The tesa success story begins with the unsuccessful development of an adhesive bandage. Paul C. Beiersdorf, a pharmacist, was working on the bandage when Dr. Oscar Troplowitz took over the company's founder's laboratory in 1890. The bandage adhered very well, but irritated the skin. Troplowitz made a virtue of necessity and, in 1896, launched the first adhesive tape.
Today, tesa is one of the world's leading manufacturers of self-adhesive product and system solutions for industry, professionals and the consumers.
