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5. Greater safety in sports activities
Artificial turf with a cork infill offers major impact absorption capacity and presents considerable adherence in various atmospheric conditions. These properties reduce the risk of falling or slippage and, consequently, the risk of abrasion.
Cork applied in artificial turf systems
Cork infill applied in the soccer field of the Tangstedt Sports Club's soccer field in Germany.
SG Malsburg-Marzell Sports Club
Cork infill application in the Malsburg’s artificial turf football field.
Leisure products
Properties of cork for increasing sports performance.
Amorim Sportsfloor - an effective and sustainable solution for all sports surfaces
Amorim Sportsfloor is manufactured using a combination of different elastomers to achieve a unique level of flexibility, wear resistance and impact absorption. Our brand incorporate the sheer quality of the final recycled rubber floor surface. We convert post consumer tyres (but only the buffing derived from tyre trea…
Solution Provider
EpufloorEpufloor is a global supplier of sports and industrial flooring. They offer a large range of sports equipment, installation equipments and engineering services.
Solution Provider
EpufloorEpufloor is a global supplier of sports and industrial flooring. They offer a large range of sports equipment, installation equipments and engineering services.
Natural beauty. A solution prepared to withstand the demands of everyday life
Moulding techniques have made it possible to combine cork’s natural characteristics - such as lightness, elasticity and softness to the touch – to provide a feeling of well-being, natural beauty and comfort inside the car. In view of cork’s unique resilience, compressibility and resistance to friction this solution is…
Amorim Cork Composites
Amorim Cork Composites part of Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in the cork industry with a long track of achievements using cork in demanding industries such as construction, flooring, sports surfaces, mobility, energy sealing, consumer goods, furnishings, and footwear. We recycle, reuse and reinvent entirely natur…
It is at the forefront of industry, technology and sustainability
Its signature is on the most unlikely everyday objects, Olympic sports equipment, organic solvents, high profile global works, state-of-the-art road and railway projects, spacecraft... Within the panorama of contemporary creation, it challenges designers, scientists, and architects to explore the endless potential of c…
Based on the motto that “nothing is wasted, everything is valued”, the principles of the circular economy have been applied at Amorim Cork C…
In order to reinforce this proposal of ecological value based on a model of circularity, new product ranges are being updated, incorporating surplus raw materials from other industries, such as footwear, automobile, sports or upholstery production, whose final destination would otherwise have been landfilled. These mat…
Sustainability credentials and reduced carbon footprint are increasingly attractive
But that’s not all… CPCs are also being used in areas such as sports, packaging, footwear, and the automotive industry. For these applications, the material’s unique properties are valued - such as thermal insulation capacity, impact absorption, grip, anti-slip, lightweight or visual appearance. Additionally, the susta…
Future prospects
The underlay solutions of Amorim Cork Composites currently encompass 60-65% of the market, with a tendency to increase. The business area which covers sports flooring is a world of opportunities for the dissemination and application of underlay products. A considerable increase in markets like South America, Brazil, In…
Midmac Contracting Co.
Midmac boasts an impressive portfolio that includes a wide spectrum of high profile projects dotting the Qatari landscape, built over a 40-year period. The project list includes all types of buildings: residential, commercial, educational, hotels, stadia & other sports facilities, and mixed-use developments. Infras…
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30 years of the Nike Grind project What began as a grassroots initiative in 1992 to repurpose shoes headed for landfills is now a global sustainability program that helps transform manufacturing scrap and end-of-life shoes into recycled Nike Grind materials. Rubber, foam, fiber, leather and textiles are collected and r…
Lycra/Neoprene
A blend of stretch fabric and neoprene rubber, ideal for a waterproof and sporty soft lining.
Lycra/Neoprene
A blend of stretch fabric and neoprene rubber, ideal for a waterproof and sporty soft lining.
At Amorim Cork Composites we see innovation as a strategic vector of competitiveness.
In our innovation team, our mission is to systematically develop solutions that allow us to be competitive and explore strategic areas where the characteristics of cork are highly valued by clients and consumers, adding value to the organization and its shareholders.We believe our innovation processes will be more effe…
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Step 1: Go4cork products are produced mainly with unused cork from the cork stopper industry. When we think about cork, we almost automatically think about cork stoppers. However, the production of cork stoppers uses only around 30 % of this raw material. It was precisely to give new life to this industry’s unused cork…
Resilience, compressibility, and friction resistance
Using moulding techniques, the natural characteristics of cork such as lightness, elasticity and softness to the touch, come together, offering a sense of well-being, natural beauty and comfort inside the car. A solution that, bearing in mind the resilience, compressibility, and friction resistance of this unique mater…