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From bottle stoppers to rockets: How Portugal is reinventing cork

Summary by Euronews
Portugal produces around half of the world’s cork. Here, the world’s largest cork company, Corticeira Amorim, continues to open new markets by transforming this ancient natural resource into high-tech materials. In this report, we explore its methods, from harvesting to production.

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From the oaks of the montado to the factories of Santa Maria de Lamas, inside the supply chain of Amorim, the group that has transformed an agricultural rite into a high-precision industry. A story made of decades long waits, controls and materials capable of reaching the space

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