Emil Hemming
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Emil Hemming
Molded Electrical Insulation and Plastics
Inducted 1974
Emil Hemming (1881 – 1964) was a pioneer developer of cold-molded bituminous plastic (1905), and founder of Hemming Mfg. Co. (later Barsfield Mfg. Co.) in 1908, American Insulator Co. in 1914, Newark Die Co. in 1918, and Plastics Products Co. in 1930, and author of the first book on plastics, Molded Electrical Insulation and Plastics, in 1914.