The development of nylon represented a triumph of ten years of experimentation conducted by the DuPont Company in the 1920s and 1930s. For the first dozen years of its existence, nylon was produced exclusively by DuPont, but that changed in 1951 when the company, under anti-trust pressure, negotiated a contract to license the Chemstrand Corporation to manufacture nylon yarn. Two years later, Chemstrand, a joint business venture of the Monsanto Chemical Company and American Viscose, produced its first 20,000 pounds of nylon textile yarn at its Pensacola Plant. This plant had the capacity to convert simple raw materials derived from petroleum into nylon yarn, a viable product with great market potential. / The primary purpose of this dissertation is to record highlights of the Chemstrand/Monsanto Pensacola plant's four decades of operation focusing on the principles and philosophy which brought the plant to its current status. / Included in the research are topics pertaining to the research and development of nylon, the formation of the Chemstrand Corporation, growth of the plant site, on site Research and Development, end products produced from Pensacola fibers and chemicals, health, safety, and environmental issues, and business/community relations. / The research is intended to provide a concise, synthesized study that will serve as a case study for future projects analyzing the development of post World War II business in the South. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-09, Section: A, page: 3346. / Major Professor: William Rogers. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76729 |
| Contributors | Reese, John Stephen., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 393 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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