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Interesting. I always believed the name came from the 3M CEO at that time, William McKnight, who was of Scottish origin. There were other Scottish inspired prod
by italophil 12y ago
Interesting. I always believed the name came from the 3M CEO at that time, William McKnight, who was of Scottish origin. There were other Scottish inspired product names as well. Today the 3M country club is still called Tartan Park.
- clarkm 12y agoWell, you're both right! From Wikipedia: > The bodyshop painter became frustrated with the sample masking tape and exclaimed, "Take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it!" The name was soon applied to the entire line of 3M tapes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape