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Using tape for everything
The Scotch tape was released at the start of the Great Depression when people had to mend and make do.
People used the transparent tape for everything. While many companies were going under, tape sales helped the company to grow.
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The invention of scotch tape
Richard Drew invented The Scotch transparent tape while working as a lab tech at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, which was then manufacturing sandpaper.
- Drew first invented masking tape. Drew would deliver sandpaper samples to auto manufacturers, who used it for the p...
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Experimental work and the 15 percent rule
- William McKnight, the executive who told Richard Drew to stop working on Scotch tape, became chairman of Scotch, then known as 3M's board. Drew helped McKnight understand that experimentation could lead to innovation.
- McKnight developed a policy known as th...
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