W.L. Gore & Associates is a privately held U.S. company founded on January 1, 1958 and headquartered in Newark, Delaware. The company primarily uses fluoropolymers (Gore has a unique polymeric material, polytetrafluoroethylene) as the basis for the development of a variety of products in the textile, electronics, industrial, medical, and aerospace fields, including guitar strings, space cables, artificial blood vessels, GORE-TEX fabrics, and other products.