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Plastics boom and the search for new growth in America
The piece traces postwar tech-led growth and the dominance of firms like DuPont, IBM, RCA, and Xerox, then notes a slowdown as plastics expansion matures. It highlights Staudinger and Carothers in polymer science, Tupper and Brunk case studies, and a shift toward life sciences and genetic engineering as DuPont seeks fresh innovations to sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuPont
America
American Telephone & Telegraph
Boeing
General Foods
IBM
Polaroid
RCA
Xerox
Herman Staudinger
Wallace Carothers
Harvard
Carothers
Staudinger
Tupper
Max Brunk
Cornell University
College of Agriculture
Brunk
New York State
Earl Tupper
Rexall Drug
Rexall
William G. Simeral