Welcome to the Website of the Plastics Historical Society

Dedicated to the memory of Professor Tony Challis who was an inspiration to all his students

Dr Leo Hendrick Baekeland was born in 1863 and died in 1944. One hundred years ago, in 1907, he changed the world with the invention of bakelite

To find out more, click here for information on the PHS Conference on "Baekeland and Bakelite" in July and the publications therefrom or here for an article on the life and works of Leo Baekeland recently printed in Plastics News

Bakelite can now officially be classed as an antique!

use your 'back arrow' to return to this page as you explore the Baekeland links

Here are some other areas to start your browsing (just click on any illustration):

People & Polymers

What is the PHS?

What are Plastics?

Design & Manufacture

Virtual Museum

Caring for Plastics

How do I join the PHS?

A PHS Plaque

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for a news update

Check out these links to some other plastics-related sites 

Publications

The PHS Library