Sept. 8, 1930: Scotch Tape Starts Sticking

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. Paul, Minnesota, company as a moisture-proof seal for bakers, grocers and meatpackers, the product quickly got repurposed during the Depression by money-strapped consumers who used the […]

Scotch Tape

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Sept. 8, 1966: Liftoff for the Starship Enterprise

A scotch tape was invented by Richard Drew of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (now 3M) sandpaper company. The bra…

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Sept. 8, 1966: Liftoff for the Starship Enterprise

The Origins of Scotch

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