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  2. Sellotape - Wikipedia

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    Sellotape was made at a factory in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, from 1930 to about 1950 when it moved to Welwyn Garden City or thereabouts. The range of tapes available in the 1950s and 1960s was immense compared with what is available now on the retail market, including RBT (reinforced banding tape), metallic tapes and a tape used for repairing ...

  3. List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    As part of UK sanctions against Russia, ISPs are required to take "reasonable steps to prevent" users accessing "an internet service provided by" a person or organisation sanctioned by the UK government. This effectively means blocking websites operated by such organisations. Organisations sanctioned are currently TV Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya.

  4. Richard Gurley Drew - Wikipedia

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    In 1930 he came up with the world's first transparent cellophane adhesive tape (called sellotape in the UK and Scotch tape in the United States). During the Great Depression , people began using Scotch tape to repair items rather than replace them.

  5. Dickinson Robinson Group - Wikipedia

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    [1] In 1978, DRG took over the Royal Sovereign group of companies. [1] In 1989, Roland Franklin (Pembridge Associates) acquired DRG's packaging business with a leveraged buyout worth £900 million and the assets of that company were stripped. [2] In 1992, the packaging business was acquired by Bowater-Scott. [1]

  6. Scotch tape - Wikipedia

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    A Scotch brand box sealing tape Modern Scotch brand acetate [clarification needed] tape packaging showing the distinctive tartan design. Although Scotch is a trademark and a brand name, Scotch tape is sometimes used as a generic term, [6] [7] in a similar manner to Sellotape in several other countries.

  7. List of mobile virtual network operators in the United Kingdom

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    Later relaunched on O 2. Blyk: Orange: 26 August 2009 [37] Ceased operations. Delight Mobile EE: 30 November 2017 [38] Existing customers were consolidated in the sister brand, Vectone Mobile. Easymobile: T-Mobile: 13 December 2006 [39] Ceased operations. Econet Mobile: EE: 20 July 2015 [40] Ceased UK operations. Extreme Connect: O2? Family ...

  8. Pressure-sensitive tape - Wikipedia

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    Box-sealing tape (also "packing tape"; "parcel tape", UK) is a type of packaging tape which is clear or opaque, and used for closing packages for shipment. It is usually two inches (48 mm) or three inches (72 mm) wide and is made of a polypropylene or polyester backing.

  9. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Aspirin Still a Bayer trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid in about 80 countries, including Canada and many countries in Europe, but declared generic in the U.S. [4] Catseye Originally a trademark for a specific type of retroreflective road safety installation. [5] The IP belong to Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd. and was registered by ...