Inventor of Gore-Tex dies

21/09/2020

Material science company WL Gore has announced the death of its emeritus chairman, Bob Gore. Dr Gore died on September 17 at the age of 83.

It was his discovery, in a laboratory in the basement of his home in 1969, of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) polymer that led to the creation of Gore-Tex breathable membrane technology and the company’s fabric division. At the time of his death, the company said Gore-Tex was now “synonymous with the outdoors”.