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2. Gore-Tex - Wikipedia

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   Gore-Tex. Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates 's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use. It is composed of expanded PTFE (ePTFE), a stretched out form of the ...

3. Robert W. Gore - Wikipedia

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   Construction of Gore-Tex clothing. More popularly, Gore-Tex is known for its use as a waterproof, breathable fabric, used in outdoor clothing and sport footwear. To the human eye, it looks and feels like a smooth fabric. Structurally, the membrane of the fabric contains about nine-billion microscopic pores per square inch.

4. Arc'teryx - Wikipedia

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   Arc'teryx is known for its waterproof Gore-Tex shell jackets, knitwear, and down parkas. [2] [3] Founded in 1989 as Rock Solid, the company re-branded in 1991 as Arc'teryx to produce outerwear and climbing gear for the Coast Mountains in Canada. The company was sold to Salomon Group in 2001 and Amer Sports in 2005. Arc'teryx maintains two ...

5. Extended Cold Weather Clothing System - Wikipedia

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   The parka and trousers (which have been adapted to the civilian outdoor clothing market) are themselves constructed in a three-layer fashion consisting of an outer layer of abrasion-resistant taslan nylon, an intermediate layer of durably waterproof, windproof, and Gore-Tex membrane (protected with a layer of nylon tricot and originally in a ...

6. Galvin Green - Wikipedia

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   Products. Golfing apparel, outerwear, jackets, trousers, pullovers, shirts, base layers, caps, hats, belts, accessories. Website. galvingreen .com. Galvin Green is a golf clothing brand based in Växjö, Sweden. The company was established in 1990 by entrepreneur Tomas Nilsson. [4] Galvin Green designs and sells multi-layer garments for the ...

7. Sympatex - Wikipedia

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   Sympatex is a type of fabric that is branded as waterproof but "breathable", made or licensed by Sympatex Technologies GmbH a company founded in 1986. [2] [1] The fabric features a waterproof, windproof and breatheable membrane that is laminated to fabrics either on its inner surface or sandwiched between two fabric layers (often marketed as "3 ...