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 ...

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 ...

Dubai, UAE, 28 May 2008 - If anyone is asked to name a 3M product, the chances are that the response will be Scotch® Tape. After all, Scotch® Tape is one of the most widely used and recognized brands ...

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 ...

One of the most recognized products in the world—Scotch Tape—was invented by Richard G. Drew (1899–1980), a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had the good sense to apply for a job at 3M ...

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.

The unassuming scotch tape is so ubiquitous that you would hardly think of it as an invention. Back in 1925, Richard Drew, a 23-year-old banjo-playing engineering college dropout at 3M, invented this ...

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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 ...

Maybe your ungrateful family doesn’t value all the thought and care you put into wrapping gifts, but that Scotch tape you’re using is the true underappreciated workhorse: It’s ubiquitous, immensely ...

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 ...