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. A tremendous advance over existing catalysts, XZ-15 allows petroleum refiners to increase throughput, conversion and gasoline yield. Grace opens offices in Hong Kong, India and the Philippines. 1969 Grace Construction Products is established in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grace Line is sold.