This film by John Maher is a joyous and provocative story about the “father of modern plastics.” In 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born American chemist, made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was the first wholly synthetic plastic and it ushered in an explosion of new man-made materials […]

The Cheshire Public Library will show All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic free to the public on September 16th at 2 pm followed by Q & A. This film by John Maher is a joyous and provocative story about the “father of modern plastics.” In 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born American chemist, made […]

As part of the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of Ghent University, Belgium, presentation of the short version of All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic will be shown continuously – in ‘zaal Blauwe Vogel in De Krook’ ,  free public access.  

Monday, October 9th, 3pm Helvoet Rubber & Plastic Technologies N.V. Anton Philipsweg 4 3920 Lommel, Belgium At the invitation of Eric Germays, Sr. Account Manager at Helvoet Rubber & Plastic Technologies, Lommel, Belgium, Hugh Karraker will be presenting his film to the employees of Helvoet.  If you would like to attend, please contact Eric at: [email protected]

Professor Hatsuo "Ken" Ishida, of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, is our host.  If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] and we will put you on the guest list.   Following the film, there will be Q & A session with the film makers at 7 pm.