Cryovac expands into Germany. 1957 Davison opens its first plant in Canada in Valleyfield, Quebec. 1958 Grace builds its Washington Research Center, the largest industrial chemicals research center in Maryland. Grace opens offices in New Zealand. 1959 Grace opens offices in Mexico.
Grace opens offices in Venezuela and Japan.
Y shrinkable polypropylene film that shrinks equally and uniformly in all directions. 1962 Grace builds North American headquarters and research facility for Cryovac packaging operations in Duncan, South Carolina. Grace Davison introduces silica gel in pellet form for use as a packaging desiccant for pharmaceutical and other applications. Grace expands packaging operations in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Australia. Davison introduces XZ-15, the first fluid cracking catalyst to contain zeolite.