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 ...

We’re sure you are all aware of the importance of good masking tape for achieving the best possible results when giving your car a new paintjob. If the masking tape itself is bad or improperly used, ...

Roll of 3M Scotch brand transparent tape. Circa 1960. When 3M began in 1902, they made sandpaper. Soon the sandpaper company invented a line of products that changed household life around the world.

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 ...

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. & WARREN, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M (NYSE:MMM), a global leader in consumer and industrial material sciences, and Eckhart, an Industry 4.0 solutions pioneer, today announced the ...