MARYLAND CORK COMPANY, INC.
Granulated Cork and Cork Products
Maryland Cork Co., Inc.
Triumph Industrial Park
P.O. Box 126
Elkton, Maryland 21922
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Phone: |
(800) 662 2675 |
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Phone: |
(410) 398 2955 |
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Fax: |
(410) 392 9433 |
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Business hours:
Monday-Thursday 6:00am to 4:00pm EST.
CLOSED FRIDAYS.
Maryland Cork Company was founded in 1947 and is the only granulated cork producer in the United States.
Granulated cork is used for:
| The space shuttle | Glass mold release | Cork insulation tape |
| Bulletin boards | Shoe soles | Battery mold release |
| Engine gaskets | Cork insulation | Duck decoys |
| Virgin cork | Expansion joints | Composition cork |
| Grinding wheels | Movie special effects | Wine filters |
| Cork shoe filler | Theatrical dirt | Abrasives |
Maryland Cork Co. also distributes: Insulation cork, Virgin cork, and Composition cork.
Cork is tan, but also very green
Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree. This tree produces a layer of cork every 9 years, so taking the bark off does not kill the tree. The bark is then used to make wine corks. The process of manufacturing wine corks results in corks and corkwaste. 70% of the bark ends up as corkwaste. Granulated cork is made from only the waste by-product of industrial cork production. We also buy used wine corks to grind and thereby re-cycle them.