Nalgene

In 1949, Rochester New York, chemist Emanuel Goldberg developed the first plastic pipette jars. He went on to found the Nalge Company, which Goldberg named using his wife's initials: Natalie Levey Goldberg. Our first exposure to the wilderness happened in the 60s, when our labware scientists, who were also big into hiking, took our laboratory bottles on backpacking trips because the bottles were leak-proof and lightweight.