Cov keeb kwm ntawm cov txiv neej tsim fibers pib thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th nrog thawj semi-synthetic los yog regenerated cov ntaub ntawv (van Oosten 2002) thiab txawm hais tias tag nrho cov hluavtaws polymers tau tsim nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov 20th caug xyoo, muaj ntau fibers uas tam sim no nyob rau hauv ntau siv. tsis tau siv tag nrho kom txog thaum xyoo 1960 thiab 1970s. Isotactic polypropylene tau ua tiav los ntawm 1960s thaum ntxov vim yog cov catalysts tshiab rau polymerization tsim los ntawm Ziegler thiab Natta hauv 1954 (Brydson 1999). Nws tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm cov yas siv rau hauv ntau hom kev sib txawv thiab kev siv los ntawm ntau cov txheej txheem tsim khoom. Feem ntau ntawm PP yog siv nyob rau hauv fibers raws li cov khoom ntawm fabrics, upholstery thiab ntaub pua plag. Muaj ntau yam kev lag luam siv nrog cov hlua, woven thiab non-woven fabrics thiab reinforcements.
Txij li thaum xyoo 1980s, kev tsim khoom, kev siv thiab kev siv ntawm cov polymer no tau nce los ntawm kev siv cov catalysts zoo dua thiab cov cuab yeej txhim kho thiab niaj hnub no PP yog cov fiber ntau siv thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm PP yog nyob ntawm kev khaws cia ntawm nws cov khoom thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm ntev. Piv txwv li, nyob rau hauv qhov mob me me, tsis ruaj khov PP yuav khaws nws cov khoom rau lub sijhawm ntev. Txawm li cas los xij nyob rau hauv ntau daim ntawv thov, raug tshav kub thiab lub teeb yuav tshwm sim uas accelerates oxidative degradation. Cov khoom uas ua rau PP dav siv los ua fiber ntau tsis tiv thaiv cov fiber ntau los ntawm kev puas tsuaj rau lub sijhawm thaum raug rau nruab hnub thiab UV hluav taws xob (Lemaire et al. 1988).
