Collection guide for historical files on Neoprene. The records consist of a mix of historical and contemporary documents assembled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of neoprene in 1981, enlarged to cover the 70th anniversary in 2001, and kept up...
Neoprene is manufactured around the clock in this DuPont plant at Louisville, Kentucky. The company sells the crude neoprene to rubber product manufacturers who combine it with other ingredients to make a variety of finished goods. When DuPont...
Work soles made of DuPont's synthetic rubber, neoprene are popular in many industries, but especially so among roofers. They are surefooted, abrasion resistant and long wearing. Neoprene crepe is much more resistant to oxidation than natural rubber...
Neoprene sheet becomes a rope prior to cutting and packing. Here, a DuPont foreman checks texture of the material at the 50 million pound neoprene plant near Montague, Michigan. The only general purpose synthetic rubber in commercial manufacture in...
Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the work in organic...
This is DuPont's new neoprene plant at Montague, Michigan which went into production in October, 1956. It is the company's second largest neoprene operation in this country, the other plant being located in Louisville, Kentucky. Neoprene is a...
Neoprene is manufactured around the clock in this DuPont plant at Montague, Michigan. When DuPont introduced neoprene in 1932, it sold for $1.05 a pound. Now, due to increased use and improved processes for manufacture, neoprene sells for well...
Resurfacing material is made by mixing neoprene latex with a special kind of water setting cement and an aggregate of finely crushed stone. Man with brush is applying a prime coat of neoprene latex to secure a tight bond to the old concrete....
These paper barrel covers are used here in an eastern chemical plant to keep materials clean and dry during temporary storage or during transport from point to point within the plant. They are made of no ordinary paper however; barrels are often...
Caption text on photo: "Neoprene sheet becomes a 'rope' prior to cutting and packing. Here, a DuPont foreman checks texture of the material at the 50-million pound neoprene plant near Montague, Michigan. The only general-purpose synthetic rubber...
This is dry neoprene, the form in which part of the product made at DuPont's Louisville works I shipped, Neoprene first sold for $1 a pound; now, as a result of continual research and process improvements, price is down to 39 cents.
Warm filtered water de-ices the neoprene as it goes through water troughs at the DuPont Company's Louisville Works. The company produces neoprene only as a raw material. It I sold to rubber products manufacturers who compound it with other...
An operator draws a sample of neoprene latex from a 400 gallon polymerization kettle. Sample is used for production control tests. A part of the plant's production is shipped from DuPont's Louisville Works in this form; the reminder is processed...
Typed caption: "Neoprene is produced around the clock in this DuPont plant located near Montague, Michigan. When it was first produced commercially in 1932, the new synthetic sold for $1.05 a pound. Now, thanks to increased consumption and improved...
Typed caption: "Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the...
Caption text on photo: "Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who...
Caption text on photo: "Warm filtered water de-ices the neoprene as it goes through water troughs at the DuPont Company's Louisville Works. The company produces neoprene only as a raw material. It is sold to rubber products manufacturers who...
Caption text on photo: "An operator draws a sample of neoprene latex from a 400-gallon polymerization kettle. Sample is used for production control tests. A part of the plant's production is shipped from DuPont's Louisville Works in the form; the...
