It's been used for everything from wrapping gifts to protecting blimps. It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with ...

3M Co., the maker of Scotch tape, has tentatively agreed to settle 12 antitrust lawsuits claiming that the company monopolized the market for transparent tape and overcharged consumers. 3M won’t ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. When 3M began in 1902, they made sandpaper. Soon the sandpaper company invented a ...