3M Kind Removal Silicone Tape makes use of new silicone-based adhesive technology to improve the balance between securement (adhesion) and gentleness. Creating a product that allows medical technicians to reduce the trauma of removing medical tape means the likelihood of tape related injury is decreased and patient discomfort is minimiaed. 3 M will introduce this […]
We have recieved yet another price increase notification, this one particularly important, since it comes from our primary converter for gaffers tape. Pro Tapes & Specialties, is taking a different approach. They have chosen to decrease the length of a roll of gaffers tape from 60 yards, the standard for many years, to a new […]
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 […]