WL Gore & Associates

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WL Gore & Associates, Inc.

logo
legal form Corporation
founding 1958
Seat Newark , Delaware United StatesUnited States
management Current: Jason Field

Predecessor: Terri L. Kelly, President and CEO

Number of employees 10,000
Branch chemistry
Website www.gore.com

The WL Gore & Associates, Inc is a fluoropolymers -, including PTFE , processing company. It was founded in 1958 in the basement of Bill Gore and Vieve Gore.

history

The founder Bill Gore worked in the research department of the chemical company DuPont . He recognized the potential of PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), but his employer classified the processing of PTFE as uninteresting. The foundation pursued two goals:

  • to find new fields of application for PTFE and
  • to create a corporate culture based on personal responsibility and enjoyment of work. Bill Gore's famous quote: "The objective of the Enterprise is to make money and have fun doing so."

Today Gore is a leader in the processing of PTFE. Around 10,000 employees work worldwide in more than 30 countries and in various fields of application (electronics, industrial products, medicine, textiles). Production in Germany takes place at the Feldkirchen-Westerham , Putzbrunn , Burgkirchen and Pleinfeld locations . Well-known products include waterproof, breathable functional clothing ( Gore-Tex , Windstopper ) and medical implants (EXCLUDER endoprosthesis).

Subsidiary in Germany

Administration building of WL Gore & Associates GmbH in Putzbrunn

WL Gore has had a subsidiary in Germany since 1966. WL Gore & Associates GmbH has been based in Putzbrunn near Munich since 1969 . In 2014 a total of around 1500 employees worked in Germany, around 900 of them in Putzbrunn. Further production sites are located in Pleinfeld , Feldkirchen-Westerham ( Lage ) and Burgkirchen an der Alz . Sales in 2014 amounted to EUR 569.1 million.

Products

Gore Skyflex, aeronautical sealing strips

In addition to the well-known PTFE membranes Gore-Tex , Gore also produces sealing material and special cables for aviation and other applications.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terri Kelly, The "Un-CEO" Of WL Gore, On How To Deal With Chaos: Grow Up , October 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Overview
  3. ↑ Gore company history , accessed on December 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Bergmann, Jens: The talent shed. In: brandeins business magazine, issue 11/2009. Retrieved online January 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Make Money and Have Fun". Retrieved online January 22, 2016.
  6. ^ "Locations". Retrieved online ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on January 22, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gore.com
  7. ↑ Galler, Stefan: In a boat. In: Sueddeutsche Zeitung. May 7, 2015. Retrieved from [1] on January 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ Manager Magazin from June 18, 2015, accessed under [2]
  9. ↑ GORE® EXCLUDER® endoprosthesis for pelvic arteries implanted over 1,000 times worldwide. Pharma-Zeitung.de of November 17, 2015, accessed under [3]
  10. ↑ Gore Pleinfeld on elektronikpraxis.vogel.de, on May 17, 2015
  11. ^ Gore: Topping-out ceremony for the new building in the Gendorf industrial park, Passauer Neue Presse, June 3, 2011
  12. ↑ Gore opens fifth plant at the Putzbrunn location on sueddeutsche.de on May 16, 2015