Steele and Style

The cork boards we usually see today in most classrooms, households and business offices are not made from cork trees but from cork oak trees instead. These trees are grown commercially in places and areas near the Mediterranean Sea, where people benefit from this produce. Portugal has been known to be the largest producer of cork, supplying the world with as much as 75 percent of the worldwide cork production.

Cork boards made into bulletin boards are very useful in sectors, departments, organizations and businesses where there is a constant need to spread information for everyone else to see. As public address systems tend to be expensive and can only hold the attention of a particular audience present in the vicinity at the time an announcement is made, it is impractical for places where different people walk in and out of the area every now and then. In hospitals, public address systems are used only when there is a need to call a doctor, a specialist, a person or a staff within the vicinity, as loud sounds can disturb the sleep and peaceful rest of the patients. For other announcements that need to be circulated among staff, doctors, patients and visitors, cork bulletin boards serve the best purpose.

Since it is easy to pin notes and messages onto cork bulletin boards and also easy to them off, the person in charge of what goes onto the bulletin board can quickly and conveniently change the information posted on the bulletin board in a matter of seconds, making cork boards a more practical choice for hospitals where people are always on the go and often times in a hurry.

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