Somehow, the manufacturing and disposal of adhesive-backed tapes manages to continue to stay under the “green” radar. A product, that for the most part, is designed to be used once, discarded and then replaced with new tape is a great business model, but hardly one that recognizes the need for sustainability. There does seem to […]
European tape maker Certo Plast is setting up shop in Las Cruces, New Mexico and will bring 100 jobs to the community. Certo Plast hopes that proximity to the border will make exports of their products to Mexico easier. The company is receiving $150,000.00 in state and local incentives to facilitate the move. Read more […]
Pro Tapes and Specialties, a tape converter and manufacturer located in North Brunswick, NJ, has announced the promotion of long time employee Dennis Mirabella to the position of Director of their Arts and Entertainment business unit. Mirabella, who has been with the company for 32 years, will now oversee Pro Tapes international network of dealers […]
The newly designed Shurtape.com helps craftsmen and technicians find just the right product to get the job done. The entry portal to the web site features a “Find your tape” function that quickly leads you to the products that are designed for your job and includes a handy comparison chart generator that lets you see the […]
Tape manufacturers and buyers have endorsed the Responsible Tape Manufacturer Program from the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council as a way to find suppliers that invest in responsible manufacturing processes. This program is designed to recognize good manufacturing practices and pass that information on to customers. Click here for more information.
Avon, OH continues on its quest to become the center of the tape universe. This city of just over 20,000 has for years played host to the annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, temporarily swelling the towns size by adding 40,000 festival attendees who come there to celebrate all things duct tape. Now Avon has […]
Stable (and currently falling) prices for raw materials used in cloth tape manufacturing would seem to bode well for continuing price stability in that segment. The price on gaffers tape, the bellwether product in this category, has been unchanged since mid 2011 and stable cotton futures and falling oil prices will hopefully offset some of […]
Rising demand for adhesive products in the Asian Pacific region has led one of the world’s leading tape manufacturers to open a huge adhesive production plant in China. The plant came online in September and is expected to produce almost a half million metric tons of adhesives annually, once fully operational. Henkel’s tape brands include […]
A new development in nano materials has led to a tape film that causes water droplets to bead, much like they do on a rose petal. The film can continue to hold the beaded water droplets even when turned upside down. It uses a property known as “rasberry prticles” to cause water to adhere to […]
Tape manufacturers who are represented by the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council(PSTC) have come together to create the Responsible Tape Manufacturer (RTM) program. Manufacturers who are in this program are certifying that their products comply with three critical areas of concern to tape users and the general public. 1. Their manufacturing processes are environmentally sensitive and […]