3M Facts
Year-end 2009
3M is one of 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Sales
Worldwide
$23.123 billion
International
$14.614 billion
63 percent of company's total
Net Income
Net Income
$3.193 billion
Percent to sales
13.8 percent
Earnings per share – diluted
$4.52
Taxes
Income tax expense
$1.388 billion
Dividends
(Paid every quarter since 1916)
Cash dividends per share
$2.04
One original share, if held, is now
3,072 shares
R&D and Related Expenditures
Total for last five years
$6.861 billion
Capital Spending
Total for last five years
$5.907 billion
Employees
Leadership
Organization
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More than 35 business units, organized into six businesses:
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Consumer and Office
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Display and Graphics
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Electro and Communications
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Health Care
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Industrial and Transportation
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Safety, Security and Protection Services
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Operations in more than 65 countries – 35 international companies with manufacturing operations, 35 with laboratories.
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In the United States, operations in 28 states.
Technology
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45 technology platforms, including:
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Adhesives
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Abrasives
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Light Management
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Microreplication
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Nonwoven Materials
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Nanotechnology
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Surface Modification
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6,700 researchers worldwide; 3,400 in the United States.
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U.S. Patents Awarded – 518
U.S. Community Giving
In 2009, 3M and the 3M Foundation donated nearly $50 million in cash and products to U.S. educational and charitable institutions.
