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Corticeira Amorim is the world’s leading producer of natural cork wine closures, with over 3 billion units produced annually. About 80% of its cork products are manufactured in the
Iberian Peninsula. In 2007, the total workforce of Corticeira Amorim was 3795; the company provided training programmes
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Units – Raw-Materials, Cork
Stoppers, Floor & Wall Coverings, Composite Cork and Insulation Cork – Corticeira Amorim sells an array of products largely to such industries as the aeronautical, construction and wine-producing industries; a result of the investment made in
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is €133 million. In 2007, Corticeira Amorim registered a positive growth of 2.5% compared to 2006, with a turnover of €453.8 million. Amorim performed fairly well in 2007 with operating profit increasing from €20.1 million to €23.2 million.
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bottling was established. Amorim & IrmĂŁos, a cork manufacturing company incorporated in 1922, was the first member company under the current
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Corticeira Amorim has issued its first
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industry for over 130 years, with operations in hundreds of countries all over the world. Corticeira Amorim is responsible for the management of 70 companies engaged in the cork
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the creation of a new across-the-board support business unit designed to meet the innovation challenge was announced: Amorim Cork
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