LANDENBERG, Pa. (September 27, 2017) — W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) has recently upgraded its site manufacturing infrastructure in New Garden, PA, significantly reducing product delivery time to OEMs and end users. GORE® Ethernet Cables, sizes 24 and 26 AWG and GORE® Shielded Twisted Pair Cables, sizes 20 AWG to 30 AWG are now available with short lead times and no minimum order quantities.

Quick Turnaround Time

From the date of the request, Gore and WireMasters, an authorized distributor, can ship samples within 2 business days; prototype quantities within 5 business days; and small production quantities within 4 weeks. As a result, OEMs can validate and support low-rate production using Gore's standard products in their specific applications with lower technical and business risks to their programs. Also, selected samples of Gore's other popular high-speed data cable such has Simplex fiber optics, USB, and HDMI can be shipped within 2 business days from the date of the request.

"We are excited about streamlining our business offerings with more efficient ordering and manufacturing processes to deliver reliable solutions quickly to our customers," said Brian Tallman, Product Manager for Gore's Military Cable Team. "We know military and commercial aircraft customers want to avoid technical risks and schedule delays to meet program objectives."

Fully Tested & Qualified for Proven Performance

Gore offers a wide variety of high-speed data cables that deliver life-long performance in small, lightweight, flexible and routable designs. These cables have undergone substantial qualification testing to ensure they meet stringent specifications of current standards and customer requirements. For Ethernet Cat6a protocol, Gore's cables exceed requirements and are approved on the Society for Automotive and Aerospace Engineers (SAE) AS6070/5 and /6 Qualified Parts List.

For more information about Gore's catalog of high-speed data cables, visit gore.com/high-data-rate-cables or contact a Gore applications specialist at electronics.usa@wlgore.com. Customers can also fill out a form to receive complimentary samples.

W. L. Gore & Associates is a global materials science company dedicated to transforming industries and improving lives. Founded in 1958, Gore has built a reputation for solving complex technical challenges in the most demanding environments — from revolutionizing the outerwear industry with GORE-TEX® fabric to creating medical devices that improve and save lives to enabling new levels of performance in the aerospace, pharmaceutical and mobile electronics markets, among other industries. The company is also known for its strong, team-oriented culture and continued recognition from the Great Place to Work® Institute. Headquartered in Newark, Del., Gore employs approximately 10,000 Associates and generates annual revenues that exceed $3 billion.

Gore Performance Solutions Division develops products and technologies that address complex product and process challenges in a variety of markets and industries, including aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical, mobile electronics, oil and gas — and more. Through close collaboration with industry leaders across the globe, Gore enables customers to design their products and processes to be safer, cleaner, more productive, reliable, durable and efficient across a wide range of demanding environments.

Founded in 1988, WireMasters Inc. is a leading international distributor of high performance and high-temperature military specification wire, cable and associated accessories. Since its inception, WireMasters has operated under the mantra, "Quality is not expensive…it is Priceless.” Our knowledgeable account executives and AS9100 & ISO 9001:2008 quality standards allow us to provide the quickest quotes in the industry, all supported by a quality certified network of support. WireMasters, Inc. is headquartered in Columbia, TN with additional warehouses in Grapevine, TX, Mesa, AZ, Queretaro, MX, Mexicali, MX and Cranston, RI and stocks well over 70 million of feet of wire and cable inventory. For more information visit www.wiremasters.net.

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