The use of modern thin plywoods and synthetic plastics have greatly contributed to their success.

Bakelite was a recently developed synthetic plastic, and, at the time, the world's first commercial plastic.

It's a synthetic plastic that's impervious to heat or humidity.

Lamy was a pioneer in the use of moulded synthetic plastics to make their product.

The oldest synthetic plastic, Bakelite was invented in 1907 when a chemist heated a mixture of phenol and formaldehyde.

It was the first synthetic thermosetting plastic ever made.

This later product was an essential element in the production of the fully synthetic, phenol-formaldehyde plastic (Bakelite).

Clothing fabric generally consists of composites of cotton (biodegradable material) and synthetic plastics.

The first imitation ivory, which was also the world's first synthetic plastic, was celluloid.

Recent production models feature synthetic plastic furniture and a skeletonized metal stock.