3M: An innovation story

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Innovation that Makes Progress Possible



3M. Where Innovation Never Stops.

3M is the Global Innovation Company

that makes progress possible.

We create transformational products and solutions that enable

customer success and improve people’s lives around the world.

Our collaborative, high-energy approach helps solve the toughest

problems across industries and markets.


3M Global Overview

•Headquartered at St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

• $30 billion in global sales*

• $19.3 billion in international sales (65% of company’s total)*

•Net Income at $4.4 billion (14.9% of sales)

•R&D investment at 5.4% of sales

•Operations in more than 70 countries*

• 55,000+ products sold in nearly 200 countries

• 88,000+ employees globally

• 46 technology platforms

• 527 US patents and a total of 3,100+ patents awarded (2012)

•One of 30 companies in DJIA Stock Index and also a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index

• 5 Market Leading Business Groups


A Well Known & Respected Brand

9-Time ENERGY STAR® Sustained

Excellence Award Winner

40 Best Companies for Leaders

3M Ranks 10th

Most Innovative Companies

3M Ranks 3rd Most Reputable Companies

3M Ranks 4th

Best Global Green Brands

3M Ranks 12th Most Respected Companies

3M Ranks 7th

Most Admired Companies

3M Ranks 21st

3 4

21 7 12

9 10 (Based on 2012 and 2013 data)


Recognized for Innovation

3M™ LED Advanced Light – the

company’s first-ever bulb received a

Gold Edison Award in the Lighting

category.

3M™ Molecular Detection System,

which detects dangerous food-borne and

food processing environment pathogens,

earned a Silver Edison Award within the

Diagnostic/Analytic Systems category.

Scotch-Brite™ Greener Clean

Sponge is among Sustainable Brands

list of13 Hot Sustainable Products to

Follow in 2013.

http://www.edisonawards.com/index.php


One of the Best 100 Global Brands by strategic

brand consultancy, Interbrand in 2012

Market-leading strategic brands

Our strategic brands play an integral role

in strengthening the 3M brand allowing

us to deliver tangible results that enable

customer success

One Strong Brand, Complemented by Many Strategic Brands


Ideas Connect Across Diverse Technologies

Ab Abrasives

Ac Acoustics

Ad Adhesives

Am Advanced Materials

An Analytical

As Application Software

Bi Biotech

Ce Ceramics

Dd Drug Delivery

Di Display

Do Dental & Orthodontic Materials

Ec Energy Components

Em Electronic Materials

Fc Flexible Converting & Packaging

Fe Flexible Electronics

Fi Films

Fl Fluoro-materials

Es Electronics & Software

Fs Filtration, Separation, Purification

Im Imaging

In Inspection & Measurement

Is Integrated Systems & Design

Lm Light Management

Md Medical Data Management

Me Metal Matrix Composites

Mf Mechanical Fasteners

Mi Microbial Detection & Control

Mo Molding

Mr Micro-replication

Nt Nano-technology

Nw Nonwoven Materials

Op Opto-electronics

Pd Particle & Dispersion Processing

Pe Predictive Engineering & Modeling

Pm Polymer Melt Processing

Po Porous Materials & Membranes

Pp Precision Processing

Pr Process Design & Control

Rp Radiation Processing

Se Sensors

Sm Specialty Materials

Su Surface Modification

Tt Track & Trace

Vp Vapor Processing

We Accelerated Weathering

Wo Wound Management


Ab Abrasives

Ac Acoustics

Ad Adhesives


An Analytical


Bi Biotech

Ce Ceramics

Dd Drug Delivery

Di Display






Fi Films

Fl Fluoro-materials



Im Imaging



Lm Light Management





Mo Molding


Nt Nano-technology


Op Opto-electronics








Se Sensors



Tt Track & Trace

Vp Vapor Processing


Wo Wound Management

Ab Abrasives

Ac Acoustics

Ad Adhesives


An Analytical


Bi Biotech

Ce Ceramics

Dd Drug Delivery

Di Display






Fi Films

Fl Fluoro-materials



Im Imaging



Lm Light Management





Mo Molding


Nt Nano-technology


Op Opto-electronics








Se Sensors



Tt Track & Trace

Vp Vapor Processing


Wo Wound Management

How Do We Connect Traffic Signs to a Flat Screen TV?

By leveraging our 46 technology platforms



By Developing a Technology That Bends Light…

3M innovators pioneered a technology platform

incorporating thousands of tiny grooves into a

plastic surface to achieve light-bending properties.



…We Set Our Idea on a Journey Where it Evolved into a New Opportunity

The technology moved from

overhead projectors to traffic signals

on the roads.



3M experts then began exploring new

possibilities for the technology in abrasives,

in magnetic recording and in the emerging field

of flat-panel displays (LCDs).

…We Set Our Idea on a Journey Where it Evolved into a New Opportunity and then Another



…We Set Our Idea on a Journey Where it Evolved into a New Opportunity and then Another


Brightness Enhancement Film (BEF)

became a game-changer for 3M,

making screens brighter and thinner

at the same time, optimizing all angles

of light while extending battery life.

Fi Films

and Another


We Dare to Imagine What Can be Created When We Connect an Idea from One Area to the Need of Another

Fi Films


Di Display

Ab Abrasives

Ad Adhesives

Dd Drug Delivery


Leading to Cutting-edge products serving diverse markets

State-of-the-art stethoscope that uses Bluetooth

technology to wirelessly transmit heart and lung sounds

to a computer for analysis, helping doctors better

diagnose their patients.

3M™ Littman® Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 Helping doctors listen to patients’ hearts

3M’s Ultra Barrier Solar

Film for solar modules

acts as a replacement for

glass, reducing costs for

rooftop solar installations

thus making solar energy

more affordable leading to

energy conservation.

