Over one hundred thousand people in southern Europe and north Africa directly and indirectly depend on these forests, according to the WWF. These forests are a perfect example of the balance between preserving the environment and sustainable development - just the fact that no tree is felled during the stripping of the…

It makes the cork viable in a unique manner, and as a result, the preservation of the cork oak forest, a unique example of green economy, which is based on a balance between economic, social and environmental issues. The constant concern to adopt and reinforce sustainable development practices makes Corticeira Amorim o…

No. Stripping is carried out manually and the trees are never cut down. After each stripping, the cork oak undergoes an original process of self-regeneration of the bark, which gives the activity of cork harvesting a uniquely sustainable nature.

Amorim Sports’ infills and shock pads are environmentally friendly solutions - from the start to the end of the system’s life. Cork is a 100% natural, environmentally friendly and sustainable material in which practically all left-over generated by the industry is reusable, thereby minimizing greenhouse gases and reduc…

The cork oak forest is part of one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots, has a recognized protection status, contributes to climate regulation, is a driving force for sustainable development and plays a crucial role in the world's ecological balance.

Beside being a 100% organic and sustainable material, cork provides interesting elastic characteristics with a high resilience. Being a natural elastic infill, it can optimize shock absorption and energy restitution in the artificial turf grass system. At the same time, due to its cellular structure and composition, co…

In order to meet the club's objective of providing players and other users with a more sustainable football pitch, Amorim Sports’Nature infill was adopted to provide functional finish with less buoyancy and coagulating in rainy season, while remaining cork’s natural shock absorption feature, in the artificial turf syst…

When choosing a suitable and, above all, sustainable artificial turf system, the DJK Dülmen club aimed to provide a better sport performance as an alternative to the natural turf field. Due to the growth of teams and hours of training, especially outside the summer season, the old natural turf field did not meet the de…

Scandinavian countries are leading in the promotion of sustainable products in their daily life. In this case, both the association and the community have been committed to the importance of sustainability, environmental protection, and the avoidance of microplastics. The main challenge for those countries is to find e…

GOTEC Sportsysteme, a German company specialized in the construction and maintenance of sports grounds, chose a cork-based natural infill for artificial turf for the construction project of the SG Malsburg-Marzell Sports Club football field in Germany.

After 40 years of use, the FC Gleidorf-Holthausen’s football pitch, in Schmallenberg (Germany), is now more sustainable. Amorim Sports supplied the infill component for this eco-friendly project, with the cork-based Amorim Nature 130, in a project that also involved Schmitt Sportstättenbau and Polytan, two companies th…

Schöneiche, near Berlin, is known as the “Forest City”. The framework of this project was to install a sustainable football pitch, with eco-friendly components, avoiding microplastics. The project consists of partial rebuilding of the old artificial football pitch, with microplastic-free infills, supplied by Amorim Sp…

This project involve the installation of a new artificial turf system on an existing in situ shockpad, for a football pitch. The new system has to comply with the prevailing technical requirements for high performance in a sustainable manner, without using microplastic components.

Although cork infill is not totally new to the market, only a few installers have direct experience using it in their artificial turf systems. Installers who have already used it as a solution have a very positive opinion. Our duty is to bring our capacity to produce high quality and sustainable products to the sport…

In the business area in which Amorim Cork Solutions operates, the satisfaction of customers as well as of other stakeholders is decisive for the sustainable development of the Organisation, in which continuous improvement is a decisive factor in guaranteeing the return of invested capital as well as the option for futu…

Although artificial infills are considered environmentally-friendly, cork is a more sustainable option. Cork is a 100% recyclable material, where nearly all industry waste produced is reusable. This helps to minimize greenhouse gases and reduce the carbon footprint. Choosing a cork infill means choosing a solution that…