About Sellotape
Sellotape is Britain's favourite tape brand, founded in 1937 by Colin Kinninmonth and George Grey. Created in Acton, London, the product was made by applying rubber resin to cellophane film using a process based on a French patent. The name was cleverly derived from 'Cellophane' with the C changed to S to allow trademarking. During World War II, Sellotape gained widespread adoption across the UK due to its durability and transparency, serving essential roles in sealing ammunition boxes and taping windows to minimise blast damage from bombs. This wartime usefulness established Sellotape as a household staple that has endured for nearly nine decades. The brand has passed through several owners over the decades. Part of the Dickinson Robinson Group from the 1960s to 1980s, Sellotape was acquired by Henkel Consumer Adhesives in 2002 and relaunched in 2010. The brand became so synonymous with sticky tape in Britain that it entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1980 as a genericised trademark. Production continues at a factory in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. UK supermarkets stock the comprehensive Sellotape range including Original Golden Tape for everyday use, Super Clear for a neat finish, Zero Plastic eco-friendly tape, Parcel Tape for shipping, Double Sided Tape, Sticky Tack for posters, and various dispensers. Compare prices at Ocado and Asda for the best deals.














