How the world’s largest cork company makes 22 million wine stoppers a day

The Portuguese company Corticeira Amorim is the world’s largest producer and distributor of cork. For 150 years, the company has expanded the Portuguese cork industry, but 20 years ago, the entire cork-wine-stopper industry was nearly ruined by fungi. We visited Amorim’s headquarters to see how the company has combined traditional techniques and new technologies to save its business while exploring new uses for one of the world’s most versatile materials.