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Minnesota Chamber Announces Winner of ‘Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota’ Contest – InForum

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Minnesota Chamber Announces Winner of ‘Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota’ Contest – InForum

ST. PAUL — 3M’s Scotch Magic Tape was recently crowned the winner of the inaugural “Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota” contest sponsored by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber launched the competition to highlight the state’s most innovative and unique products. The winner was announced earlier this month during the

Manufacturers Summit 2024

held in Bloomington.

Invented in 1961, Scotch Magic Tape is virtually invisible on light-colored paper and envelopes. Unlike glossy tapes, they can be written on with pen, pencil or marker.

The

3M website

states the following facts about the product:

  • It is made at 3M’s plant in Hutchinson, Minnesota, and ships worldwide to customers worldwide.
  • The “magic” of Scotch Magic Tape is the fact that it appears matte on the roll, but becomes invisible when applied.
  • Next year (2025) it will be the 100e anniversary of the invention of Scotch Masking Tape – the predecessor to Scotch Cellulose Tape, invented in 1930, leading to the development of Scotch Magic Tape in 1961.
  • During the Depression, 3M heard of people using duct tape to repair everything from torn clothes to torn money and cracked eggs.
  • The Hutchinson facility produces approximately 12 million miles of 3M tapes annually, including Scotch Magic Tape.

From the nominations, 64 products were selected for the competition and voted on by the public.

Scotch Magic Tape beat out Action Manufacturing’s Action Trackchair, Red Wing Shoe Company’s Beckman Boot and Midwest Floating Island’s Innovative National Aquarium Wetland outside the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

For more information about the competition and the products, visit

mnchamber.com/coolest-thing-made-minnesota

.

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