A young 3M salesman in 1925 found the winning combination of a flexible paper backing and an adhesive with an ideal tackiness ...

Today, 3M announced the introduction of Scotch Greener Masking Tapes which are designed to provide the same great performance as other Scotch Masking Tapes, whi ...

The new product line titled 3M Masking Made Simple has five industrial masking tapes, categorized as 101+, 201+, 301+, 401+ and 501+, depending on increasing levels of performance.

According to Darren Lansley, of 3M’s Automotive Aftermarket Division, when they “looked at ways in which we could improve the performance of masking tape, many of the operatives we talked to ...

There may be some pride in it, too. A 3M employee, Richard Drew, invented masking tape in 1925. He saw that when autoworkers would mask and paint car bodies, they often lifted specks of paint when ...