1994
Smart car with lightweight flexible integrally coloured polycarbonate panels introduced
1998
Free standing Zanussi Oz fridge, with insulation and outer skins made in one process from polyurethane foam introduced
2000s 
Nano-Technology applied to  polymer and composit applications
2000
First commercial metallocene catalysed polyolefins introduced.
2001
iPod dreamed up by Tony Fadell, an independent inventor, developed by Apple Computers
2005 
NASA explores the advantages of a polyethylene based material RFX1, as the material for the spaceship that will send man to Mars