 Lafitte Cork & Capsule
Lafitte is a French family with a reputation in the cork industry for supplying the finest cork for over four generations. Beginning in France, the company moved its major production site to Northern Portugal in 1956, in order to be directly involved in the selection of fine cork from the most thriving and sustainable cork forests in the world.
Because of its ideal growing conditions, Portugal supplies more than fifty percent of the cork in the industry. Cork oak trees in Portugal have a life span of about 150 years and renew their bark after harvest every nine to ten years. Through dedicated forest management, Lafitte hand selects raw cork of impeccable quality while preserving the natural sustainability of cork oak trees.
In 2003, Lafitte purchased a second processing plant in Portugal to meet an increasing demand for quality cork production. In 1997, our Portuguese production facility was certified ISO9001:2000, followed by ISO9002 certification in 2003. Since 2000, we have used SPME technology to test corks from every lot to independently verify cork quality for our customers. In our continuing commitment to quality we are instituting HACCP Food certification at our cork production facilities.
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