3M Stories

Imagine a roll of tape as big as a car – that’s how 3M products arrive on the manufacturing floor at the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or CABVI, a nonprofit that...

3M and South Dakota leaders gathered for an official celebration of the expansion of 3M Brookings, with 3M investing up to $468 million over the next three years. Gov. Kristi Noem, U.S. Sen. John...

3M officially opened its doors to the new 3M™ Skills Development Center, a 15,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art training facility in St. Paul, Minnesota. The 3M Skills Development Center is...

3M and Discovery Education named Heman Bekele, a 9th grader at W.T. Woodson High School in Annandale, Va., the winner of the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation's premier middle school...

Advances in connectivity and technology offer growth opportunities across industries—and on Oct. 13, National Manufacturing Day, 3M is highlighting the people and processes that are driving its...

Wayde McMillan will join 3M’s Health Care Business Group to serve as chief financial officer effective Nov. 1.

Two worlds came together recently for longtime 3Mer Mia Rydqvist. On Sept. 13, her daughter, Louise Rydqvist, had just won her first collegiate golf tournament, a tournament made possible by none other than 3M.

At 3M, we know ideas have the power to lead to breakthrough innovations. But even the best ideas need support to take root and grow. After a century of cultivating ideas into real-world...

3M will highlight a collaborative pilot program for water-stressed basins and a direct air capture technology this week during Climate Week NYC. In a series of engagements, the company will share...

3M recently announced that it has reached an agreement with the court-appointed negotiating plaintiffs’ counsel to resolve the Combat Arms Earplug litigation against Aearo Technologies (Aearo)...

3M today announced the appointment of Bryan C. Hanson as Chief Executive Officer of the independent health care company when it is spun off from 3M. Hanson will join 3M on September 1 as CEO of...

Extreme heat, wildfire smoke and sandstorms are expected to continue this summer. As these weather conditions impact the air quality both inside and outside the home...

3M opened its first robotics lab more than 30 years ago and now operates 10 labs in eight countries around the world.

Command™ Brand announced its first official Director of Dorm Design, Bobby Berk, who will provide style inspiration for students and young adults to help transform their space to match their...

Actor Josh Duhamel is everywhere. At least that’s the case for defending 3M Open champ Tony Finau. Josh is in Tony’s texts, video feed, social feed and even on the street outside of his house....

3M’s Brookings, S.D., plant is poised to expand, with 3M investing up to $468 million over the next three years. “3M is proud to have been a part of the growing community of Brookings for more...

Pride Month is a global celebration dedicated to honor the progress made in the fight for equality in the LGBTQI+ community. It serves as a platform to promote visibility, advocacy, acceptance and...

3M and Discovery Education have named 10 recipients of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network Alumni Grants Program. The alumni network and grant program, launched in January 2023, offers...

3M Forward is a program that highlights how materials science-based innovation at scale can help society progress against three unstoppable forces shaping our planet—climate change and resource...

It’s not every day that a world-famous innovator asks to visit your company. William Kamkwamba did just that during a recent trip to the Twin Cities. Best known for his New York Times...

Ah, springtime! There’s something in the air…pollen?! While green grass, budding leaves, and plants and flowers emerging from the ground may be welcome sights, they can also usher in a spike...

A sensor that can transmit real-time data about vital parameters in underground medium-voltage networks is gaining traction in the U.S. amid weather events and energy demands.

3M has recently been named a primary stakeholder in a movement to accelerate the National Roadway Safety Strategy by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

To demonstrate its commitment to continuous innovation, 3M shares patent information from 2022 and highlights the success of division scientist Audrey Sherman.

For the tenth consecutive year, 3M was recognized for its unwavering ethics and integrity in business conduct and compliance by the Ethisphere Institute.

When a group of 3Mers found themselves snowed in at a plant that faced catastrophic shutdown, they shifted their priorities to help their coworkers and save the facility.

Episode 6 of ‘Full Swing,’ a show that follows diverse professional golfers as they compete on the PGA Tour, featured player Tony Finau celebrating a victory at the 2022 3M Open.

Clarivate has named 3M a Top 100 Global Innovator for 2023. 3M is one of 19 companies globally that has been included in the list every year since its inception in 2012.

3M has unveiled a new long-lasting medical adhesive that can be used with a wide array of health monitors, sensors, and long-term medical wearables.

In honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, two renowned female scientists at 3M reflected on the importance of diverse representation in STEM.

To help those navigating severe road conditions, experts from 3M’s Automotive Aftermarket Division share ten tips on what to expect if your vehicle is involved in an accident.

“Skilled,” 3M’s new docuseries that celebrates the skilled trades and highlights people working within them, premiered at an officially sanctioned event of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

The former technology used in VR headsets made for bulky designs, but a breakthrough solution from 3M scientists is advancing VR hardware and reducing its size.

3M and Discovery Education are launching the Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program. The effort will support past participants and the future science leaders as part of the

3M is taking its first steps to revitalize a former school property in Decatur, Alabama. 3M will manage environmental activities and develop a remediation plan for the site’s future.

When 3M’s Springfield plant began seeing back orders from its suppliers for raw materials, they looked to qualify other suppliers that produced suitable substitute materials.

Nearly 200,000 visitors had a chance to engage with a wide breadth of 3M tech-forward products and solutions at CES–the ‘most influential tech event in the world.’

3M has joined the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, an organization helping to eliminate systemic barriers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).

3M announced it will exit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) manufacturing and work to discontinue the use of PFAS across its product portfolio by the end of 2025.

3M reflects on the progress of its commitment to help increase safety and visibility in 100 school zones in 23 countries by 2024 and highlights some notable projects from the effort.

The air, although used by everyone, is often disregarded when it comes to cleaning. To help your guests breathe easier this holiday season, 3M shares tips for improving air quality.

3M and Discovery Education are now taking entries for the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Students are invited to apply science to solve everyday problems for a chance to win $25,000.

3M invited Shiven Taneja, a 15-year-old who has built over 120 Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes for vulnerable members of his community, to its global headquarters in St. Paul, Minn.

The 3M holiday tree, an assemblage of lighted offices in 3M Center’s building 220 that resemble a 15-story “tree,” was lit for its 60th year to celebrate the holiday season.

The 3M Thinsulate team helped Watson Gloves, supplier of quality gloves, mark its second century in business with a move toward sustainable materials and business practices.

At the outset of the war in Ukraine, 3Mgives and its partners made a $2 million commitment to help. Thanks to the generosity of 3Mers, 3M has surpassed that milestone.

3M’s Transportation & Electronics Business Group helped construct a temporary urban trail in Providence, Rhode Island as a part of their commitment to advance transportation equity.

3M’s Scotch™ Brand has rolled out its new Packt line, design-forward packing and mailing supplies with sustainable features, in time for the holiday season.

3M will join other corporations, governments and organizations at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to discuss and advance plans for combating climate change.

As part of our continuous efforts to understand our environmental footprint, 3M is sampling drinking water in private wells and public water systems near 3M’s facility in Cordova, Illinois, for...