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Sticky note paper (Post-it-note stickers) are small sheets of usually yellow color, on which special glue is applied on one side with a narrow strip. Glued together in the form of a notebook, individual sheets of which can be easily torn off and can be glued to any objects, and later removed from them without leaving any traces. As a rule, it is used for short notes and reminders.

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Post-it-note stickers

The history of stickers is interesting primarily because for this fundamentally new product, consumer demand had to be specially created. And this is not surprising - it took the inventors themselves 12 years to figure out where their development could be used.

This story began in 1968 in the laboratories of 3M. One of the scientists, Dr. Spence Silver, was trying to improve acrylic tape adhesive. However, he did something completely different. Silver's new glue rolled into very small balls (they were comparable in diameter to the size of paper fibers), which firmly adhered to the surface of various materials. The glue was water and heat resistant, sticky, but held rather weakly.

Silver was well aware that he had invented a completely new product. However, no one knew what to do with it. For five years, Silver never missed an opportunity to demonstrate to others the possibilities of his glue in the form of a spray and a "sticky" bulletin board. In 1973, after another presentation, newly appointed new product development manager Jeff Nicholson joined the ardent supporters of these inventions and began to actively use the bulletin board in the daily work of his department.

But the best use for the new adhesive came from another 3M researcher, Art Fry. After attending one of the presentations, he became interested in the new adhesive, and one day he had an idea where it could be used. Art Fry sang in the church choir, and used strips of paper as bookmarks for the psalter. When turning pages, the bookmarks often fell out, and I had to re-search for the bookmarked places.

Fry suggested applying Silver's glue to the bookmarks, and he hit the spot: the bookmarks held perfectly in place, and if necessary they could be peeled off without damaging the pages or leaving sticky marks. And, of course, after that they could be glued again!

But the engineers did not share Fry's enthusiasm, citing technological difficulties. Fry's response went down in company history: "This is great news! If it were simple, anyone could do it. If the process is as complicated as you say, 3M is the company that can make such a product." And in 1980, stickers under the Post-It Notes brand went on sale, and already in 1981 they became the product of the year among products manufactured by XNUMXM.

Author: S.Apresov

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