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.

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 ...

HUTCHINSON, MINN. - Since the first roll of Scotch tape came off the assembly line in 1947, 3M's Hutchinson factory has made enough tape to stretch from Earth to Mars and then some. Every year the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Venture Tape Corp., a global provider of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes based in Rockland, Mass.