print email comment close An Introduction to the History of Plastics URL: http://www.packagingtoday.com/intronaturalpolymers.htm Description: Overview of the history of the development of synthetic polymers. Includes information about celluloid, rayon (also known as artificial silk), bakelite, polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), synthetic rubber, and nylon ("the real star of the plastics industry in the 1930s. ... [It] was the first purely synthetic fiber, introduced by Du Pont Corporation at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.") From a site that provides information for the U.S. packaging industry. Publisher: PackagingToday.com Extra Keywords polyamide Library of Congress Subject Headings: Plastics Plastics -- History Plastics in packaging LII Database Information: Record 20257 created by Maria Brandt on 01/02/2006 Last modification on 01/03/2006 Published: 01/05/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20257