Plastic History – ULTRA POLYMER CORPORATION CO., LTD.

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History of Plastics

Timeline - Precursors

1839 Natural Rubber

Natural Rubber

Method of processing invented by Charles Goodyear

1843 Vulcanite

Vulcanite

Thomas Hancock

1843 Gutta-Percha

Gutta-Percha

William Montgomerie

1856 Shellac

Shellac

Alfred Critchlow, Samuel Peck

1856 Bois Durci

Bois Durci

Francois Charles Lepag

Timeline - Beginning of the Plastic Era with Semi Synthetics

1839 Polystyrene or PS discovered

Polystyrene or PS discovered

Eduard Simon

1862 Parkesine

Parkesine

Alexander Parkes

1863 Cellulose Nitrate or Celluloid

Cellulose Nitrate or Celluloid

John Wesley Hyatt

1872 Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC

Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC

First created by Eugen Baumann

1894 Viscose Rayon

Viscose Rayon

Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan

Timeline - Thermosetting Plastics and Thermoplastics

1908 Cellophane ®

Cellophane ®

Jacques E. Brandenberger

1843 First True Plastic

First True Plastic

Phenol-Formaldehyde tradenamed Bakelite - Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1926 Vinyl or PVC

Vinyl or PVC

Walter Semon invented a plasticized PVC

1927 Cellulose Acetate

Cellulose Acetate

1933 Polyvinylidene chloride or Saran also called PVDC

Polyvinylidene chloride or Saran also called PVDC

Accidentally discovered by Ralph Wiley, a Dow Chemical lab worker.

1936 Acrylic or Polymethyl Methacrylate

Acrylic or Polymethyl Methacrylate

Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett

1937 Polyurethanes tradenamed Igamid for plastics materials and Perlon for fibers.

Polyurethanes tradenamed Igamid for plastics materials and Perlon for fibers.

Otto Bayer and co-workers discovered and patented the chemistry of polyurethanes

1938 Polystyrene made practical

Polystyrene made practical

1938 Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE

Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE

Trade named Teflon - Roy Plunkett

1939 Nylon and Neoprene

Nylon and Neoprene

Considered a replacement for silk and a synthetic rubber respectively Wallace Hume Carothers

1941 Polyethylene Terephthalate or Pet

Polyethylene Terephthalate or Pet

Whinfield and Dickson

1942 Low Density Polyethylene

Low Density Polyethylene

1951 High-density polyethylene or HDPE

High-density polyethylene or HDPE

Tradenamed Marlex - Paul Hogan and Robert Banks

1951 Polypropylene or PP

Polypropylene or PP

Paul Hogan and Robert Banks

1953 Saran Wrap introduced by Dow Chemicals

Saran Wrap introduced by Dow Chemicals

Paul Hogan and Robert Banks

1954 Styrofoam

Styrofoam

A type of foamed polystyrene foam was invented by Ray McIntire for Dow Chemicals

1964 Polyimide

Polyimide

1970 Thermoplastic Polyester

Thermoplastic Polyester

This includes trademarked Dacron, Mylar, Melinex, Teijin, and Tetoron

1978 Linear Low Density Polyethylene

Linear Low Density Polyethylene

1985 Liquid Crystal Polymers

Liquid Crystal Polymers