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Historical Timeline This section contains highlights, technological breakthroughs and company achievements from over 100 years of 3M history.
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1900-1909
Guided by Faith, Tenacity and Good Sense
In 1904, Lucius Ordway was called upon to assist the struggling young company. Co-owner of Crane and Ordway, a plumbing supply firm in St. Paul, Minn., he was a man of means who liked to take risks. Ordway  introduced the concept of patient money – a term that is still used today at 3M to represent long-term investment in an idea, technology or product that shows promise, even when some argue otherwise. Without Ordway’s investment of patient money, 3M would have disappeared before 1910.
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