3M, which is actually a brand of tape rather than a type of tape, currently dominates the industry. This tape supplier is producing every kind of tape that is on the market today. Their innovation and dedication to improving their products for a global market keeps 3M expanding. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Carolina Tape & Supply Corporation
Hickory, NC | 800-237-6079Carolina Tape & Supply Co. is a distributor & custom tapes converter offering 100% satisfaction. As one of the leading tape suppliers in the nation, Carolina offers an array of quality products & services to your company.
CS Hyde Company
Lake Villa, IL | 800-461-4161CS Hyde is a leading distributor and converter that supplies a wide variety of high performance tapes with pressure sensitive adhesive. Our tape is available in materials such as Teflon™ Fluoroplastic, Kapton®, UHMW, Silicone, and many more. Since our fouding in 1996, our team at CS Hyde has continued to be committed to our customers and building long-term relationships by providing top quality products and unparalleled service.
Custom Fabricating & Supplies
Franklin, WI | 800-556-7188CFS is an ISO 9001:2015, 3M™ Preferred Converter with a large inventory of industrial masking tape products, including high temperature polyester tapes, polyimide tape, and crepe tapes. Our tapes can be used for powder coating, e-coating, anodizing, and many other applications. As a 3M™ Preferred Converter, we can custom slit or die-cut most of our tapes to your desired specifications. CFS supplies many diverse industries including agriculture, aerospace, military, electronics, and more.
Specialty Tapes®
Franksville, WI | 800-545-8273Thirty years of technical coating experience sets STM apart from many other tape suppliers. STM has a focused range of double-coated, single-coated and adhesive transfer tapes for the demanding applications in the industrial, automotive, electronics, framing, sign and award markets. Applications include bonding, laminating, mounting, splicing, masking, surface protection, bundling, and shielding. Contact us today for more information!
Sealing Devices Inc.
Lancaster, NY | 716-684-7600Sealing Devices matches 3M technologies with customer requirements for application success in bonding, protecting, and sealing. Our expertise includes part design prototyping, die-cutting and laminating pressure sensitive adhesives to sponge and rubber parts.
Western Container Corp.
Beloit, WI | 800-393-7917Being a leading manufacturer of packaging and mailing containers, Western Container offers customers packaging and solutions for the tape industry.
3M Tape – Western Container CorporationThe success of Scotch® and Masking® Tape sparked hundreds of other tape products by 3M. Currently, they produce duct tape, marking tape, vinyl and polyethylene tape, slick surface tape, protective tape, foil tape, cloth and glass cloth tape, polyester tape, specialized tape, dispensers, applicators and accessories.
Tape accessories include items such as non-stick scissors, glue adhesives, mounting squares, laminating supplies and paper cutters. 3M has expanded its market to provide adhesive solutions for every industry imaginable, including automotive, communications, electronics, health care, manufacturing, mail shipping and offices.
3M Tape – Western Container Corporation Scotch Tape®, which is arguably the most well known 3M product, was invented in the nineteen twenties. It used the then-new transparent material cellophane to make a versatile adhesive used in the home and office. Originally, it was produced for sealing products protected by cellophane and the adhesive was only applied to the outer edges. As the tape grew in popularity and was used for other applications, the adhesive was spread to cover the whole strip of on side.
Masking Tape®, the predecessor of Scotch Tape®, was invented at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company by the same 3M employee. In the nineteen twenties, two-toned cars became very popular. In order to make them, one portion of the car had to be covered while the other was painted. At that time, no product existed that could protect the initial paint job while keeping the cover secure. Dick Drew, a 3M employee, invented Masking Tape® to alleviate this common automotive issue.
Recent innovations from 3M include Post-it® Super Sticky Notes and Scotch® transparent duct tape, both of which are as wildly popular as the products 3M has been putting on the market for years. From a company like this, the industrial and commercial markets, as well as individuals in the consumer product context have a manufacturer and provider to depend on.