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Year Event Reference 1600 BCE: Mesoamericans use natural rubber for balls, and figurines. [1]1000 BCE: First written evidence of Shellac.: Middle Ages: Europeans use treated cow horns as translucent material for windows.
[14] Plunkett described the discovery and development at the 1986 American Chemical Society symposium on the History of High Performance Polymers. [17]: 261–266 He said that he and his assistant, Jack Rebok, had opened a tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) cylinder to examine an unusual white powder that had prevented the TFE gas from flowing out. Upon ...
Plastic consumption differs among countries and communities, with some form of plastic having made its way into most people's lives. North America (i.e. the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA region) accounts for 21% of global plastic consumption, closely followed by China (20%) and Western Europe (18%).
The United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (URW) was a labor union representing workers involved in manufacturing using specific materials in the United States and Canada. The union was founded in 1935 [ 1 ] as the United Rubber Workers of America and was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on September 12.
Crystalate is an early plastic. [78] Faturan is a phenolic resin, also similar to Bakelite, that turns red over time, regardless of its original color. [79] Galalith is an early plastic derived from milk products. [80] Micarta is an early composite insulating plate that used Bakelite as a binding agent.
1909 – Bakelite hard thermosetting plastic presented by Leo Baekeland; 1911 – Superconductivity discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; 1912 – Stainless steel invented by Harry Brearley; 1916 – Method for growing single crystals of metals invented by Jan Czochralski; 1919 – The merchant ship Fullagar has the first all welded hull.
Ole purchases the first plastic moulding machine in Denmark, and the company begins manufacturing plastic toys. The Christiansens are inspired by samples of the "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick", a design patented by the Briton Hilary Fisher Page. [1] December 27 - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is born. 1948: The company grows to 50 employees ...
Rubbermaid glass food storage containers. Rubbermaid was founded in 1920 [3] in Wooster, Ohio as the Wooster Rubber Company by nine businessmen. Originally, Wooster Rubber Company manufactured toy balloons.