The human flame retardant earliest history can be traced back to the Roman period. Into the modern British early in 1935, came up with a name 511 of the flame-retardant fibers, and then applied for a patent. Flame retardant fiber in China has just started in the 1950s. Even so, when it is only based on the main research directions for the cotton fibers temporary retardant. But subject to the constraints of the various aspects of the conditions at that time, progress has been slow.
After the reform and opening up, Shanghai, Jilin, Shandong, Guangdong, Tianjin, Sichuan, Beijing, Jiangsu and other provinces and cities, some research institutes, universities and factories have a small-scale pilot studies of personal protective clothing. However, the majority of scientists soon appear effectiveness. China flame retardant polyester and flame-retardant polypropylene had been formed in the early 1980s, the production capacity.
However, since the flame-retardant fiber is expensive, complex production process, a series of objective factors. Flame retardant fiber has been mass production force at the time did not really put into mass production immediately. The reason is just the reform and opening up soon, the country and the people are poor, did not have much money in the hands of the people. Time unit employees deposit to pay for one year money, buy a watch, a bicycle everywhere. Farmers also surreptitiously took a twenty eggs to town to sell out, saying "speculation" is all too easy to give the Commerce and Industry Bureau arrested confiscated. To put it plainly, expensive flame retardant fabric is simply no market at the time. Just have to use some special industries, some textile enterprises to small-scale production.
Over time, the continuous improvement of the living standards of our people, flame retardant fabric market and gradually expand. It is learned that in 2008 before the outbreak of the financial crisis, the firefighting clothing industry sales revenue has more than 50 million, the number of employees reaches about 30 million people. Simple flame retardant fabric, has been widely used in China's flame retardant combat uniforms, all types of spacesuits, the fire service, the police riot clothing, racing suits, petrochemical fireproof overalls, forest overalls and electrician service many industry professional clothing.