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Follow Us twitter email facebook. More from this Author. Economy Debate over minimum wage hike rolls on. Economy Should your boss pay for your parking tickets? More in this section. Business Callaway not just about golf clubs as clothing brands, Topgolf propel record results. In , in a small lab in San Diego, California, the fledgling Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry.
It took them 40 attempts to get their water displacing formula to work, but on the 40th attempt, they got it right in a big way. WD Multi Use Product was born. WD stands for Water Displacement, 40th formula.
The first company to use WD Multi-Use Product commercially was Convair, an aerospace contractor, to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion.
The product worked so well that several employees snuck cans of WD Multi-Use Product out of the plant in their lunchboxes to use at home. A few years later, Rocket Chemical Company founder and president Norm Larsen experimented with putting WD into aerosol cans, reasoning consumers might also find a use for the product in their home workshops and garages. Since the early days of the space race when workers snuck WD Multi-Use Product out of the shop in their lunchboxes, WD Company has grown to nearly employees worldwide.
WD Company products are marketed and sold in more than countries and territories around the world. WD Multi-Use Product is a household name, used in numerous consumer and industrial markets such as automotive, manufacturing, sporting goods, aviation, hardware and home improvement, construction, and farming. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer. Take a trip through WD Company history In , in a small lab in San Diego, California, the fledgling Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry.
WD Company Timeline. Larsen, Gordon Dawson and John B. The company nearly doubles in size, growing to seven people who sell an average of 45 cases per day from the trunks of their cars to hardware and sporting goods stores throughout the San Diego area.
Selling a few things, many places, becomes strategic focus. Gulf coast. It is used to recondition flood and rain damaged vehicles and equipment. Rocket Chemical Company signs first international license agreement for Europe and other areas. John S.
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