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1970
- Atlanta Metro regional center opens.
- Adhesives -- Adhesives manufacturing is added with the purchase of Southern General Adhesives located in Denham Springs, Louisiana.
- The PPM (Panel Products Manufacturing) Department is created to support the Panel business (Poly-Board).
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1972
- The company's founder Mr. Ralph Wilson, Sr. dies on January 31st.
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1973
- Boston and Denver regional centers open.
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1974
- Performance Laminates Chemsurf® chemical resistant laminate is invented and patented by Wilsonart.
- Dallas regional center open.
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1975
- Design Group I established. Design Group I has 108 items with an additional 150 items in the total line. Total offering in 1975 was approximately 350 - 400 items.
- Performance Laminates Chem-Surf (now Chemsurf), colorful chemical-resistant laminate surfacing, and Tuf-Surf (now High Wear Laminate), abrasion resistant laminate surfacing, two new pioneering products, are introduced to the market.
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1976
- Detroit regional center opens.
- Decorative Metals -- Wilsonart introduces metallic look laminates with a phenolic backed foil. Produced in Temple by Wilsonart through a licensing agreement with the Dekadur company, developer of the production process.
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1979
- Fletcher, North Carolina plant opens to serve customers mainly on the East Coast. Everyone in the Temple Plant recognized the importance of this new plant. "The Fletcher plant is the real turning point. It gives us the opportunity to finish the plan...to become #1."
- By this time, RWP is commonly referred to as "Wilsonart".
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