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3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid Named One of Time Magazine’s Coolest Inventions for 2004
From Time.com, Monday, November 29, 2004
By Anita Hamilton, MaryAnne Murray Buechner, Lev Grossman, Simon Crittle, Sora Song, with reporting by Hanna Kite and Yuki Oda/Tokyo

3M Cordova Named 3M Chairman’s Leadership EHS Award Winner
3M Cordova earned the facility the 3M 2006 Chairman’s Leadership EHS Award for installing a Thermal Oxidizer to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

3M Cordova Teams Offer Fitness, Weight Loss Programs
Since 2004, 3M Cordova has promoted employee health and fitness through sponsorship of healthy lifestyle challenges. Each year a theme is developed to promote the benefits of physical activity, healthy weight, team building, enthusiasm, and friendly competition. Consistently throughout these challenges, there has been an overall participation level of over 30 percent of the plant population.

In 2009, 3M has partnered with Weight Watchers at Work Corporate Solutions. Employees are very proud of our health and fitness initiatives and the results and awareness that have resulted over the years.

3M Cordova Supports Active 3M Club
All employees and retirees are members of 3M Club which sponsors a number of family activities, including an annual picnic, Halloween party, and a wide variety of sporting and other local events.

Engaged 3M Cordova Employees
3M Cordova employees are engaged in numerous plant activities including an 80-member Emergency Squad, safety teams representing every area of the plant, numerous Lean Six Sigma teams, and healthy lifestyle teams to name just a few.

3M Cordova Employees and Families Participate in ‘Sharing Tree’
Over the past eleven years, many 3M Cordova employees have participated in “Sharing Tree,” a program which provides Christmas gifts to children in the surrounding three counties. Participation is employee driven, and the 3M Club contributes as well. In 2008, 3M Cordova employees and their families provided gifts to 200 children in the area.

United Way
In 2008, 3M employees increased their donations to United Way by 4%. More employees than ever participated in the program, with an increase in participation of 15%.