Sellotape

Sellotape

Infobox Company
company_name = Sellotape
company_
company_type = Public
genre =
foundation = 1930s, United Kingdom
founder =
location_city = Winsford, Cheshire
location_country = United Kingdom
location =
products = Sellotape, other adhesive stationery
owner = Henkel
company_slogan =
homepage = [http://www.sellotape.com www.sellotape.com]
dissolved =
footnotes =

Sellotape is a European brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, and is the leading brand of clear sticky tape in the United Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending. It is also referred to as cellophane tape.

The name ‘Sellotape’ was coined in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray, who made the product by applying rubber resin to cellophane film. The tape was originally manufactured in Acton, West London. From the 1960s to 1980s, the Sellotape company was part of Dickinson Robinson Group, a British packaging and paper conglomerate. In 2002, it was bought by Henkel Consumer Adhesives and continues to manufacture tape in its factory in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Sellotape Original is made using cellulose film, a natural product which is derived from wood pulp. The cellulose film used to make Sellotape Original breaks down naturally in the soil. Sellotape Original is also naturally easy tear and non-static.

The Sellotape brand now covers a variety of tape products, and the word is frequently used in place of ‘adhesive tape’ in many countries due to its market exposure. As an example of a genericised trademark, it has an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Ron Weasley snaps his wand, he attempts to repair it with "Spellotape," possibly the magical world's equivalent to Sellotape.

ee also

*Duct Tape
*Masking tape

External links

* [http://www.sellotape.com/ Official web site]


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