3M Stories

High school junior Rhett Fields was one of the best young cabinet makers in the United States and had recently placed fourth in SkillsUSA, a big-deal national trade skills competition sponsored by 3M.

The way we shop has changed – think online with fast delivery – but the way online sellers ship, using cardboard boxes (invented in 1856), hasn’t. A team at 3M is about to change that....

At 3M, we’re committed to our people and to advancing our culture. We're so committed, in fact, that we’ve made people and culture one of our company’s top priorities. 3M is comprised of...

3M recently hosted a hackathon for social good called 3M Impact in a Day. During the week of March 25-29, more than 20 nonprofit organizations from across the Twin Cities came to 3M Center to...

In February, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released a report finding that the proportion of female inventors is not keeping pace with the proportion of women entering science and...