Corporate Profile

3M Performance

3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products, and we're a leader in scores of markets - from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies - often in combination - to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world. We leverage these competencies to create innovative solutions for our customers and to also provide investors with attractive long-term returns.

Year-end 2011

3M is one of 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For the most up to date financial information, please visit Investor Relations (Worldwide, English).

Sales

66% of company's total

Net Income

Taxes

Dividends

(Paid every quarter since 1916)

R&D and Related Expenditures

Capital Spending

Employees

Leadership

For detailed information on 3M Leadership, please visit Corporate Governance (Worldwide, English).

Organization

• More than 35 business units, organized into six businesses:
  • Consumer and Office
  • Display and Graphics
  • Electro and Communications
  • Health Care
  • Industrial and Transportation
  • Safety, Security and Protection Services
• Operations in more than 65 countries – 40 international companies with manufacturing operations, 35 with laboratories.
• In the United States, operations in 28 states.

Technology

• 7,900 researchers worldwide; 3,800 in the United States.
• Patents Awarded – U.S. 514; Total 2,673
• 46 technology platforms, including:
  • Adhesives
  • Abrasives
  • Light Management
  • Microreplication
  • Nonwoven Materials
  • Nanotechnology
  • Surface Modification

For a complete list of 3M's 46 technologies, please explore our interactive Technologies table.

Environmental Results

• Prevented the generation of 3 billion pounds of pollutants since 1975 with more than 8,600 Pollution Prevention Programs.
• Received the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award for Energy Management.

Community Citizenship/U.S. Community Giving

• 3M invests in education, social, arts and environmental programs in may communities where we do busienss.
• 3M and the 3M Foundation donated $60 million in cash and products to U.S. educational and charitable instituations.
• Please visit 3M Community Giving (US, English) for more detailed information on 3M's community involvement.