Acoustic Cork Bulletin Boards

Sustainable and known for its efficient insulating properties, cork is often used in bulletin boards as a means of addressing two needs: 1) display/organization requirements for schools, offices, etc., and 2) management of sound. When cork bulletin boards are installed, reverberation and distortion can be minimized, especially when large fabric cork boards or a number of cork-based boards are installed. Because rooms with hard surfaces and higher ceilings are the norm in schools and other buildings, it makes sense to improve acoustics while maximizing display space, and cork is a natural choice.

More on Fabric Cork Boards

We make and sell boards without cork and these are perfectly suitable in many applications, but if you need sound insulation, you will want to view the info on our fabric cork boards.

Here are some more interesting facts about cork. Please feel free to read these interesting tidbits or go to our pricing chart to find out about your price and size options for fabric cork bulletin boards. You can place your order from these standard sizes or call us to order special sizes to fit your space.

• Cork is harvested from the cork oak (Quercus suber), a tree that grows a thick layer of cork cambium. This cambium layer is harvested every nine to twelve years, and doing so does not harm the tree; the cork oak simply regrows this layer.
• Cork oaks grow to more than 65 feet high and live 150 to 250 years; their cambium layer can be harvested up to twelve times.

Cork forests provide safe harbor for such endangered species as the Iberian lynx and the Iberian Imperial eagle. When cork is relied upon for use in wine stoppers, shoe inserts, flooring and insulation products, the cork forest “haven” is protected, since maintaining and expanding these stands of cork oak trees is profitable. On the other hand, using alternatives (synthetic cork stoppers for wine bottles, for example) negatively impacts these animals and other species that dwell in cork forests. Using cork products is thus a way of protecting wildlife.