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Did you know that cork-based shoes are healthier and more comfortable?

Feb 20, 2017 Portugal
Did you know that cork-based shoes are healthier and more comfortable?
As light as resistant. As natural as sophisticated. As traditional as timeless. Cork can always make a perfect fit. At least is what they believe at Amorim Cork Composites
Cork is chosen by the footwear industry because of its properties. But it’s not only leading world brands in the footwear and luxury fashion accessories sectors that are using cork. It also has orthopaedic, podological and comfort applications, used in insoles, soles, middle soles, footbeds.

As a natural material with unique characteristics – lightness, thermal insulation, breathability, impermeability and high compression and recovery capacities – cork is an exceptional raw material for different applications, complemented by its excellent sustainability credentials. This makes cork a highly innovative contemporary raw material that can easily be adapted to a wide variety of different manufacturing processes.

Amorim Cork Composites’ brand, Footcork uses these characteristics to develop innovative cork materials and solutions for the footwear industry, accompanying the latest trends.

Walking comfort and greater health guarantees higher quality of life, and with that in mind. Footcork’s uses highly flexible thermoformable materials carefully selected from the finest raw materials to satisfy the most rigorous requirements of orthopaedic patients. The key goal is to reduce and prevent foot problems, protecting the foot in critical anatomic spots.

Portugal is main cork exporter in the world with a share of roughly 65% in the international trade. Excports are expected to have reached 940 million euros in 2016.

For more information about Footcork please refer to the website amorimcorkcomposites.com

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