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In 1941, John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson along with inventors W.K. Birtwhistle and C.G. Ritchiethey developed the first polyester fiber called Terylene. Later the U.S. company, Dupont, developed Dacron. Dupont is considered the leader in development and manufacture of polyester fibers used for clothing.

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The first artificial fiber (from plant cellulose) was made in 1910. The first fully synthetic fiber was nylon, was first produced by Wallace Carothers, who was working for Du Pont, on February 28th, 1935.

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The largest company competing in the synthetic fibers industry in the 1990s was E.I. Du Pont de Nemours of Delaware.

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silk invented by CHINA

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