Trefinos

What Trefinos does

Trefinos is a Spanish industrial manufacturer of cork stoppers serving the wine sector, headquartered in Girona, Spain. The company was founded in 1917 and operates as a privately held specialty producer with 11-50 employees, targeting wineries in prestigious oenological regions. Its commercial posture is explicitly international, evidenced by a multilingual corporate website available in Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, and Catalan, alongside dual-domain web presence (.es and .net) to address both domestic and export-oriented winery customers.

The company's business model centers on B2B manufacturing and sale of cork closures to wineries, a mission-critical component for wine bottling, aging, and presentation. As a long-standing specialist in cork processing, Trefinos competes in a heritage-driven supply category where supplier credibility, material consistency, and contamination control (notably TCA, or cork taint) are decisive purchase criteria for premium and appellation-tier producers. No specific product line details, pricing model, certifications, or named customer relationships are disclosed in the available data.

The overall information set is thin on commercial specifics: there are no disclosed revenue figures, no named customer logos, no management team data, no M&A history, no certifications, and no disclosed technology stack. This limits the ability to assess market positioning, customer concentration, growth dynamics, or technology differentiation beyond the firm's continued operation and its stated international orientation.

Name

Trefinos

Legal name

Trefinos

Website

https://trefinos.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trefinos is a Spanish cork-stopper manufacturer founded in 1917 and headquartered in Girona, serving wineries in prestigious wine regions with a multilingual international commercial presence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cork Stoppers

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Cork & Synthetic Stoppers (IMALALAK)

Keywords

• Cork stoppers
• Wine packaging
• Cork manufacturing
• Winery supplies
• Oenological closures

Headquarters

HQ city

Girona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Trefinos manufactures cork stoppers for the wine sector, serving wineries in some of the most prestigious oenological regions. Operating since 1917 from Girona, Spain, the company produces physical cork closures as its primary commercial product for wine bottle sealing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cork stoppers for the wine sector Physical cork closures manufactured for wineries to seal wine bottles, serving producers in prestigious oenological regions.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Cork Supply Group: A global cork stopper supplier with operations in Portugal and the US. Directly comparable to Trefinos as a specialist manufacturer and supplier of natural cork closures to wineries worldwide.
• Lafitte Cork: French producer of cork closures for the wine industry. Directly comparable to Trefinos as a specialist cork stopper manufacturer serving premium French and international winery clients.
• Sughero Fine Caps: Italian cork stopper producer manufacturing closures for premium European wineries. Comparable to Trefinos in niche focus on cork closures for the wine industry and exposure to Southern European winery customers.
• Portocork America: US-based distributor and supplier of Portuguese cork closures to wineries. Comparable to Trefinos as a cork-stopper specialist serving the wine sector, with shared Portuguese-sourced raw material supply.
• Cork International: US-based distributor of Portuguese natural and technical cork closures to wineries in the Americas. Compares to Trefinos as a cork-stopper-only specialist serving wine producers internationally.
• M.A. Silva (MA Silva Cork & Natural Materials): A Portuguese family-run cork stopper manufacturer selling to international wine producers. Highly comparable to Trefinos in product focus, customer base (wineries), and Iberian family-business heritage.

Broad incumbents

• Corticeira Amorim: The world's largest integrated cork manufacturer, headquartered in Portugal. Dominates global cork stopper production and sets the competitive baseline for specialist Iberian cork producers serving the wine industry, including Trefinos.

Emerging players

• Vinolok (Vinex Czech): Czech producer of glass stoppers as a premium alternative to traditional cork for wine and spirits. A partial substitute competing for the high-end closure segment that Trefinos targets.
• Diam Bouchage: French producer of technical cork closures using proprietary DIAMANT process to eliminate TCA risk. Competes with Trefinos in the wine closure market, particularly where wineries seek cork with guaranteed TCA-free performance.

Regional players

• J. Ablett: UK-based cork stopper supplier serving British and European wine bottlers. Comparable as a niche cork stopper distributor with regional focus and similar customer profile to Trefinos.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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