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) |