W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH, part of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., is a company headquartered in Putzbrunn, Germany, that develops and manufactures plastic polytetrafluoroethylene and fluoroplastics. The firm was founded in 1997. Volker Gronauer, Oskar Berger and Gabriele Horski are the current co-CEOs of the company.\nThe company says this about itself: W. L. Gore & Associates is a global materials science company dedicated to transforming industries and improving lives. Founded in 1958, Gore has built a reputation for solving complex technical challenges in the most demanding environments - from revolutionizing the outerwear industry with GORE-TEX® fabric to creating medical devices that improve and save lives to enabling new levels of performance in the aerospace, pharmaceutical and mobile electronics markets, among other industries. The company is also known for its strong, team-oriented culture and continued recognition from the Great Place to Work® Institute. Headquartered in Newark, Del., Gore employs approximately 10,000 associates and generates annual revenues that exceed $3 billion.