1951
Festival of Britain
1953
Commercialisation of polyester fibres introduces the concept of ‘drip dry’ and ‘non-iron’
1954
Polystyrene foam (introduced by Dow Chemical Co.)
1955
First production of high density polyethylene in UK
1956 
Reliant Regal 111, first commercially successful all glass-reinforced-plastic bodied car goes on sale
1956 
Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Chair launched, consisting of seat made of glass-fibre-reinforced plastic.
1956 
DuPont files patents for first acetals (POM)