In 1915, began the manufacture of the easy-to-sell corn patch and the white zinc oxide patch, wrapped in spools, which was used to fix the dressings bandages. Umberto Dotta gave his patches the name Plastod, which synthesized the German noun Pflaster – patch – and Attod – his surname in reverse. After the end of the First World War, patches were added for pain in the kidneys, joints and lumbar muscles, umbilical and post-vaccination patches, and the “Pharmaplast rapid bandage”, a patch equipped with a strip of gauze, to be cut and to be applied directly to the wound.

In 1951, Dr. Umberto Dotta’s individual company Plastod changed its legal form to Plastod Srl. The entire coating process is modernized by modifying the coating machine and the drying system of the coating. The exhalations were filtered and brought back to the state of liquid solvent, with an almost total recovery.

Plastod is transformed into a predominantly subcontractor company, creating a modern production organization for this purpose. A significant step in this direction was taken for the manufacture of small adhesive bandages ready for use – the so-called “Strips”.

Meanwhile, the development of chemistry and technology had brought new materials to the market that improved the preparation of plasters and adhesive bandages.