Any serious discussion of adhesive-backed tape pretty quickly requires that you have a “tape vocabulary”. There are lots of terms that have one meaning in general discussions and quite another when the subject matter is tape. Here are a few to get you started: Backing. Backing refers to the primary component of tape upon which […]
Here’s a great article about duct tape. Entries include history, design, raw materials and the manufacturing process. Thank you, Madehow.com, for separating myth from fact. Allabouttape.com is your source for information about the adhesive tape industry. All the news about gaffers tape, safety tapes, duct tape, vinyl tapes and new developments in tape technology. Share […]
The urban legend that duct tape will remove warts has been confirmed by no less an authority than CBS News Healthwatch. Research reported in the the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that use of duct tape for wart removal was more effective and less painful than using liquid nitrogen, the process that freezes […]
When you sell a “real” item, something with mass and size, then you need an infrastructure to deliver it, store it and sell it. On one hand, that’s a good thing, because it means that it can’t be endlessly replicated like a recorded song or a printed page. The obvious downside is the cost of […]
WSPA, a television station in Spartanburg, SC has released a summer safety video with seven hints that you may not have thought of. The feature masking tape and duct tape in a couple of their safety tips. You can see their video here. Allabouttape.com is your source for information about the adhesive tape industry. All […]
3M, one of the largest, if not the largest, tape manufacturer in the world reported solid profits for the fourth quarter of 2011. They earned $1.08 billion ($1.49/share), up 16% from the same period in 2010. 3M is one of the manufacturers whose price increase letters we linked to in last week’s blog. The letter, […]
If you read my post yesterday, then perhaps you noted a bit of optimism. Hoping that a strong downturn in the cost of the raw materials used to make tape products would ease price pressures seemed like a bright light at the end of a year long tunnel. As a distributor of cloth tapes like […]
Futures trading activities in the three raw materials that provide the most important components in tape manufacturing have all seen significant downturns in the last week. Cotton pricing (cotton is the primary backing material for cloth tapes), Oil (major component of adhesives and vinyl tape backing), and rubber (primary adhesive component in tapes using natural […]
3M, the maker of the iconic Scotch brand of adhesive backed tapes is introducing a new green version of its “invisible tape. Scotch Magic Invisible Tape will now be offered in a version made of 75% recycled or renewable material and it will come in a refillable dispenser. 3M’s new version of this familiar product […]