Sellotape
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 1930s, United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Winsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
| Products | Sellotape, other adhesive stationery |
| Owner(s) | Henkel |
| Website | www.sellotape.com |
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Sellotape is a European brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure sensitive adhesive tape, and is the leading brand of clear, pressure sensitive 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, which continues to manufacture the tape in its factory in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Sellotape Original is made using cellulose film derived from wood pulp. The cellulose film decomposes naturally in soil, and is naturally easy tear and non-static.
The Sellotape brand now covers a variety of tape products, and the word is frequently used to refer to other adhesive tapes in many countries due to its market exposure. As an example of a genericised trademark, it has an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
