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  Emile Hemming - Hall of Fame Entry
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Added: 03/29/2004
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Emile Hemming - Hall of Fame Entry

 

Emile Hemming

Birthdate:
1881

Deceased:
1964

Induction:
1974 

Industry Areas:
Process, Machinery


Pioneer developer of cold-molded bituminous plastic (1905), founder of Hemming Mfg. Co. (later Barsfield Mfg. Co.) in 1908, American Insulator Co. in 1914, Newark Die Co. in 1918, and Plastics Products Co. in 1930, and author of the first book on plastics, Molded Electrical Insulation and Plastics, in 1914.