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+86 21 5172 8299
+81 3 6746 2570
Read condolence messages or memories submitted after Bob's passing in 2020.
In 1969, scientist Bob Gore, son of Gore founders Bill and Vieve Gore, discovered a remarkably versatile new polymer which led the Enterprise into myriad new applications in numerous industries: expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, or short ePTFE.
Listen to Bob Gore’s story of ePTFE and how his discovery not only changed the company’s history but continues to improve life ever since.