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Gore-Tex: The new membrane and what Greenpeace has to do with it

When the first products with the new, more sustainable ePE membrane from Gore-Tex hit the market in autumn, the world leader for waterproof functional fabrics and with it the entire outdoor industry would have made a real U-turn. Or wouldn’t it? PTFE is Gore-Tex’s main module To understand that the development of this new, more sustainable ePE...

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Gore-Tex inventor Robert Gore dies aged 83

Robert Gore, the inventor of waterproof outerwear material Gore-Tex, has died at the age of 83. Gore, who was chairman of the board of directors of the family company W. L. Gore & Associates, passed away on September 17, the company announced in a statement. Gore-Tex technology was introduced in 1976 and has been used within the fashion industry...