Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2025 | Ioan-Dragos Tudorache Cabinet member | Policies to improve EU’s business environment and competitiveness, business concerns related to regulatory burdens, and key sectoral challenges. | — |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Ioan-Dragos Tudorache Cabinet member | Policies to improve EU’s business environment and competitiveness, business concerns related to regulatory burdens, and key sectoral challenges. | SRC |
Mission & Goals
W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH (Gore) is the German subsidiary of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Newark, Delaware, USA. Founded in 1958, Gore is a global materials science company with operations on five continents and a portfolio of thousands of products serving diverse industries. The company generates annual revenues of about $5.3 billion and remains privately held. With around 13,000 employees worldwide, known as Associates, Gore fosters a distinctive culture of collaboration and shared ownership. Gore has built a legacy not only as an innovative company, but as one that innovates with purpose. “Together, improving life” is the guiding principle behind our company’s strategy and long-term commitment. Guided by this promise, Gore maintains an ongoing, fact-based, and transparent dialogue with policymakers and opinion leaders in government, academia, industry, civil society organizations (NGOs), and the broader public.
EU Legislative Interests
- Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework of measures for accelerating industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors (Industrial Accelerator Act) - Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry - Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden - Proposal for a regulation to simplify rules on medical and in vitro diagnostic devices - The Environmental Footprint Method - Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) implementation - Green Claims Directive
Communication Activities
Gore has shared its company presentation with relevant stakeholders to introduce the company, its products, and its socioeconomic contribution, as well as to explain how the above-mentioned legislative procedures affect its business. In the previous and current financial year, Gore has not issued open letters, initiated campaigns, or contributed to or organized any projects or events.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
AmChamEU (American Chamber of Commerce to the EU), CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council), ECN (European Compost Network), EOG (European Outdoor Group), ESA (European Sealing Association), FESI (Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry), Hydrogen Council, Hydrogen Europe, Flow Battery Europe, MedTech Europe, Plastics Europe, SEMI, Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI)
Organisation Members
W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH (Gore) is the German subsidiary of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Newark, Delaware, USA. Founded in 1958, Gore is a global materials science company operating across five continents, with a diverse portfolio of thousands of products serving a wide range of industries. For more information, please visit our website at Gore.com.