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'{{Other uses|Adhesive tape}} {{Infobox company | name = Sellotape | logo = [[File:Sellotape logo.PNG]] | type = [[Public company|Public]] | genre = | foundation = 1930s, [[United Kingdom]] | founder = | location_city = [[Winsford]], [[Cheshire]] | location_country = [[United Kingdom]] | location = <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" --> | products = Sellotape, other adhesive stationery | owner = [[Henkel]] | company_slogan = | homepage = [http://www.sellotape.com www.sellotape.com] | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''Sellotape''' is a British brand of transparent, [[cellulose]]-based, [[pressure-sensitive tape]], and is the leading brand in the [[United Kingdom]]. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending. The term has become a [[genericised trademark]] used in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Croatia]], [[Greece]], [[India]], [[Israel]], [[Japan]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Turkey]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[Slovenia]]. The term is also used much in the same way that [[Scotch Tape]] came to be used in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] and (Sticky Tape in [[Australia]]), in referring to any brand of clear adhesive tape. ==History== The name ''Sellotape'' was derived from ''Cellophane'', at that time a trademarked name, with the "C" changed to "S" so that the new name could be trademarked.<ref>{{cite book | last = Room | first = Adrian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of Trade Name Origins | publisher = Routledge | date = 1984 | location = | page = 156 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-7102-0174-5}}</ref> The tape was originally manufactured in 1937 by Colin Kinninmonth and George Gray, in [[Acton, London|Acton]], West London.<ref>{{cite book |title=Century Makers: One Hundred Clever Things We Take for Granted Which Have Changed Our Lives Over the Last One Hundred Years |first= David |last= Hillman |first2= David |last2= Gibbs|year= 1999|publisher=Welcome Rain |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Century_Makers.html?id=qWJFAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=}}</ref> From the 1960s to 1980s, the Sellotape company was part of [[Dickinson Robinson Group]], a British packaging and paper conglomerate. The 1960s also saw a development of the stickiness in the product: members of a chemistry team based in Wallington carried out the changes. In 2002, the company was bought by [[Henkel]] Consumer Adhesives. Sellotape Industrial was bought by Scapa Group plc in 1997, and their products continue to be manufactured at its factory in [[Dunstable]], [[Bedfordshire]]. ==Products== [[File:Sellotape.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Sellotape roll in a black dispenser.]] 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 [[genericized trademark]], it has an entry in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]. ==Usage== The tape can be used to repair tears in paper, or to attach pieces of paper or cardboard together for modelling. On fragile paper surfaces the tape can only be used once, as removing it will either tear the paper or remove the top layer of rough cardboard; on smooth painted surfaces it can generally be removed without leaving any trace. It cannot be used as a permanent solution. ==See also== *[[Duct Tape]] *[[Masking tape]] *[[Scotch Tape]] * [[List of adhesive tapes]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.sellotape.com/ Official website] [[Category:Adhesive tape]] [[Category:Office equipment]] [[Category:Henkel brands]] [[Category:Scottish inventions]] [[es:Celo adhesivo]]'