Formica

Formica is the name of both a popular brand of laminate construction material and the United States-based firm that originated it in 1913, Formica Products Company. Currently the product is made by the New Zealand-based Formica Group.
==1913-1927==
This was the logo originally used when Daniel J. O'Conor and Herbert A. Faber formed the Formica Products Co. in 1913, after patenting the resin-based coating they had invented while previously employed by Westinghouse. It was originally meant to serve as insulating material for electrical wiring, as an alternative to mica which was then generally used (hence the name, "for mica").
==1927-1962==
This logo was an updated version of the original, used from 1927 onward as Formica became available in colored and pattern-printed sheets for other uses such as countertop and furniture surface coverings. 
==1962-1988==
formica_logo_03.png|Print version
==1988-present==
Category:Manufacturers in the United States
Category:Building materials