This document summarizes 3M's innovation story. It discusses 3M's global presence with operations in over 65 countries and sales in nearly 200 countries. It highlights 3M's culture of collaboration and connected global community of over 10,000 technical experts. The document also provides examples of 3M innovating around the globe to develop diverse solutions that meet local needs, including 20 years of operations in Poland with significant R&D and manufacturing capabilities.

1. 3M Innovation Story
3M Innovation Story
Dr Chris Howitt, Head of Research & Development
3M Poland, Central & East Europe
Research & Innovation in Restructuring and Increasing
Competitiveness of Polish Companies
Warszawa 29th March 2012
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2. 3M Innovation Story
Company Overview
 Sales: $29.611 B
Six Market-Leading Businesses
 Net income: $4.283 B
 R&D investment $1.570 B
(5.3% to sales)
 International sales $19.583 B
(66% of company total)
 Companies in 65 countries
 Sales in nearly 200 countries
Industrial & Transportation Display & Graphics Safety, Security &  ~ 84,000 employees
Protection Services  ~ 7,900 researchers
3800 in the USA
 Operations in 35 countries
have laboratories
 40 international countries with
manufacturing operations
 Patents awarded – USA 514 ;
Electro & Communication Health Care Consumer & Office Total 2673
 46 Technology Platforms
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3. 3M Innovation Story
Our Vision
3M Technology Advancing Every Company
3M Products Enhancing Every Home
3M Innovation Improving Every Life
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4. 3M Innovation Story
Innovation Culture
“ Innovation will always
be 3M’s heart and soul,
and our approach will remain
technological differentiation
“
applied across multiple
businesses.
Sir George Buckley, 2011
Chairman of the Board
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5. 3M Innovation Story
Technology at 3M is Owned and Leveraged by All
 46 Technology Platforms
 Intellectual property
belongs to 3M, not
a single business
 Businesses combine
multiple platforms to build
unique product solutions
 Lab operations in 35
countries
 30 Customer Technology
Centers around the world
 In 2011, 80% our IP
generated outside US
Shared Technology Is The Heart of New Product Innovation
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6. 3M Innovation Story
3M Innovation Model
Technology Platforms Markets
Abrasives Architecture & Construction
Adhesives Consumer & Office
Ceramics Display
Electronics, Software Opportunity Electronics
Films Drives Filtration
Microreplication Development Health Care
Nanotechnology and Utilization Renewable Energy
Non-wovens Safety & Security
Precision Coating Telecoms and Utilities
Vapor Processing Water Infrastructure
Doing Things Only 3M Can Do
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7. 3M Innovation Story
Transforming Technology into Consumer Brands
 Pressure-Sensitive and
Microsphere Adhesives
 Non-Wovens
 Abrasives
Air Quality Products
 Filtration
 Films PRODUCTS
 Precision
Coating
 Fluoropolymers
 Colloid Science
Technology is “Consumerized” into Brands
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8. 3M Innovation Story
Connecting Technology to Customers…
Anywhere and Everywhere
Connecting Developing Cutting-
to Customers Edge Technology
Driving Growth Through Innovation
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9. 3M Innovation Story
How does 3M deliver products customers want ?
1925
Two-tone cars
were in demand …
… but a clean paint line was
very hard to achieve.
3Mer Dick Drew observed this
dilemma in action while visiting
customers to sell sandpaper …
… and he remembered
some stuff he’d seen
in the laboratory…
… and went on to invent
3M Scotch Masking Tape
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10. 3M Innovation Story
Innovative NPI
3M Composite Conductor for High
Performance Power Lines
• Quick one for one replacement
on existing towers
• 2X to 3X more power with same
diameter cable
• Eliminates needs for new rights-
of-way
• Long span crossings
Submicron Replication
Transparent/Conductive Renewable Materials for Microneedles and ACCR Auto-stereoscopic
Electrode & EMI Shield Light Management 3D Films
Nanogold Catalysts Li Ion Battery
for Personal Components
Protection
Visual Attention
Management
Ultra Vapor-Barrier Films
for Solar/Display Screens
Membrane Adsorbers
(biotherapeutic purification)
Digital Dentistry Mirror Films High-Performance
for Solar Nanoparticle Composites Acoustic Films
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11. 3M Innovation Story
Our Primary Innovation Metric is NPVI
Growth Through Innovation
Year 1 New Product Sales
New Product Sales / Total
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
NPVI = New product vitality index (products introduced within the past five years, divided by total sales)
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12. 3M Innovation Story
3M’s Global Reach
Latvia Switzerland
 Ukraine Romania
Denmark Czech Poland  Hungry  
Sweden 
 Republic Finland 
 Lithuania Austria
United States  
Germany 
 Puerto Rico  Russia
Dominican  Norway Estonia
Canada   
Jamaica Republic 
 Korea
  UK Netherland China

 s 

Mexico
 67 Countries Japan

Hong Kong
Guatemala 

El Salvador
85 Laboratories Taiwan

Philippines


Vietnam
Costa Rica  Thailand


30 CTCs Malaysia
Trinidad & 
Tobago Panama Singapore
  Italy 
Australia

Colombia 
Venezuela Peru Spain
   Greece Kenya New Zealand
  Indonesia
 India 

Ecuador Pakistan 
Uruguay Turkey Israel
 Portugal 
  
 Key
Morocco
Chile Argentina Sri Lanka  Sales & Marketing
Brazil France  Belgium South
  Egypt UAE Kazakhstan   Manufacturing/Converting
   Africa     Technical Capabilities

Just around the corner. All around the world.
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13. 3M Innovation Story
Innovating Around the Globe –
A Connected Global Collaboration Community
800+ Technical Forum Events Globally
3M’s Annual Event – 2,800 participants
The Spring Technology Symposium
– 1,000 participants
Carlton Awards Symposium
– 500 participants
Inventor Recognition Ceremony
– 1,000 participants
Circle of Technical Excellence & Innovation
– 6,000 participants
Virtual Technology Information Exchange
– 500 participants
Hundreds of Chapter Events
– sometimes as few as half dozen experts
10,000+ member "grass roots" meeting on specialized topics such as dynamic
technical organization molecular modeling
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14. 3M Innovation Story
3M’s Worldwide Technical Community
The 3M Tech Forum – Our Purpose and Mission
Technical
Voice of the
IR&S TechnicalEducation
Leadership
External
Uphold
15% Culture
TechnicalValues &
Communication
3M Community
Technology Transfer
Development
Networking
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15. 3M Innovation Story
3M Innovation is Planned, Purposeful and Global
Global Labs Technical Forums Customer Tech Centers
Culture of 15% Culture e-Connectivity No IP Barriers
Collaboration
Leveraged Capabilities Shared Technologies
3M Innovation
is driven by a system of principles,
practices and infrastructure
that harness the chain reaction
of new ideas.
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16. 3M Innovation Story
Innovation Around the Globe – Connecting 3M Poland
Diverse Solutions Meeting Local Needs
2011 Marked 20 Years of 3M in Poland
• Very significant R&D and manufacturing
capability
• Manufacturing in Poland for 10 years
• A highly educated (and enthusiastic !)
workforce
• Diverse population (70% R&D
employees are female)
• Strong links to local Universities
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17. 3M Innovation Story
The Bottom Line
“ Research is the transformation “
of money into knowledge.
“ Innovation is the transformation
“
of knowledge into money.
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