SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 15, 2019 — W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), continues to contribute its more than 60 years of material science expertise to Silicon Valley’s startup community through its Santa Clara based Innovation Center. To further its mission of accelerating innovation, it has formally opened its new prototyping lab and welcomes their initial startup in residence: Space Foundry.
Opened in 2017, the 11,000-square-foot Gore Innovation Center and Prototyping Lab is dedicated to creating and accelerating new growth opportunities for Gore and its partners. Designed to support the formation of strategic collaborations, co-working residencies, and distinct industry events, the Innovation Center features a state-of-the-art prototyping lab housing a broad set of capabilities for product and materials prototyping (including additive and subtractive manufacturing, wet chemistry, electronics, and analytical tools) to equip startups in finding visionary solutions to material challenges.
With the opening of the lab, The Gore Innovation Center is proud to announce its first lab resident, Space Foundry, focused on developing unique printing technology to enable the next generation of printed, flexible and integrated electronic products. Space Foundry has had the opportunity to work closely with Gore’s material science experts and engineers at the Innovation Center for three months, and will be extending its contract for an additional three. “The Gore Innovation Center provides our team with the necessary expertise and equipment to bring our products to life,” said Space Foundry CEO and founder Dr. Ram Prasad Gandhiraman.