1929
Carothers esters
DuPont’s early polyesters were a sideshow to nylon.
Polyester did not arrive as a finished commodity. Whinfield & Dickson 1941 / DuPont Dacron around United Kingdom / US still explains who makes it and which tests it sits in.
Ten dated points, five eras and three milestones below are the spine — not a complete industrial history.
Origine
Whinfield & Dickson 1941 / DuPont DacronUnited Kingdom / US
Chronologie
1929Carothers esters
DuPont’s early polyesters were a sideshow to nylon.
1941Terylene
Whinfield and Dickson at Calico Printers, later ICI.
1951Dacron
DuPont commercial filament and staple.
1950sWash-and-wear
Polyester/cotton blends ate ironing time.
1970sDouble-knit crash
Fashion glut taught the fibre a humility lesson.
1990sBottle-to-fibre
rPET staple from drink bottles.
2000sMicrofibre fleece
Polar fleece as wool’s plastic cousin.
2010sOcean microfibre papers
Washing machines entered the ecology debate.
2010sCationic dyeable PET
Better colour in sportswear.
2020sChemical recycling pilots
Depolymerisation to monomers, still small versus melt.
Époques
1951
Dacron
DuPont commercial filament and staple.
1970s
Double-knit crash
Fashion glut taught the fibre a humility lesson.
2000s
Microfibre fleece
Polar fleece as wool’s plastic cousin.
2010s
Cationic dyeable PET
Better colour in sportswear.
Jalons
Wash-and-wear
1950sPolyester/cotton blends ate ironing time.
Microfibre fleece
2000sPolar fleece as wool’s plastic cousin.
Chemical recycling pilots
2020sDepolymerisation to monomers, still small versus melt.
Knowing this timeline is how to read a mill certificate without treating Polyester as timeless.
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