W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

COMPANY PROFILE

Founded in 1958, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is a privately-held company headquartered in Newark, Delaware, USA. For more than 50 years, Gore has built a worldwide reputation for ethics and integrity in its dealings with customers, suppliers, and employees, and for taking a long-term view when assessing business situations. Today, Gore has approximately 9,000 employees, called associates, located in 30 countries worldwide, with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, Scotland, Japan, and China, and sales offices around the world. Annual revenues are $2.5 billion. Our fluoropolymer products provide innovative solutions throughout industry, in next-generation electronics, for medical products, and with high-performance fabrics. We've repeatedly been named among the "100 Best Companies to Work For," in the U.S. by FORTUNE magazine, and our culture is a model for contemporary organizations seeking growth by unleashing creativity and fostering teamwork. While we may be best known for our GORE-TEX® fabrics, all our products are distinguished in their markets. Our technologies and fluoropolymer expertise are unsurpassed. We create next-generation cable assemblies and components for the electronics industry, set the standard for outerwear comfort and protection, solve difficult industrial problems with innovative materials and technology, and Gore medical products work in harmony with the body's own tissues to restore normal body function. We take our reputation for product leadership seriously, continually delivering new products and better solutions to the marketplaces of the world.

EVENTS PARTICIPATION

Join Gore at These Upcoming Events Learn more about GORE™ Surveys at Phytotechnologies 6th International Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, December 1-4 and at Pollutec Horizons in Paris, France, December 1-4 See new GORE® Filters for High-Purity Chemical Processors in Booth 7B-205 at SEMICON Japan 2009, in Chiba, Japan, December 2-4 Attend a free webinar, Improving Cable Reliability in Harsh Environments, December 16

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