It's been used for everything from wrapping gifts to protecting blimps. It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with ...

1930: 3M begins marketing the first waterproof, transparent, pressure-sensitive tape after employee Richard Drew figures out how to coat strips of cellophane with adhesive. Initially sold by the St.

Richard Drew never wanted an office job. Yet the banjo-playing college dropout, born 120 years ago this Saturday, would go on to spend some four decades working at one of America’s largest ...

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Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

There are plenty of products and services that are used in place of the verb or noun, scotch tape being the name for adhesive tape. Oli joined the Latest News team in 2021, taking an interest in ...

Judith L. Benham, Ph.D.,* chair of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society, will present a commemorative bronze plaque at the ceremony to Fred J. Palensky, Ph.D., Executive Vice ...

Part of a 1949 ad for Scotch tape, which was billed as a "thrifty" way to make repairs around the home. Jussi/Flickr CC Depending on who you ask, Scotch tape was first marketed on this day either in ...