W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES INC.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Founding an enterprise |
| 1960 | First major order received which was 7.5 miles of insulated ribbon cable for the City of Denver |
| 1962 | Gore cables are first applied in outer space |
| 1964 | Gore supplies cable for the IBM System/360 mainframe computer |
| 1966 | Gore supplies cable for NASA’s Surveyor missions |
| 1970 | New high-speed coaxial cables are introduced for the computer market. |
| 1973 | Gore's industrial filter bag business begins |
| 1975 | The first GORE-TEX Vascular Graft is commercialized |
| 1980 | GORE-TEX barriers for firefighting turnout gear is introduced |
| 1981 | Gore fiber is used in space suits designed for astronauts on the Columbia, NASA's inaugural space shuttle mission |
| 1986 | GORE-TEX Suture launches in the U.S. |
| 1995 | Gore introduces a membrane electrode assembly used in fuel cell technology |
| 1997 | Gore introduces ELIXIR Strings |
| 2001 | The GORE HELEX Septal Occluder, used to treat congenital heart defects, is launched in Europe, Africa, Australia and South America |
| 2008 | Gore contributes to Mars exploration |
| 2018 | Gore Improject Plunger unveiled |
| 2021 | Gore collaborated with LifeBooster to launch smart safety apparel for reducing job-related injuries for industrial workers |
| 2023 | W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the launch of Cat8 ethernet cable for use in aerospace and defense platforms |
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