Established in 1938 by Alessandro Mureddu, Mureddu Sugheri is renowned as a market leader for its "quality products".
The philosophy behind each product is based on research that aims to make cork - the material of choice for top-of-the-range wines - an even safer type of stopper. The Company has more than 1,000 customers, including leading wine production companies and estates, and is based in three locations, with executive offices for the entire organisation located in Italy.

Mureddu Sugheri uses raw materials produced by its own factories and relies on its qualified staff of cork experts, working in Spain and Portugal.

SOCIEDADE LUSO-ITALIANA DE CORTIÇA
The company, located in Esmoriz near Porto, uses choice cork to produce disks and natural stoppers intended for bottling quality wines. The factory is equipped with an open stainless steel boiler that continuously exchanges clean water for old, a cement yard used for seasoning the raw material, a covered and well-ventilated surface for stacking prepared materials, and modern machines for processing the product. The open-tank system for boiling raw cork removes all volatile substances in the cooking steam and water-soluble substances through full immersion in the water in the boiler.

AGLO CATALANA DEL SURO
The company, based in Riudellots de la Selva in the Catalonian province of Girona, produces moulded and extruded aggregate stoppers in various sizes, as well as technical stoppers with one or two disks and corks for sparkling wines. After selecting the best sources, the granulated cork undergoes a sanitizing washing and drying process to leave the finished product with most neutral sensory characteristics possible. The company owns machinery that can produce more than one hundred million pieces per year in all sizes, from the 23,5 mm gauge used for still wine up to the standard 31 mm size for sparkling wine.