History: the Catalan cork industry boomed at the beginning of the 20th century. In the Baix Empordá region alone, it employed more than 10,000 people. It was hard to find a family in which there was no-one connected with the industry. Historical records show that the ancestors of the company’s current owners worked in the industry.

In 1960, after gaining experience in various companies, Victor Turont Vazquez went into business by himself. At first he worked out of the family home in Palafrugell. He soon found more suitable facilities for the business.

His sons JAVIER (1961) and VICTOR (1965) joined the family company after they completed their education.

In a 1992, they set up the current company with the name it now has. They moved the business to larger premises in Gualta. The business focussed on manufacturing and marketing natural corks for still wines.

In a 2000, after purchasing 9,000 m2 of land in Forallac Industrial Estate and building 2,500 m2 of facilities there, the business moved to Vulpellac.

In 2007, the company had the opportunity to buy MAURI CORK SL, a cork stopper manufacturer based in Palafrugell together with all of its goodwill, premises, facilities and machinery.

In 2011, a decision was taken to merge the latter’s business its parent company, IMPERIAL CORK, and keep MAURI CORK as a trade name.

IMPERIAL CORK is now one of the most well-established companies in the industry and has a multi-point growth strategy based on the following:

Quality: constantly striving for the utmost quality in all of our products through comprehensive control of all of our production and manufacturing process to meet our customers’ expectations. We have ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005 certificates.

International expansion of the business by collaborating with representatives and distributors all around the world.

Investing in new technologies. The company uses cutting-edge technology

Highly qualified staff, including experts with years of experience in the industry, ongoing training and the close understanding that comes from being a family company. A direct, personal relationship with customers, adapting to their needs.