Finding an Idea that Sticks...

Innovator: RICHARD DREW
Discovery: Scotch^® Tape

Abandoning a musical career for a job at 3M in the early 1920s, this young, banjo-playing engineer became an expert in the area of pressure-sensitive adhesives after developing the first-ever masking tape in 1925. Persistent innovation led to the development of Scotch® cellulose tape in 1930, with the purpose of providing a moisture-proof seal for the cellophane food packaging then coming into vogue.