GORE® Cartridge Filters Are Redefining Filtration Performance at SEMICON West 2010 in Booth 2220

San Francisco, CA (July 12, 2010)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) is featuring new cartridge filters that can dramatically improve process performance and reduce the total cost of filtration for ultrapure water (UPW) and de-ionized (DI) water used in the manufacture of semiconductors and silicon wafers as well as for high-purity bulk chemicals used in semiconductor fabrication and other microelectronics manufacturing processes at SEMICON West 2010, July 13-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, in Booth 2220.

Gore has used its unique expertise in ePTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) material and membrane technology to engineer a family of filters that can dramatically reduce the total cost of filtration, improve water quality, and provide protection against upstream system upsets for ultrapure water (UPW) and de-ionized (DI) water used in the manufacture of semiconductors and silicon wafers. These filters offer 3x the flow rate of best-in-class filters without sacrificing particle retention, can be easily substituted for filters in the field, and can provide a more economical alternative to expensive ultrafiltration (UF) modules for most applications.

For high-purity bulk chemicals used in semiconductor fabrication and other microelectronics manufacturing processes, the substitution of GORE® Filters can enable dramatically improved product quality, increased production capacity and reduce the total cost of filtration of high viscosity fluids, acids, bases, solvents and specialty chemicals.

For more information on Gore’s new families of cartridge filters for ultrapure water (UPW) and de-ionized (DI) water and for high-purity chemical processing, visit Booth 2220 at SEMICON West 2010 or visit gore.com/filters.

Editorial Contact at SEMICON West 2010

Lisa Mullinax
W.L Gore & Associates, Inc.
Booth 2220
(443) 406-0314
lmullina@wlgore.com

About W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

With more than $2.5 billion in annual sales and 8,000 employees in over 45 facilities worldwide, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., provides diverse, high-performance solutions in consumer, industrial, electronic, medical, and surgical markets. As well-known for its unique corporate culture as for its products, Gore's 50-year success story rests equally on product and organizational innovation. Gore is one of only four companies included in every selection of Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" since the list began in 1984. Perhaps best known as the inventors of expanded PTFE (ePTFE) and the makers of GORE-TEX® fabric, Gore is a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products that comprise a breadth of capabilities.