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While 3M is maximizing the production and delivery of N95 respirators to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, individual employees are going above and beyond to help, too. Around the...

3M continued to take decisive action to protect the public from price gouging and fraud for respiratory protection equipment by filing a legal action today in Superior Court in Ontario. The...

An unexpected act of kindness can be memorable and even life-changing. Especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many people and nonprofits need support more than ever. April 19-25 is National...

In its continued effort to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic, today 3M announced plans to provide $20 million in financial support to frontline healthcare workers, vulnerable populations...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for disposable N95 respirators has outpaced supply. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid out strategies to optimize the supply...

3M is partnering with Cummins to increase the production of high efficiency particulate filters for use in 3M’s powered air purifying respirators, or PAPRs. The partnership has the potential to...

On Tuesday, April 14, Ford will begin producing an all-new powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) design, developed in collaboration with 3M. This personal protective equipment (PPE) will help...

Bruce Penning retired from 3M in 2016 and set out on a Harley Davidson motorcycle to tour the United States. After a 38-year career with the company – his final role was managing the Personal...

By the end of March, the 3M Valley, Nebraska, plant needed workers. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, unprecedented demand for N95 respirators – one of the personal protective equipment products...

Today 3M and the Trump Administration are announcing a plan to import 166.5 million respirators over the next three months to support healthcare workers in the United States. 3M and the...

3M issued the following statement in response to the announcements issued by the White House last evening: Over the last several weeks and months, 3M and its employees have gone above and beyond...

At 3M, we are fully committed to fight the spread of COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers in the United States and worldwide. “This pandemic is affecting us all, and we are doing all we can...

In a sign of support for healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are displaying the outline of a heart on the south façade of our Minnesota headquarters. Like others...

3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman posted the following update on additional details about 3M’s capacity increases of N95 respirators, strong measures to combat price gouging and counterfeiting, and...

3M is committed to combating price gouging, fraud and counterfeit activity in connection with its products and the COVID-19 outbreak. 3M has received reports of people fraudulently representing...

3M and Ford Motor Company are partnering to increase the production of 3M’s powered air purifying respirators, or PAPRs. 3M and Ford are collaborating on specific ways the companies can rapidly...

Posted by 3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman on LinkedIn, March 22, 2020: 3M has a unique and critical responsibility in pandemic preparedness and response – a responsibility I and all our people...

Whether you’re seeking a shift in your career or it’s presented to you, change is an inevitable part of personal and professional growth. Change feels different for everyone. Some may be...

International Women’s Day not only belongs to not one specific country, group or organization. It belongs to the collective, everywhere. Each year, on March 8, people around the globe come...

The Ethisphere Institute today recognized 3M for ethics and integrity in business conduct and compliance for the seventh straight year. 3M is one of only eight industrial companies worldwide to be...

Marietsa McCreary, currently a quality assurance specialist at 3M, and a certified Project Management Professional considers herself an engineer first and foremost, but in her 15 years at 3M she...

The award-winning smog-reducing technology that can help improve air quality in residential neighborhoods is now available for the commercial market. SOPREMA, the global provider of...

3M believes communities should have confidence in the quality of their drinking water. To ensure that sense of confidence, we all rely on federal regulatory agencies to establish water regulations...

This past October, 3Mers Amelia Fish, Caroline Samlong and Theo Schultz journeyed to Bogota, Colombia, to participate in the 3M skills-based volunteer program 3M Impact. Since 2017, 3M has sent...

For chemistry teacher Merridith Duellman-Joly, the opportunity to work alongside 3M researchers strengthened her bond with science. As a participant of the 3M TWIST (Teachers Working in Science...