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 |
| Phone: | (410) 398 2955 |
| Fax: | (410) 392 9433 |
|
ghocker@verizon.net |
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 cork waste. 70% of the bark ends up as cork waste. 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.