Cork Direct Competitors

For more than four decades, Cork Supply has been redefining quality through innovation, superior service, and expertise. The company offers premium closure products to the global wine industry, including natural corks, technical corks, bartops, Nomacorc® synthetic corks, tin and polylaminate capsules, wirehoods and foils, and screwcaps. Cork Supply operates production facilities in all corners of the globe, including the United States, Europe, Australia, Argentina, China and South Africa, providing services to wineries in more than thirty countries. See more at: www.corksupply.com

Amorim Cork is the world's largest producer and supplier of cork stoppers, trusted by leading wine producers. With a global presence, Amorim Cork is trusted by more than 20,000 active customers. This 150-year historical legacy is only possible thanks to an ongoing commitment to innovation and a strong customer focus. Annual investment in R&D has contributed to some of the most revolutionary solutions on the market, such as the Helix system, developed in partnership with O-I, dubbed "the first major wine packaging innovation of the 21st century", and cutting-edge selection technologies such as NDtech, which offers the world's first natural cork stopper with a non-detectable TCA guarantee, and XPÜR for micro-granulated stoppers. Together with our customers and partners, we will continue to pursue our mission to add value to cork in a competitive, differentiated and innovative way, in perfect harmony with nature.

CORTICEIRA AMORIM has been implementing the Lean Kaizen program since 2007 with a view to enhancing operational efficiency across all Business Units. An average of about 3000 hours of training is allocated annually to this purpose. The Company recorded a total of 38,786 hours of training in 2011, an average increase of 2.1 hours of training per employee. This has been a relentless process; in fact, in 2009, approximately 50,000 hours of training were provided. Our objective is thus to ensure adequate answers in terms of quality, deadlines and productivity with a view to meeting the business activity requirements.