Combining innovation, performance and design, Amorim Cork Composites’ new brand of sustainable solutions for marine decking – Navicork - stems from an innate curiosity and creative impulse to take cork and the maritime industry to new heights. Developed to create a positive impact, capable of shaking up the waters of the maritime industry, and contribute to decarbonisation of maritime and fluvial mobility, Navicork by Amorim aims to transform the sector by developing high-performance, cork-based decking solutions for different types of boats.
Challenging conventions, Navicork has launched the most sustainable and high-performance decking solutions, designed to respond to the most pressing environmental challenges, particularly in terms of protecting ecosystems, regulating the climate and fostering efficient use of resources. Using cork - a 100% natural, reusable and recyclable raw material - Navicork opens up new horizons and possibilities hitherto never imagined for the maritime sector. With unique versatility that permits application in different types and designs of boats, Navicork’s sustainable decking solutions, developed from cork composites, take advantage of cork’s unique technical characteristics (such as lightness, durability and thermal and acoustic insulation) and demonstrate its added value for an industry that needs to transform itself in order to meet current environmental challenges, without sacrificing performance.
Because they are made from cork - a natural material that grows in the cork forest - Navicork solutions are inherently sustainable, and are also 2-to-5 times lighter than conventional decks, with a unique natural texture that guarantees grip, stability and safety on board, offering excellent thermal and acoustic insulation that reduces energy consumption and contributes to passenger comfort. As well as being wonderful to walk on, the material’s cellular structure absorbs footstep noise over the entire surface. For João Pedro Azevedo, CEO of Amorim Cork Composites, that developed the innovative composite used in Navicork solutions, this marks a turning point: “In view of the challenges currently facing the maritime industry, it is increasingly urgent to reassess the sector’s business model and look for new, more sustainable solutions and materials. Navicork was born precisely with the mission of challenging the industry’s underlying paradigms and presenting cork as the future for maritime decks.
In addition to being sustainable, cork offers a number of technical characteristics that are ideal for meeting this market’s performance needs and demands. Our production capacity, supported by state-of-the-art technology, combined with a spirit of innovation, that is unique in the world when it comes to developing new solutions using cork composites, makes us confident of the impact that Navicork can have on the maritime industry."
