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Paint protection films use by the military has continued to the present day and 3M now makes a wide variety of aerospace and military films. [3] With time, however, the automobile industry began to take note of the protective benefits of PPF and it was soon being employed by race car drivers despite the difficulty of working with the original films.
Prior to the development of the tape dispenser, 3M's standard clear scotch tape was sold as a roll, and had to be carefully peeled from the end and cut with scissors. To make the product more useful, the scotch tape sales manager at 3M, John Borden, designed the first tape dispenser in 1932, which had a built-in cutting mechanism and would hold the cut end of the tape until its next use.
Slot car: Hornby Railways: Used commonly in the United Kingdom to describe slot cars and the hobbies itself. [195] Scotch tape: Clear adhesive tape (US) 3M: Appears in dictionaries as both generic and trademarked. [196] "Trademark Law" advises that proper usage is "Scotch brand cellophane tape" to combat "generic tendencies". [197] Ski-Doo ...
Make your life easier with a tape gun. An essential item for any work space or home, tape guns make sealing boxes a simple task. Invented in 1932 by an engineer at the 3M Company (which remains ...
[42] [43] On September 8, 2008, 3M announced an agreement to acquire Meguiar's, a car-care products company that was family-owned for over a century. [44] In August 2010, 3M acquired Cogent Systems for $943 million, [ 45 ] and on October 13, 2010, 3M completed acquisition of Arizant Inc. [ 46 ] In December 2011, 3M completed the acquisition of ...
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In the late 1990s, 3M's tape division had an annual turnover of $300 million and was the US industry leader. [32] In 2004, 3M released a semi-transparent duct tape, with a clear polyethylene film and white fiberglass mesh. [33]