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24 WINES&VINES December 2015 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS Sanitary Stainless Welding Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor for the Marzola product line Cork Supply buys plant, makes hires Cork Supply Group in Benicia, Calif. purchased a manufacturing facility in Portugal, where it will make technical corks for sparkling wine, micro 1+1 stoppers, traditional 1+1 closures and micro-agglomerate cork closures. The man- agement team will include executive director Antonio Bastos and production supervisor Manuel Antonio Ferreira. Christine Matusek will be business process specialist and Tracey Huenemann the inventory management planner. Avian acquires Natural Forces, Ceannard Sylvan Lake, Mich.-based Avian Enterprises, manu- facturer of Avian Control bird repellent, acquired Natural Forces and Cean- nard, the makers of Rejex-it Fog Force, Rejex-it Migrate and other bird- repellent products. New mobile bottler in Kentucky William and Denise Stiles, the owners of Christianburg Farms winery in Shelbyville, Ky., have launched a new mobile bottling business to serve the wineries of Kentucky and neighboring states. C.F.I. Mobile Bottling plans to bottle wine as well as spirits that are 25% ABV or less. The custom-built trailer houses a line that can handle 375ml, 750ml and 1.5 liter bottles and apply natural, 1+1, agglomerate or synthetic corks as well as apply shrink, polylami- nate or spin-on capsules. C.F.I's line also can apply front and back pressure- sensitive labels. Wine Symposium releases event dates The Wine Industry Sympo- sium Group announced the dates of three conferences planned for 2016. Central Coast Insights will take place March 10 in Paso Robles, Calif. The Vineyard Economics Seminar will be held May 25 in Napa, Calif. The Wine Industry Finan- cial Symposium is hap- pening Sept. 26-27, also in Napa. For details, see winesymposium.com. Omissions The 2015 Supplier Guide that ran in the November issue of Wines & Vines did not include the following supplier descriptions: AFTEK INC. Your beverage filtration specialists Rochester, N.Y. P: (585) 458-7550 W: aftekfilters.com E: aftek@aftekfilters.com What's new: Look for our new, user-friendly website—aftekfil- ters.com—coming soon. Ask us about our new line of cartridges designed for targeting colloidal filtration issues. COOPERAGE • FACILITIES & CONSTRUCTION • WINERY EQUIPMENT • WINERY SUPPLIES THE BOSWELL CO. New wine barrels and French oak alternatives San Rafael, Calif. P: (415) 457-3955 W: boswellcompany.com E: staff@boswellcompany.com What's new: In 2015, The Bo- swell Co. supplied winemakers French oak barrels with real innovations including "terroir" oak sourcing and deep penetra- tion "ceramic" radiant toasting. French oak barrel alternatives from VINEA, naturally dried 36 months, are now available in tra- ditional fire or ceramic toasted versions. COOPERAGE • WINERY EQUIPMENT NADALIE USA American, French and Hungarian oak products in the Napa Valley since 1980 Calistoga, Calif. P: (707) 942-9301 W: nadalie.com E: info@nadalie.com What's new: Nadalié USA is hap- py to announce its 35-year an- niversary of being established in Napa Valley. Nadalié USA (for- merly Tonnellerie Française) was founded by Jean Jacques Nad- alié in 1980 in Calistoga, making it the first French cooperage in the United States. Nadalié USA has been producing French oak barrels since 1902 and began specializing in American oak in 1980. Nadalié group is a fifth-generation, family-owned cooperage. COOPERAGE • WINERY EQUIPMENT C.F.I. Mobile Bottling