Gore's honor
Gore is one of the 200 largest private companies in the United States. The revenue of 20 12 fiscal year exceeded $3.2 billion, and it has more than 10000 employees worldwide. The 20 13 list of the 25 most worthwhile multinational companies in the world was released, and Gore ranked fifth in the list. Won the honor of "Best Workplace" in Korea, Britain, Germany, France, Sweden and Italy for many years. Gore's innovative medical implants have used more than 35 million pieces. Gore has obtained more than 2,000 patents in various fields around the world, involving electronics, medical equipment and polymer processing. Many products have won the prestigious DuPont "Plancott" award, including: GORE-TEX? Soft tissue patch (1988), GORE-TEX? Fairing laminate (1989), single design? Pump diaphragm (1995), sliding? Floss (1995), STA-PURE? Pump pipe (2000), GORE-TEX antistatic work clothes (2002), ELIXIR? Strings (2004), Al Gore? General Pipe Gasket (2004) and Gore? OMNIBEND? Fiber (2006). FLEXIBOND of the joint venture company Gore-Tex Inc of Japan? This product won the Plunket Prize in 2006. Bob Gore, former president and CEO of the company, became an academician of the National Academy of Engineering on 1995. In 2003, he was awarded the Winslow-Sears Medal by the Chemical Heritage Foundation for his outstanding contribution to the chemical industry. In 2005, Bob Gore won the Perkin Medal awarded by the Chemical Industry Association. Perkin Medal is the most prestigious award in American chemistry, which is specially awarded to scientists who have made outstanding achievements in applied chemistry. In 2006, Bob Gore was elected to the National Inventor Hall of Fame. Bill Gore, the founder of the company, was recognized as a member of the Plastics Society Plastics Hall of Fame on 1990. Bill and Viv Gore were elected to the Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame and the National Business Hall of Fame for Youth Achievement in 199 1 and 2003 respectively.