The 3M Company

The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, US health care, and consumer goods.

The company produces over 60,000 products under several brands, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electrical and electronic connecting and insulating materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software and optical films. It is based in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

3M made $32.8 billion in total sales in 2018, and ranked number 95 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. As of 2018, the company had approximately 93,500 employees, and had operations in more than 70 countries.

In 2016, a complaint was filed against 3M for knowingly selling defective earplugs issued to military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. These earplugs may have caused permanent hearing damage. 3M paid a $9.1 million settlement to the U.S. government.

Formerly:            Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (1902–2002)

Traded as:          

• NYSE: MMM
• DJIA Component
• S&P 100 Component
• S&P 500 Component

Industry:              Conglomerate

Founded:            June 13, 1902; 118 years ago (as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company)

Founders:           John Dwan; Hermon Cable; Henry Bryan; William A. McGonagle

Headquarters:   Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S.

Website:              www.3m.com