3M Stories

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...