Making the sun’s job a

little easier.

3M™ Ultra Barrier Solar Film

3M pioneered the pocket projector with the

introduction of the 3M™ MPro110. This new age

projector series with various versions has been

helping people carry their content and present

them on the go anywhere with Bluetooth & Wifi

connections.

Creating an office on the go. 3M™ Mobile Projector Series


Providing a Helping Hand to homemakers

Since the early 90s, 3M’s Scotch-Brite® range of

cleaning products from the scrub pad to hand held

mops have been providing a helping hand to Indian

homemakers to clean better and faster.

Scotch-Brite® range of cleaning products

Helping Advance Health Care

3M products, such as

waterless hand scrubs,

surgical preps and

sterile drapes, are

helping hospitals around

the world reduce

expensive and often

tragic health care related

infections.

3M Medical Products

From Median Markers that make road

medians visible at night to Vertical

Delineators that help discipline traffic,

3M’s innovations using reflective

technology, for traffic safety and roads

have helped make driving safer and easier.

Helping Safer Navigation on our Roads

3M Traffic Safety Products

3M™ Cubitron II™ Abrasives

Making industrial processes

more efficient

Abrasive products made

with 3M patented ceramic

mineral which are designed

to give precise results

during grinding, beveling

and other industrial

processes.


Making smiles brighter 3M ESPE LAVA ®

3M ESPE’s Lava is an innovative CAD/CAM platform

that helps produce metal-free crowns and bridges for

better and stronger smiles.

Powering our cities 3M™ Aluminium Conductor Composite Reinforced

(ACCR)

A lightweight conductor which provides up to 2-3

times power compared to conventional

conductors, ramping up the power capacity of

installations without tampering with existing

infrastructure.

3M™ Confirm™ Authentication Products with

Floating Image Technology are a multi-layered

security solution (both overt and covert) that help

ensure protection of brand assets preventing

counterfeiting and duplication.

Keeping Counterfeiting & Duplication at bay 3M™ Confirm™ Authentication Products


A Culture of Innovation “Innovation is more than just a bright idea; it is an idea that gets implemented and has a real impact. In other words, somebody has to

make it happen.”

Research & Development 3M invests generously in R&D

to fuel the innovation pipeline.

• Innovations like the electronic

stethoscope (using bluetooth

technology) and 3M Solar Film

(used in the World’s largest

Aperture Trough)

• Result of 3M Innovation model

• Inventing new products that

previously did not exist

Bold Talent 3M encourages bold risk taking and persistence

• 8 years of tinkering with 3M™

Scotchlite™ Reflective Material

before perfecting the technology

• Filtek™ Supreme utilized

nanotechnology at a time

when its success was largely

unproven.

Diverse Technologies 3M creates uncommon connections with access to multiple 3M technologies

• Micro-replication platform spread

to every business in 3M

• From reflective signage to optical

films that enhance brightness to micro-

needles used in trans-dermal drug

delivery products.

Robust Network 3M scientists share ideas and practices on a global scale.

• Boundary-less sharing of

information and ideas

• Network of 8200+ R&D

professionals worldwide


A Culture of Innovation

Rewards for Driving Innovation 3M rewards employees who drive innovation forward.

• Several Technical Achievement

Programs

• Dual Career Ladder for Technical

and Management

Customer Connection 3M develops products tied to unmet

unarticulated customer needs.

• Deep Customer insight

• Eg: Post-it Flag Highlighter developed by

observing students switching between

marking and highlighting text.

Measures for Success 3M measures accountability for investments.

• Number of patents issued

• How quickly products come into market

• % of sales from new product introduced

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5 : 25


An Innovation Story that is over a Century Old

1921 3M patented and introduced WetordryTM waterproof sandpaper -- the world’s first water-resistant coated abrasive

1995 3M introduced the first metered dose asthma inhaler, free of ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons.

1979 Thinsulate™ thermal

insulation introduced

1939 First traffic sign featuring Scotchlite™ reflective sheeting erected in Minneapolis

1991 3M introduced

Scotchshield™ window film,

shatter-resistant, heat-and cold

resistant window protection.

1985 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

gave 3M a Scientific Engineering Award for magnetic

film, improving audio capabilities of movie sound tracks

1945 Scotch TM vinyl electrical tape introduced

1952 Scotchlok™ electrical connectors and Scotchkote™

insulation introduced

1947 Scotch TM magnetic audiotape introduced

3M’s first non-woven

product-decorative

ribbon for gifts

introduced

1954 RCA used ScotchTM magnetic tape to record TV programs for

the first time

1960 ScotchTM Brand Magic

transparent tape introduced

1969 3M products were used in the first moon walk on July 20. Astronaut Neil Armstrong left a footprint in the lunar dust in boots made from Fluorel™ synthetic rubber from 3M

1974 3M introduced Post-it® notes, greatly enhancing office communication

1967 3M developed the first disposable facemasks and respiratory protection products

1931 3M began producing Colorquartz™ roofing granules

1925 ScotchTM masking tape introduced

1996 New products include flexible circuits for electronic products and HFEs (hydrofluoroethers), replacing ozone depleting

chlorofluorocarbons 2000 3M introduced the Vikuiti™ brand for light management

products that make electronic displays easier to read

2005 3M developed Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) as a solution to thermally constrained transmission bottlenecks

3M debuted its first

surgical drape 1927 ScotchTM Cellulose tape introduced

2010 3MTM CubitronTM II using precision shaped abrasive granules creating the future of the abrasives industry

2009 3MTM MPro pocket-sized projector for mobile presentations and sharing photos on the go

1948

2012 3M LED advanced light, most

energy efficient, longest-lasting

light bulb

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3M: An innovation story