Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

W. L. Gore and Associates

From Graces Guide

W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., was founded in 1958, in Newark, Delaware, by Bill and Vieve Gore. The enterprise is privately owned and employs worldwide approx. 9,500 people

1965 The UK company was incorporated and sold electronic products

Later famous for production of Gore-tex, a waterproof and breathable membrane made form PTFE

Factories at Livingstone and Dundee

1986 'A leader in the manufacture of Microwave Coaxial Cables'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Dundee Courier - Monday 23 June 1986