Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

Scotch Tape set customers the challenge of creating imaginative art pieces just using rolls of the sticky tape. Jake Longenecker from Manheim, Pennsylvania scooped the $5,000 cash prize with Free ...

3M believes its Scotch Flex & Seal Shipping Roll could replace shipping tape, boxes and packing peanuts altogether. The roll comes in four sizes of waterproof, cushioned material and—with 3M’s ...

Richard Drew never wanted an office job. Yet the banjo-playing college dropout, born 120 years ago this Saturday, would go on to spend some four decades working at one of America’s largest ...

Two life-sized statues made of packaging tape were installed Tuesday at Savannah College of Art and Design locations around town. The art college and 3M have collaborated to display five whimsical ...

Any regular Inhabitat reader knows that we are suckers for awesome art made from recycled or repurposed materials. So we were totally excited to discover Scotch’s “Off the Roll” design competition, ...

It is the staple ingredient of many a creation made by children's TV presenters. But now that ever versatile stationery favourite sticky tape has been used for a rather more lofty purpose in a series ...

These works of art are sure to stick in your head - as they've been sculpted entirely out of adhesive tape. The amazing see-through models of a peacock, a galleon and hot air balloon are entries in a ...

In 1930 food-packing companies were enthralled with the relatively new and improved film called cellophane, a transparent polymer made from cellulose. Cellophane wrappers could help keep packaged food ...