WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
STICKY BUSINESS
Profile America — Tuesday, May 27th. The difficulty of neatly painting cars two different colors led to the patenting of one of the world's most practical items — at least around gift-giving time — on this date in 1930. Five years earlier, Richard Drew, while working for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company, had developed an easy-to-peel, glue-backed masking tape to ease the task of separating two-tone paint jobs on new cars, which until then involved moistened plaster tape. Then, he expanded its use by introducing a clear backing. The result, an immediate hit, became known as Scotch Tape. Now, it's just one of 600 manufacturers of adhesive products produced by the nation's economy, a sector that generates sales of more than $10 billion a year and provides jobs for over 22,000 people. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
http://www.msthalloffame.org/richard_drew.htm http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2007_US_00A1&prodType=table NAICS 325520
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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