A research team led by Richard Drew had spent nearly a year developing the clear sticky tape, which 3M proceeded to market under the brand-name "Scotch." From the first, sales of the new all ...

In 1925, the world's first pressure- sensitive adhesive tape -- Scotch brand masking tape -- quietly entered the world. But the world would have to wait five years more for its inventor ...

Sept. 8, 1930: Scotch Tape Starts Sticking 1930: 3M begins marketing the first waterproof, transparent, pressure-sensitive tape after employee Richard Drew figures out how to coat strips of ...

Drew invented masking tape and it was marketed as Scotch Masking Tape in 1925. In 1929, Drew came up with the idea of using DuPont's recently invented cellophane to make tape. Cellophane was ...