Plastics Museum
Cannon for the culture of plastics
The important steps from 1900-1910


1901 W.J.Smith obtains the first glycerophthalic and alkyd resins
1909 Baekeland announces the discovery of phenolic resins, patented under the name Bakelite.
1910 General Bakelite Co. is formed, transformed in 1922 and subsequently incorporated into Union Carbide
1910 German production of cellulose acetate



Period 1900-1910