Considered to be the father of modern composite materials, Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented "Bakelite," an inexpensive, nonflammable, phenolic-based thermoset plastic. Momentive Specialty Chemicals (http://www.momentive.com), the successor company of Bakelite AG, continues to produce Bakelite today for a variety of electrical and high temperature composite applications.
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