Nylon was the world’s first true synthetic textile fiber. It now is found in hundreds of applications from carpets to clothing to luggage to automobile parts. Brand names include Antron®, Tactel® , Cordura® and Zytel®. Nylon emerged from research on polymers, very large molecules with repeating chemical structures, that Dr. Wallace Carothers and his colleagues conducted in the early 1930s at DuPont’s Experimental Station. After much additional research and development, DuPont built a full-scale nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware, and began commercial production in late 1939.