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In recent years, CORTICEIRA AMORIM has undertaken a strong commitment to Research, Development and Innovation (RDI), with the purpose of developing new products and business areas for the group.
Beyond the R&D taking place at each BU relating to current businesses, CORTICEIRA AMORIM also deploys a team with the specific mission of conceiving and developing new cork products and rendering technical support to the development of new business areas. These transversal activities are the responsibility of the recently renamed MOR for Cork, the CORTICEIRA AMORIM Department of Market Oriented Research.
Action Components:
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developing research projects aimed at extending our fundamental knowledge of cork to create new applications, new products and new markets; -
providing technical support for products in the phase of business development; -
providing across-the-board scientific support for R&D by the Group’s Business Units.
At the cutting edge of applications for cork and its unique properties:
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as an absorbent of hydrocarbons, fats and solvents, currently being introduced on the market; -
making full use of components extracted from cork and their innumerable potential applications; -
developing and testing composite materials that combine cork with natural and synthetic thermoplastics.
Partnerships
Continuing to invest in existing cork applications, which will continue to form the basis of the industry, CORTICEIRA AMORIM reflects permanently on the best way of meeting the challenges facing the sector.
It is the strong conviction of CORTICEIRA AMORIM that this emphasis on RDI involves both continuing with investment in knowledge about cork as well as the establishment of partnerships with research entities and companies, nationally and internationally, that combine the complementary knowledge and requirements for the implementation of strategic scale projects.
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