The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press is featuring Scotch Tape and 3M in a holiday promotion that examines “made in Minnesota” inventions and companies that are part of how we celebrate Christmas. One of the features focuses on 3 M and the invention of Scotch Tape. You can see the video for this promotion by […]
Midsun Speicalty Products, the makers of well known silicone self-fusing tape, now offers a new version of the product called Nitro Tape. Nitro Tape is designed for extreme environments, particularly automotive. It will withstand temperatures up to 500 degrees fahrenheit and is rated to provide electrical insulation up to 8,000 volts. Allabouttape.com is your source […]
Dunmore, a Bristol, PA tape and film manufacturer developed a special thin film tape for protecting sensitive wiring on the Mars rover. Construction of the space vehicle by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) made use of the special reinforced tape to insure that current from different electrical systems did not interfere with each other. You […]
The map of London that spectators and a billion international televison viewers saw on the arena floor as part of last week’s Olympic opening ceremonies was designed using specially printed tape made by tape manufacturer Le Mark. Le Mark, a British manufacturer that has been in business for 30 years, worked with the event designers […]
In its continued efforts to gain additional market share by creating specialized versions of a generic product, the adhesive tape industry has now introduced an orange masking tape that is focused on the marine industry. This tape joins blue masking tape, designed for professional painters and green masking tape focused on the “do it yourself” […]
In a recent posting on their web site, industrial giant Dupont accuses users of the generic term “teflon tape” to describe the tape used by millions of plumbers and handymen of “Identity theft”. Dupont points out that Teflon is a registered trademark of their company and that other brands of fluoropolymer tapes are not teflon […]
Reportlinker, an online generator of economic forecasts, is projecting that sales of adhesive tapes will grow at an estimated rate of 5.6% per year for the next five years. This is much stronger growth than in the most recent five year period and represents an industry that is expected to generate over $37 billion in […]
3M has announced the 2012 winners of its “Off The Roll” contest, a competition to create sculptures using carton sealing tape. Click here to view the winners. Click here to view the entries. Click here for tips on making your own sculptures. Click here to purchase carton sealing tape. Allabouttape.com is your source for information […]
In a response to the continued price pressures on synthetic, oil based adhesives, global demand for natural latex rubber is expected to increase in the coming months. An anticipated increase in demand of more than 3% is expected to change the consumption ratio between natural rubber and the synthetic alternative. This follows a 1.9% increase […]
You would think that new ideas for dispensing a product that was first brought to market over eighty years ago would be long gone. Not so. 3M, the giant global manufacturer of almost everything, including Scotch brand cellophane tape, has won a prestigious Red Dot design award for their Scotch Box Dispenser. Click here to […]