What is cork?

Cork is not lumber, cork is to use a kind of bark -cork oak wood tie the product that qualitative skin is main raw materia production.Cork oak tree stripping does not affect the growth of trees, can be again stripping, so corkis a renewable, do not destroy the forest ecological environment resources;

Cork is also a kind of rare resource at the same time, because of its growth cycle is very long, the distribution of the cork oak tree in the world and is very small, the cork oak tree after stripping the cork, typically only a decade or so will again stripping, the cork oaktree in the world only west Mediterranean countries (mainly the Portuguese) and China south of qinling region distribution,For a long time the world's annual production of cork has been stable at about 300,000 tons Cork, the bark of the cork oak tree, is one of natur re's most amazing raw materials.

It so exceptional that no human-made product has yet been able to replicate its unique combination of properties. 100% biodegradable recyclable and renewable, cork is incredibly light, impermeable to liquids and gases, elastic, compressible and resilient. It provides excellent thermal and acoustic insulation, is a fire retardant, and highly abrasion-resistant.