26/12/2012, Posted in Business, Cork, Ecology, Innovation, Research, Sustainability, Technology - 2 Comments - 667 visualizaciones
Last November we visited the facilities of MA Silva y Garzón, producers of natural cork stoppers, to find out about the latest innovations in the sector. The Spain-based facilities are where they perform a range of processes, from preparing the cork
17/10/2012, Posted in Business, Cork, Innovation, Research, Technology - 3 Comments - 1,328 visualizaciones
For the last 400 years or so we’ve been stoppering bottles of wine with cork. It works, sure, but it does have a few problems associated with it. Natural cork is the bark of the cork oak tree, Quercus suber,
11/09/2012, Posted in Business, Cork, Ecology, Innovation, Sustainability, Winery - 14 Comments - 2,015 visualizaciones
Interview to Manuel Alves da Silva, Founder and President at MASilva Group M. A. Silva Cortiças, Lda. was established in 1972 and since then has been growing consistently, being today one of the most advanced in technology and know-how of
12/04/2012, Posted in Cork, Creativity, Innovation - No comments - 414 visualizaciones
En este video pueden ver en acción una elaborada máquina de rube Golberg, esas que hacen una labor sencilla en complicadísimos pasos (piensen en la cortadora de galletas de El Hombre Manos de Tijeras, de Tim Burton), construida con una maravillosa estética
26/03/2012, Posted in Business, Cork, Innovation - No comments - 520 visualizaciones
Bettane & Desseauve mène des recherches passionnantes sur les consommateurs et le bouchage des vins en France. Bettane & Desseauve, l’équipe française la plus réputée parmi les experts et dégustateurs du vin, a souhaité comprendre les effets des différents modes
