Plastics Museum
Cannon for the culture of plastics
The important steps from 1870-1880


1868 From a starting point of cellulose nitrate and camphor, J. W.Hyatt obtains Celluloid, very similar to Parkesine.
1870 The Celluloid patent registered in the U.S.A.
1872 The Hyatt brothers built a machine for Celluloid manufacture
1878 J.W.Hyatt made the first multiple injection mould
1879 M.Gray patents the first screw extruder
1892 P.Troester produces the first tube and cable extruder which is an improvement on Gray's machine
1897 W.Kirshe and A.Spitteler patent Casein formaldehyde: Galalite.



Period 1870-1880