en the material. By 1912 he had a machine to manufacture the film, which he had named Cellophane, from the words cellulose and diaphane ("transparent"). Cellophane was patented that year. The following year, Comptoir des Textiles Artificiels (CTA) bought the Thaon firm's interest in Cellophane and established Brandenberger in a new company, La Cellophane.      

Whitman's candy company first used cellophane in 1912 for wrapping their "Whitman's Sampler."

DuPont built the first cellophane plant in the U.S.