It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with audacity, serendipity, and "stick-to-itiveness." For a time in its ...

The team ultimately invented new clear adhesive and modified machinery to handle the cellophane. The new tape was called Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, but it appeared that it might have missed its ...

That product is Scotch transparent tape, the tape that looks matte on the roll but turns invisible when you smooth it with your finger. Every year its manufacturer, 3M, sells enough of it to ...

Magic tape had a matte surface that could be written on, unlike previous transparent tapes, and it resisted yellowing with age. When American consumers were polled in 1985, they voted Scotch tape ...

1930: 3M begins marketing the first waterproof, transparent ... the tape as a cheap home-repair tool. "Cellophane Tape" picked up the "Scotch" tag, according to legend, when a St. Paul car ...

"Something like Scotch tape is the holy grail of inventors ... Drew and his colleagues developed the clear, cellophane- backed tape so familiar today. It was introduced in 1930, and although ...

Drew was a 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) engineer who developed the first practical, transparent, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Today in 1930 3M began marketing Scotch Tape.

The bracelet – crafted to resemble a roll of transparent Scotch tape – was part of Balenciaga’s fall/winter 2024-25 collection, unveiled on March 3 during Paris Fashion Week, and plays with ...