W.L. Gore has presented four outdoor brands that will start using its Gore-Tex or Windstopper technology in 2015. The four new licensees are Woolrich John Rich & Bros., Gaastra, Black Crows and Skhoop. The American outdoor apparel brand Woolrich is the best known while the other three are European. Gaastra is a Hamburg-based sailing specialist. Skhoop is a Swedish brand that offers brightly colored insulated skirts designed for active girls and women, along with other apparel for the outdoors. Black Crows is a French skiwear brand based in Chamonix and is best known by freeskiers.

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