3M is a major global supplier of materials and finished parts to automotive manufacturers and their suppliers. 3M produces over 1,000 different products for the automotive industry used both in the vehicle and in the manufacturing process.
Regardless of your grinding and finishing applications, 3M can help with its full line of abrasives for automotive manufacturing. Belts, discs, sheets, rolls, wheels and specialty items in a broad combination of minerals, backings and bonds offer solutions from a name you can trust.
Industry leaders for attaching exterior automotive components since 1978, 3M's double-sided foam tapes offer unique properties for excellent long-term performance. Adhesion promoters, related tapes and processing equipment are also part of the attachment solutions offerings.
3M offers automotive manufacturers a broad range of electrical tapes with a wide variety of backings and adhesives, heat-shrink tubing and molded shapes.
3M offers filtration solutions for liquids and paints used in the assembly plant, as well as for cabin air comfort for the driver and passengers inside the vehicle.
3M provides the answer to catalytic converter mounting challenges with its 3M™ Interam® Mat Mount and Endcone Insulation offerings for both diesel and gasoline engines. The product is used to secure the ceramic monolith inside the converter and for endcone insulation.
3M offers a wide range of light management films that are used for display enhancement, reflection control, front surface protection and ambient light control.
3M offers a family of masking products for many different applications and temperatures and in a wide variety of widths, thicknesses and adhesive coatings.
3M's extensive line of OEM-approved paint replacement films and styling products are often used as substitutes for paint to enhance areas of the automotive body that would be too expensive or difficult to paint.
3M™ Wheel Weights combine conformable wheel balancing material and 3M™ Acrylic Foam Tape adhesive to provide an all-in-one, securely attached wheel balancing weight.