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[[File:North Korea - Myohyang Mountains (5015252383).jpg|thumb|North Korean men wearing uniforms made from vinylon.]]
'''Vinylon''', also known as '''Vinalon''', is a [[synthetic fiber]] produced from [[polyvinyl alcohol]], using [[anthracite]] and [[limestone]] as raw materials. Vinylon was first developed in [[Japan]] in 1939 by [[Ri Sung Gi]], Ichiro Sakurada, and H. Kawakami.<ref>Patent no. 147,958, February 20, 1941, [[Ichiro Sakurada]], Yi Sung-ki [Lee. S. or Ri. Sung．Gi. and [[Hiroshi Kawakami]], issued to Institute of Japan Chemical Fiber.</ref> Trial production began in 1954 and in 1961 the massive [[February 8 Vinylon Complex]] was built in [[Hamhung]], [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite news
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