Scotch filament tape 898 is a high performance transparent packaging tape reinforced along its length with continuous glass-yarn filaments, which give the tape very high tensile strength. The transparent 3M Scotchpro backing provides excellent abrasion, moisture and scuff resistance. The adhesive is an aggressive packaging adhesive specifically formulated to provide balanced performance having both high adhesion and long term holding power. - High strength filament reinforced strapping tape for L-clip box closing applications, reinforcement of five panel folder, full overlap, full telescoping and clamshell corrugated boxes, heavy-duty applications. High strength reinforcing, heavy-duty strapping and non-regular slotted container (RSC) box closing.