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April 25-27, 2008 -- Green Living Show.
Jelinek Cork Group will be participating in the Green Living Show again this year. Come visit our booth in the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario from April 25th until April 27th, 2008.

April 7 and April 9, 2008 -- Jelinek Cork flooring installed for HGTV show "My Parents' House".
Jelinek Cork flooring was used in a recent episode of "My Parents' House" on HGTV. Using environmentally friendly and recycled materials, such as cork flooring, the team created "An Eco-Friendly Oasis".

April 4, 2008 -- Corkhouse hosts seminar for Realtors.
Jelinek Cork's showroom, The Cork House, recently hosted a seminar for Royal LePage realtors. This seminar provided realtors with information about The Cork House and its history, from relocating the home to its restoration and current use. The seminar also focused on the many uses of cork in home decor including cork flooring, wall coverings and cork furniture. It is important for realtors and decorators to realize the importance of environmentally friendly products, such as cork. The April 9, 2008 Oakville Beaver article sums up the seminar.

There is more to cork than wine stoppers and cork flooring. Visit the Jelinek Cork Blog for interesting facts about cork, products made from cork and the many uses of cork. If you have a topic about cork you'd like to see discussed, please contact us.

Canadian Living: October 2007.
The Natural Choice. For comfort under foot choose eco-friendly, durable bamboo, coconut palm or cork flooring.

Style at Home: October 2007.
Tile Style. Images of Jelinek Cork Flooring appear in this informational page on bathroom tile.

Jelinek Cork Group is the first Toronto area dealer for American Clay products. American Clay uses natural clay...

In an effort to continually enhance our cork flooring system, Jelinek Cork has teamed up with Armtec products to offer a recycled plastic moisture protection system for your subfloor...

Global TV Money Line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VztmUBKvf6I

West of the City magazine: July/August 2007
Read all about cork, the Cork House and the Jelinek Cork Group in this feature article.

JELINEK CORK GROUP ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT WITH CARVER, S.r.l - JUNE 28, 2007 Oakville, Ontario: Jelinek Cork Group is excited to announce a distributor relationship with Carver, S.r.l. of Milan, Italy. Jelinek will be distributing Carver products in North America including...

Toronto Star: June 24, 2007
Uncorked. The wine industry's accelerating shift away from cork has dire economic and environmental consequences. To say nothing of lost romance.

Industry Europe: May, 2007 issue
The Jelinek Cork Group champagne cork stoppers secure and keep the colour, body, bouquet and taste of Bohemia Sekt sparkling wines at perfect conditions for everyday refreshment, celebrations and other special occasions.

Jelinek Cork Group awarded the OABE award for Outstanding Environmental Leadership. Oakville, Ontario. April 12, 2007. In front of an audience of over 400 people, Jelinek Cork Group and their showroom, The Cork House, were selected to received...

Jelinek Cork Group's Ontario showroom -- The Cork House -- will be featured live on CityTV Breakfast Television on April 3rd, 2007. Jennifer Valentyne and the Live Eye Crew will be hosting four live segments from The Cork House...

Jelinek Cork Group to participate in Green Living Show -- April 27-29, 2007, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario. The Green Living Show is dedicated to all things green...

Jelinek Cork Floating Floors now designed using the patented UNICLIC system. Though Jelinek Cork has been providing cork floating floors for many years.....

Jelinek Cork Group Nominated For Business Excellence. Jelinek Cork Group has been nominated for The Oakville Awards for Business Excellence...

MingPao Toronto: January 2007

Jelinek Cork Group/The Cork House Invites you to The Official Ceremony Recognizing The Cork Houseas the Oldest Building in Halton Region
Thursday, September 14, 2006...

September 7, 2006 Immediate Press Release Attention: Editor Subject: Oldest Designated House In Halton Jelinek Cork Group of Oakville, Ontario announced today that the Cork House has been designated as the oldest restored house in Halton by the Oakville Historical Society...

National Post: July 15, 2006
Finally, my cork collection has a raison d'etre. No longer garbage or gimmick, it's the next big thing.

Boston Globe: July 6, 2006
Have a nice den. With an orange glow, the '70s make a sophisticated comeback.
Even paneling, the staple of every shag-carpet-covered basement rumpus room of the '70s, is reappearing in a limited and stylish new capacity. Pop Panels, three-dimensional plywood squares produced in Finland, look like they were pulled from the set of a 1977 made-for- television movie about the Brady Bunch visiting a Scandinavian disco. More shocking, cork, which was stuck to almost every surface imaginable, is also staging a comeback. Cork magnate Sonny Jelinek, vice president of Jelinek Cork in Ontario, says that sales of cork for home decor have increased at a rate of 100 percent a year over the past three years. Cork wallpaper, cork sofas, cork pillows, and cork flooring are following the return of cork wedge heels into American homes. Even the menus at the chic Back Bay restaurant Match are cork covered.

``We sold tons of cork for homes in the 1970s," he says. ``And then the shift went to wine, but now it's back in home decor. I don't know if it's the desire for eco-friendly products or the return of the '70s, but it's taking off."

Wall Street Journal: June 24, 2006
Why Cork is Popping Up. Push by producers gets designers to try tree bark as fabric for bags, jackets.

USA Today: May 12, 2006
Cork's a-poppin' in furnishings. Good news for green types: Cork, a plentiful and sustainable material, is turning up in other parts of the home besides floors, including walls, furniture, fabric and accessories.

Message from Stage Sponsor - July, 2005
This year celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Festival of Classics.  Jelinek Cork Group is honoured and excited to share in this celebration as a stage sponsor for the performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream...

Jelinek Cork Group plays major part of a new environmental initiative –
Bag-a-Cork Recycling Greater Toronto Area cork recycling initiative a North American first...

Breakfast Television - Bag-a-Cork.org and Jelinek Cork Group

March 5, 2003 OPENING OF MUSEUM & SHOWROOM PRESS RELEASE - Jelinek Cork Group of Oakville, Ontario announced the opening of CORK HOUSE...

Cork's a-poppin' in furnishings - Good news for green types: Cork is plentiful and sustainable material...

Cork Flooring for the Commercial User
Increasingly popular, cork flooring is no longer solely the domain of residential users, it is also being used more often in commercial settings...

VIRGIN CORK BARK
You may realize that cork is the bark of a tree. You also may know that the process of harvesting the cork tree...