Tartan track

Athletic Polymer Systems, a subsidiary of MCP Industries, Inc., manages the installation of Tartan-branded running track.

[3] The first recorded use of a Tartan Track surface in competition in England was a long jump at the Norman Green Sports Centre in Solihull, September 16, 1967,[4] though there were earlier uses in the United States.

3M hired Jesse Owens to assist them to convince the Mexican Olympic Committee to put that track in," Bonanno said.

[9] A Tartan track was constructed for the men's U.S. Olympic Trials at Echo Summit, California, west of South Lake Tahoe.

An independent company (MCP Industries Inc.) assisted 3M in reformulating the production process to stop using mercury.