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May 8, 1951: DuPont Debuts Dacron
1951: Dacron suits go on sale in New York City. Polyester fabrics are about to add a new wrinkle to fashion by removing a few wrinkles … and maybe any sense of style. The fiber came from DuPont, which...
View ArticleJune 10, 1952: Marketing Mylar With a Film About a Film
1952: DuPont registers Mylar as the trademark for its new, strong polyester film. Mylar’s versatility gives it a long, worldwide run as an industrial coating. DuPont developed Mylar, or biaxially...
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Feb. 28, 1935: Sheer Bliss
1935: Nylon is produced for the first time. Credit for the creation of this versatile synthetic goes to Wallace Carothers, a chemist who headed up DuPont’s Experimental Station laboratory in Delaware....
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April 6, 1938: Teflon, an Invention That Sticks
1938: Fiddling around in the lab one day, Roy Plunkett accidentally discovers polytetrafluoroethylene, soon to be known as Teflon, a slippery substance that will have practical applications in...
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Feb. 24, 1938: Americans Can Now Stop Chewing on Pig Hair
The first nylon-bristled toothbrushes go on sale, a welcome alternative to chewing on sticks or scrubbing the teeth with ground-up oyster shells.
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