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  • 3/5/13 5:05 pm CST

    Project will donate up to $20,000 to ATSSA and ARTBA Foundations

    3M Traffic Safety and Security Division announces continuation of the 3M Visibly Safer Work Zones Project to support the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation (ATSSF) and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA TDF) programs that provide scholarships for children of roadway construction workers killed or permanently disabled on the job.  Now in its second year, the 3M Visibly Safer Work Zone Project has doubled itsmore...
  • 3/5/13 4:56 pm CST

    Durable, digitally-printed signs ideal for tourism, way-finding and airports

    3M introduces 3M Custom Traffic Sign Faces, a new offering of image-enhancing, full-color graphic sign faces digitally printed onto high-efficiency, microprismatic 3M Diamond Grade DG³ Reflective Sheeting.  By integrating superior retroreflectivity with full color and graphics, 3M Custom Traffic Sign Faces help provide clear guidance to motorists with signs that are highly visible both during the day and at night—without the need for auxiliary sign lighting.  Through use of a high-more...
  • 3/5/13 4:45 pm CST

    New polyurea marking offers visibility, durability and application productivity

    3M introduces 3M Liquid Pavement Marking Series 5000, representing the next generation of plural-component polyurea liquid pavement marking technology.  With its advanced product formulation, 3M Liquid Pavement Marking Series 5000 offers extended durability, maximum visibility, easy application and an ultra-fast cure time.  Series 5000 is engineered for marking long-lines, channelizing lines, gore markings and intersection markings on all common road surface types.With tough, wear-more...
  • 3/5/13 10:52 am CST

    Company introduces SpotOn temperature monitoring system and

    Surgical Clipper Professional 9681

    3M™ is debuting two products at this week’s Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress in San Diego — the new 3M™ SpotOn™ temperature monitoring system and the new 3M™ Surgical Clipper Professional 9681. The 3M SpotOn temperature monitoring system, a new standard in core temperature monitoring, offers clinicians a non-invasive method to measure patients’ core body temperature accurately throughout the perioperative process using a single disposable sensor. Developed by themore...
  • 3/5/13 10:00 am CST

    Zero solvent adhesive offers outstanding performance

    ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M introduces a new, revolutionary alternative to solvent based adhesives: 3M™ Fast Tack Water Based Adhesive 1000NF. While many adhesive users have been underwhelmed with water based products in the past, 3M Fast Tack Water Based Adhesive 1000NF is poised to change perceptions about what water based adhesives can do. The product offers strength and speed comparable to solvent based adhesives, with additional benefits including zero VOCs andmore...
  • 3/5/13 9:02 am CST
    The Alabama Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has received a grant of $500,000 from the 3M Foundation to purchase and manage 130 acres at the northern edge of the Bankhead National Forest, a richly biodiverse region in the Southern Appalachians of northwest Alabama noted for its rugged terrain and extensive forests. This land purchase will help protect the integrity of the forest, improve forest management, and expand public recreation opportunities. One of the Conservancy’s priorities inmore...
  • 3/4/13 11:00 am CST

    Novel, collaborative effort in fight against HAIs

    ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Infection Prevention and founding partners, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and Practice Greenhealth have joined together to form OneTogether: The Power of Small Actions, a multi-year program with the goal of driving individual small actions to collectively generate a significant impact on themore...
  • 3/4/13 9:19 am CST

    3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid Becomes New Standard for No. 16

    ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the 2013 season now underway, NASCAR® driver Greg Biffle will once again be racing with the environmentally sustainable, 3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid as a new standard in the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion. Novec 1230 fluid balances performance requirements with favorable environmental and safety properties, giving Biffle added reassurance and peace of mind. On March 3 at the Phoenix raceway, the car will showcase the Novec brandmore...
  • 3/1/13 2:25 pm CST

    Alliance promises holistic assessment and rehabilitation processes, improved asset management, reduced cost when compared to pipe replacement and customized pipe renewal for water utilities

    ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M and Russell NDE/PICA Corporation announce a strategic marketing alliance that offers utilities a holistic approach to trenchless drinking water pipe rehabilitation and asset management. The alliance, in which the companies will co-market each other’s products and services, covers the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The products and services available through the alliance enable trenchless and minimally disruptive water mainmore...
  • 2/27/13 11:11 am CST

    Breakthrough technology enhances comfort and wearability of protective eyewear

    ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M’s newest line of safety eyewear, 3M™ SecureFit™ Protective Eyewear, enhances comfort and wearability by seamlessly integrating self-adjusting temples and a secure fit into a single product. Designed with 3M’s proprietary pressure diffusion temple technology, SecureFit protective eyewear naturally adjusts to individual head sizes to help reduce eyewear slippage and discomfort. “SecureFit protective eyewear is a game-changing productmore...