"After WWII, veterans Archibald King and Balfour Swim wanted to enter the plastics industry. Discouraged by experts, they focused on moulded plywood instead, "which they were familiar with because it had appeared in Mosquito bombers. Working with the National Research Laboratory, they designed veneered chair legs that could resist five tons of pressure before breaking -- about the same strength as steel. Taking over a former navy plant they founded Ven-Rez Products Co..." (quotation in DX5230 "School Chair and Desk")