1. 3M
Presented by : GROUP 1
ANNAPURNA
ANIRUDH T.
CHINNA
JUHI GUPTA
LALIT KUMAR
SRINIVAS

2. • http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_
WW/About3/3M/

3. ABOUT 3M COMPANY
• Formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company, is a diversified technology
company serving customers and communities with
innovative products and services.
• More than 80,000 employees.
• More than 55,000 products.
adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection,
dental products, electronic materials, medical
products, car care products, electronic circuits and
optical films.

4. • Founder(s) of 3MHenry S. Bryan
Hermon W. Cable
John Dwan
William A. McGonagle
Dr. J. Danley Budd
• Headquarters- At Maplewood,Minnesota, U.S.

5. Contd..
3M at a Glance (Year-end 2010)
• Global sales: $27 billion.
• International (non-US) sales: $17.5 billion (65
per cent of company's total).
• Operations in more than 65 countries.
• 3M products sold in nearly 200 countries.
• 80,000 employees globally.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZz4jFok_o

6. Contd..
3M In India
• Turnover: Rs. 1176 crores for 12 Months ended
March 31st, 2011 with profits of Rs. 99 crores.
• Head Office at Bengaluru.
• Innovation Labs at Bengaluru & Gurgaon (NCR).
• Approximately 1800 + Employees (As of June
2011).
• Approximately 7000 Products sold in India.
• http://www.thefuntheory.com/

7. INNOVATION HISTORY OF 3M
• The company began by mining stone from quarries
for use in grinding wheels.
• Struggling with quality and marketing of its
products, management supported its workers to
innovate and develop new products .
• Twelve years after being founded, 3M developed its
First exclusive product: Three-M-ite cloth.
• Other innovations included masking tape,
waterproof sandpaper and Scotch brand tapes.

8. • Failing to make sandpaper with the anorthosite, the
founders decided to import minerals like Spanish garnet,
after which sale of sandpapers grew.
• In 1914, customers complained that the garnet was
falling off the paper.
• The founders discovered that the stones had traveled
across the Atlantic Ocean packed near olive oil, and the
oil had penetrated the stones.
• They roasted the stones over fire to remove the olive
oil. This was the first instance of research and
development at 3M.

9. Other innovative products :
• Company's innovations include waterproof
sandpaper (1921) and masking tape (1925), as
well as cellophane "Scotch Tape" and sound
deadening materials for cars.
• Early 1970s: 3M published a line of board
games, largely under the "3M bookshelf game
series" brand.
• 1980: The company introduced Post-it notes.

10. Model 131
Previously used traffic signals
Traffics introduced by 3M

11. Contd..
• The signal had the unique ability to be
"programmed" so it was visible from certain
angles.
• The Model 131's "programmability" was
achieved via masking a clear glass lens with
aluminium adhesive tape.

12. M79 recorder
• 3M's Mincom division introduced several
models
of
magnetic
tape
recorders
for instrumentation use and for studio sound
recording.
• Later introduced: A commercially available
digital audio recording system called the "3M
Digital Audio Mastering System", which
consisted of a 32-track digital audio tape
recorder and a companion 4-track digital
recorder for final mastering.