Dura Plast

Dura-Plast

aka Durable Plastic Trade mark name of United Plastics Inc. Dura Plast is a material development in the field of plastic manufacturing, avilable since 2120 (Pre Astro) The original Dura Plast was a direct development of Celazole.( (Celanese Corporation) which is still manufactured in many different varieties) With the rise of molecular manipulation manufacturing new materials became feasable. United Plastics ( HQ- Moon Ariel) introduced a plastic material with a higher melting point than common steel and a tensile strength of 2000 times that of common steel. The material was available with flooded lead globulars providing an excelent radiation barrier. Dura Plast became the material of choice for Colony buildings and pressure domes for settlements. It was cheap and could be put into any desired shape from the granule by specialized machines, right at construction site. In 2200 a transparent version was introduced. Today there are many plastic varieties available, Dura Plast is still produced. The general public calls any tough plastic "Dura Plast" regardless of the manufacturer or the actual trade name. In 4221 United Plastics won a trade mark Law suit and other plastic manufacturers must write "Not a Dura-Plast product" on their products or pay a licence fee to United Plastics .So many products are labeled for example Molax-Dura Plast or Enroe Dura Plast etc. Even products that have no connection to Dura Plast often licence the name to promote the toughness of their products. (Halbers Syntho Leather..tough as Dura Plast). Also phrases like : This steak is as tough as Dura Plast,or These men are as tough as Dura Plast are not uncommon. Duranium (TM) is the SII Brand name for their product family of Dura Plasts.