Tape manufacturers: Difference between revisions

* The first companies to provide tape stocks for the official home entertainment and media industry are the larger manufacturing companies, including those that invented the media formats and accessories. 3M invented the Scotch Tape under their then-formed sub-label, Scotch, in 1930, JVC invented the VHS formats in 1977, Memorex invented the computer tape in 1961, TDK invented iron-based magnetic material in 1935, when they were established, and Sony invented the Beta formats in 1975. The last companies to provide tape stocks for the industry were a soda and chemical manufacturing company named BASF, doing business as Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, and a battery company named Maxell.