7 events with tag "plastics"
1846
ID: 862
Nitrocellulose begins commercial production for explosives and later plastics
ID: 862
1907
ID: 1171
Leo Baekeland begins experiments leading to Bakelite development
ID: 1171
1909
ID: 1185
Leo Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic and thermosetting polymer
ID: 1185
1910
ID: 1194
Bakelite first sold commercially, launching the age of synthetic plastics
ID: 1194
1930
ID: 1380
Polystyrene first produced commercially by IG Farben
ID: 1380
1933
ID: 1412
Polyethylene first produced commercially by ICI (initially as a laboratory curiosity)
ID: 1412
1953
ID: 1681
Karl Ziegler develops new catalysts for polyethylene production
ID: 1681