W.L. Gore & Associates is perhaps best known for its consumer products like GORE-TEX® fabric and ELIXIR® Strings. It is a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products for the electronics, industrial, fabrics and medical markets. The company is headquartered in Newark, Delaware, and employs approximately 8,000 associates at 45 facilities throughout the world.
Gore plants are clustered in Putzbrunn and Feldkirchen-Westerham, near Munich, and Pleinfeld, which is close to Nuremberg.
The Pleinfeld team focuses on electronic interconnect products. Associates in Putzbrunn and nearby Feldkirchen-Westerham produce fabrics, membranes, industrial sealants, filtration products, and vents. Medical product sales are centered in Putzbrunn. Gore GmbH also supports markets throughout the Middle East, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Africa.
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