Robert Smith - Johannsen, a General Electric Company scientist interested in what makes things stick, packaged some of the 50,000 boxes of his special ski wax he has found time to manufacture between experiments at the company's Waterford, NY chemical laboratory. Believing that sliding and sticking are closely related, that is find what causes one and you will find the answer to the other, Smith-Johannsen has developed a new method of coasting refrigerator trays to eliminate sticky ice cubes, and a means for making silicone rubber stick to metals, glass, ceramics, and almost anything. His ski wax prevents snow from sticking to skies on downhill slides, and on uphill climbs, it allows skiers to get a firmer grip on the snow.

General Electric Company1948-03-12