3M Austin Businesses

Electro & Communications Business

Communication Markets Division

3M’s communications products‚ technologies and services allow the world’s service providers to offer high bandwidth connectivity from the central office into the customer premises with complete network solutions. The business’s focus consists of technologies and services in telecom access and enterprise networks.

Electrical Markets Division

One of 3M’s oldest divisions‚ this is the business that invented vinyl electrical tape. The division designs‚ manufactures and markets products for electrical construction‚ industrial maintenance‚ utility and industrial power‚ and electrical and electronic components. One of the newer products is high-temperature‚ low-sag transmission conductors.

Electronic Solutions Division

This business interacts with the broad electronics industry. It has numerous technologies and provides a wide range of products for protecting sensitive components and precisely delivering them to the assembly point‚ as well as flexible circuits; copper and fiber interconnect systems; cables and cable assemblies; and static control products.

Electronic Markets Materials Division

This St. Paul-based business‚ a part of the businesses based in Austin‚ markets a line of precision abrasives and high-performance chemicals for electronics manufacturing. Its advanced abrasive products are used for microfinishing and polishing where close tolerance‚ precision finishes or very fine finishes are required.

3M™ Touch Systems‚ Inc.

3M™ Touch Systems‚ Inc.‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M located in Methune‚ Mass.‚ provides fast‚ reliable and accurate touch products to customers worldwide under the “MicroTouch™” brand. Popular interactive applications include casino gaming‚ retail point of sale‚ foodservice‚ hospitality‚ self-service‚ mobile handheld‚ and interactive digital signage.

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Safety‚ Security & Protection Services Business

Corrosion Protection Products Division

This business provides powder and liquid resins for corrosion protection of pipelines and metals used in construction and powder resins for OEM electrical insulation applications.

Track & Trace Solutions Department - Locating & Marking

Dynatel™ RFID marker locating technology enhances management of underground facilities for telecommunications‚ natural gas‚ water‚ sewer‚ CATV and electric power utilities. It can pinpoint both conventional passive markers and 3M™ RFID markers on all of the established utility marker frequencies. It also provides accurate and efficient cable/pipe locating and details about them as well as fault location.

Display & Graphics Business

Projection Systems Department

This unit is a leader in products and solutions for presentations and collaborative meetings‚ offering a wide selection of meeting products‚ including overhead‚ digital and pocket-size projectors‚ transparency films and electronic presentation systems.

Health Care Business

Health Information Systems Division

A small part of this business is located in Austin. HIS provides healthcare information and financial and performance management solutions to help hospitals drive sustainable quality and financial outcomes‚ including document creation (speech recognition) products and a hosted application for dictation transcription.