per year.
This development allows Amorim Cork to keep pace with the growing demand from wine producers around the world for the world's most modern micro granulated stoppers.
Xpür® uses state-of-the art supercritical CO2 technology to extract volatile compounds from cork and removes any molecules that can give off undesirable aromas and flavours to wine.
Supercritical CO2 extraction technologies were first introduced in the early 1960s, traditionally applied to a wide range of food industries, including tea, coffee, hops extraction, spices and many natural products. The technologies began to be applied to the cork industry in the 2000s.
Xpür® is considered to be the most efficient and sustainable supercritical extraction technology in the food industry. It only uses 25% of the energy and 10% of the CO2 previously required, besides reducing the production cycle to 4 hours.
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Tracing its roots back to the 19th century, Corticeira Amorim, SGPS, S.A. has become the world's largest cork and cork-derived company in the world, generating more than EUR 985.5 million in sales to more than 100 countries through a network of dozens of fully owned subsidiaries. With a multi-million Euro R&D investment per year, Corticeira Amorim, SGPS, S.A. has applied its specialist knowledge to this centuries-old traditional culture, developing a vast portfolio of products, solutions and materials that are used by blue-chip clients in industries as diverse and demanding as wines & spirits, aerospace, automotive, construction, sports, architecture and design.
Net sales by business unit break down between Cork Stoppers (75.9%), Composite Cork (12%), Floor and Wall Coverings (9.1), Insulation Cork (1.6%) and Raw Materials (1.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Portugal 6.8%), EU excluding Portugal (61.8%), Other European countries (2%), the United States (16.4%), America excluding the United States (6.5%), Australasia (5.1%) and Africa (1.4%).
Corticeira Amorim, SGPS, S.A.'s responsible approach to raw materials and sustainable production illustrates the remarkable interdependence between industry and a vital ecosystem - one of the world's most balanced examples of social, economic and environmental development.
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