Grace opens offices in Hong Kong, India and the Philippines. 1969 Grace Construction Products is established in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grace Line is sold. 1970 Grace opens offices in Singapore. 1971 Grace revolutionizes the meat packaging industry with the introduction of the Barrier Bag for packaging fresh subprimal red meats.
Grace opens offices in Colombia and Malaysia.
Grace builds its first European manufacturing facility for catalysts and silica products in Worms, Germany. 1974 Grace expands packaging operations in Argentina. Grace Davison is chosen to supply silicas for Union Carbide's new Unipol gas phase process for production of linear, low-density polyethylene. Grace opens offices in Thailand. Grace builds Sorocaba, Brazil plant, its first silica production facility in Latin America.