Summary

SCOTCH TAPE WAS INVENTED IN 1930 WHEN A YOUNG 3M INVENTOR WATCHED A CAR PAINTER STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE POPULAR TWO TONES SEPARATE THE TAPE GOT ITS NAME WHEN THAT AUTO PAINTER TRIED OUT THE TAPE WHEN IT DIDN’T WORK, HE TOLD INVENTOR DICK DREW TO TAKE IT BACK AND TELL HIS “SCOTCH” BOSSES TO PUT MORE ADHESIVE ON IT 3M SOLD 300 DOLLARS WORTH OF TAPE IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THAT, PEOPLE FOUND THOUSANDS OF USES FOR THE INVENTION MORE THAN 900 KIND OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE TAPE HAVE SPRUNG FROM THE INVENTION, BUT NONE WILL BE AS FAMILIAR AS SCOTCH TAPE

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 110369
Story Slug SCOTCH TAPE ANNIVERSARY
Location ST PAUL, MINNESOTA
Format PKG
Date 09/07/1990
Archive Time 20:20
TRT 1:44
Supers ST PAUL, MINNESOTA PAUL HANSEN, 3M CORPORATE SCIENTIST JASON DAVIS, REPORTING
Video Description SCOTCH TAPE FACTORY HISTORIC SCOTCH TAPE BLACK AND WHITE ADS
Description SCOTCH TAPE WAS INVENTED IN 1930 WHEN A YOUNG 3M INVENTOR WATCHED A CAR PAINTER STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE POPULAR TWO TONES SEPARATE THE TAPE GOT ITS NAME WHEN THAT AUTO PAINTER TRIED OUT THE TAPE WHEN IT DIDN’T WORK, HE TOLD INVENTOR DICK DREW TO TAKE IT BACK AND TELL HIS “SCOTCH” BOSSES TO PUT MORE ADHESIVE ON IT 3M SOLD 300 DOLLARS WORTH OF TAPE IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THAT, PEOPLE FOUND THOUSANDS OF USES FOR THE INVENTION MORE THAN 900 KIND OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE TAPE HAVE SPRUNG FROM THE INVENTION, BUT NONE WILL BE AS FAMILIAR AS SCOTCH TAPE
Script LEAD: A MINNESOTA BASED COMPANY IS CELEBRATING THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF A PRODUCT THAT BUILT A CORPORATE EMPIRE JASON DAVIS HAS THE STORY OF THE BIRTH AND LIFE OF SCOTCH TAPE
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