Sarah Quilliam has been in the pressure sensitive adhesive tapes business for over 20 years, working for Scapa Group in both UK, European and Global roles. Initially working in the marketing and distribution side of the organisation, Sarah moved to become a Global Scapa Product Manager in 2006, where she has been instrumental in development, strategy and range management for cloth, PE and aluminium foil tape ranges, over the last 12 years, including product launches in the North American market.
Before the advances of science and technology, earthenware pots were patched together using the first glue type substances, made from either animal material or tree sap. Much later in the nineteenth century, basic medical advances meant that rubber-based glues were starting to be applied to fabric substrates to keep dressings in place.
