House of Cork

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Woven between the descriptive images and the fascinating story of the evolution of cork’s uses, from early civilizations to the latest twenty-first century innovations, is the chronicle of five generations of one family’s cork business, founded in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1855. It tells a tale of perseverance, a saga of family and company survival through persecution, Nazi and Communist occupation and confiscation. It is a thrilling, yet touching story of hardships and escape, of a company’s struggles through wars, the Great Depression and other recessions, and, following the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the eventual return of the cork company back to their homeland, after having restarted the business, with little more than willpower and determination, in the U.S. and Canada.

House of Cork describes the Jelinek Cork Group’s ongoing contributions to the world of cork, including innovative product development, cork recycling programs, renovations and restorations of historical buildings, and its unflagging commitment to a “green” planet.

Author: Henry Jelinek IV

Published: summer 2010

Pages: 188

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