3M Innovation Story

3M Innovation Story

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Leading Through Innovation

For More Than a Century

Innovation will always

be 3Ms heart and soul,
and our approach will remain
technological differentiation
applied across multiple
businesses.

George Buckley, 2011

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2010 Recognition

Most Visible
Companies
3M Ranks 3rd

Most Admired
Companies
3M Ranks 15th

Most Reputable
Companies
3M Ranks 4th

Most Innovative Companies

3M Ranks 3rd

7-time ENERGY STAR

Sustained Excellence
Award Winner
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Among Best
Companies for
Leadership

Most Reputable
Companies
3M Ranks 4th

Top Public Companies

3M Ranks 7th

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A Legacy of Innovation
Microprojection
Masking Tape
Surgical Drapes

Thinsulate

Optical Films
Wetordry Sandpaper
Scotch Magic Tape

High Capacity Cable

Non-abrasive
Cleaning Supplies
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Post-it Notes

Window Films

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Technology at 3M is Owned and Leveraged by All

46 Technology Platforms
Intellectual property
belongs to 3M, not
a single business
Businesses combine
multiple platforms to build
unique product solutions
85 laboratories globally
30 Customer Technology
Centers around the world
2,500 patents issued
in 2010
43,000+ issued and
pending patents

Shared Technology Is The Heart of New Product Innovation

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3M Innovation Model
Markets

Technology Platforms

Abrasives

Architecture & Construction

Adhesives

Consumer & Office

Ceramics

Electronics, Software
Films
Microreplication
Nanotechnology

Display

Opportunity
Drives
Development
and Utilization

Non-wovens

Filtration
Health Care
Renewable Energy
Safety & Security

Precision Coating

Telecoms and Utilities

Vapor Processing

Water Infrastructure

Doing Things Only 3M Can Do

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Electronics

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Transforming Technology into Consumer Brands

Pressure-Sensitive and
Microsphere Adhesives

Non-Wovens
Abrasives
Air Quality Products

Filtration
Films

PRODUCTS

Precision
Coating
Fluoropolymers
Colloid Science
Technology is Consumerized into Brands
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Product and Technology Migration

Micro-replication Technology
Micro-channel
cooling

Structured
Surface
Filter

Fluid
Transport

High Flow
Filter

Structured
Surface Sensor

ISO
porous

ELECTRONICS

Electrical Connectors
Fabric
Cubicle Grips

Griplets
Stem Web
Tape

Glare-free
Overhead
Projector
Lens

Prism
Reflectivity

Cube Corner
Diamond
Grade
Sheeting

Traffic
Signal

Total
Internal
Reflection

Linear
Solar
Concentrator

Overhead
Projector Lens

Radial
Solar
Concentrator

1970

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ADHESIVES

High-Intensity EngineeringGrade
Fluorescent Prismatic
Prismatic
DGS
Conspicuity
Flexible
Prismatic
Prismatic License Plate

REFLECTIVE
MATERIALS

Internally Lit Signs

Lighted Guidance Tube

Brightness
Enhancement
Film

Light Pole

Lighted Lane Marker

LCD
Film

ILLUMINATION

LED Light Mixing

FLG
Light Control
Large-Diameter Optical Fiber

Notched Fiber
Low-profile
Overhead
Projector

1990

FASTENERS

ABRASIVES

Programmed
Optics for Signs

X-ray Scan

Craft & Fabric

Fasteners
Micro Comply
Control TAC Plus

Perfect-It
Headlight
Abrasives
Restoration Cubitron II
System
Perfect-It
Abrasives
Finishing Compound

Scotchlite DGS

Multi-focal
Intraocular
Lens

1980

Smart
Adhesives

Lane Markers

Optical
Lighting
Film

Day
Lighting

Control
TAC

Trizact
Abrasives

Wide Angle
DGS
Lens
Film

1960

Reclosable
Fasteners

MATERIALS

2000

Microlenses

2010

FILM

LENSES

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Connecting Technology to Customers

Anywhere and Everywhere

Developing CuttingEdge Technology

Connecting
to Customers

Driving Growth Through Innovation

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Technology Drives Growth

3M Brightness
Enhancement Film

3M Confirm Laminate
with Floating Image

3M Aluminum Conductor
Composite Reinforced

3M Cubitron II
Abrasives
Scotch Magic Tape
3M Scotchshield Film 17
Solar Panel backsheet

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3M Prestige Series Solar Films

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Impact of 3M Platforms

Filtration
30% of Company
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
75% of Company

Non-wovens
70% of Company
Films
40% of Company

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Microreplication
35% of Company

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Acquisitions Leverage 3M Innovation

Making Acquisitions in High-Growth Markets

Consumer & Office

Display & Graphics

Electro & Communication

Safety, Security & Protection Services

Health Care

Industrial & Transportation

Grinding Technology
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Pressure-Sensitive Tapes

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Our Primary Innovation Metric is NPVI

Growth Through Innovation
Year 1 New Product Sales
New Product Sales / Total

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

NPVI = New product vitality index (products introduced within the past five years, divided by total sales)

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2014

2015

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Innovation Across the Globe

Diverse Solutions Meeting Local Needs
Technical capabilities around
the globe identifying customer
needs and developing
solutions to meet articulated
and unarticulated needs.

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3Ms Global Reach

United States

Dominican
Canada
Jamaica Republic

Latvia

Switzerland
Ukraine
Poland
Denmark Czech

Hungry
Sweden

Republic
Finland

Lithuania

Austria

Germany

Puerto Rico
Russia
Norway Estonia

UK
Netherland
China
s

Japan

Guatemala

85 Laboratories

El Salvador

30 CTCs
Panama

Venezuela

Peru

Ecuador

Brazil

Chile

Argentina

Italy

Spain

Uruguay
Portugal

Morocco
France
Belgium

Greece

Turkey

South
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Malaysia

Australia

Kenya

Pakistan

Israel

Egypt

UAE

India

Sri Lanka
Kazakhstan

Just around the corner. All around the world.

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Taiwan

Vietnam

Costa Rica

Colombia

Korea

67 Countries

Mexico

Trinidad &
Tobago

Romania

Indonesia

Hong Kong

Philippines

Thailand

Singapore

New Zealand

Key
Sales & Marketing
Manufacturing/Converting
Technical Capabilities

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A Connected Global Collaboration Community

800+ Technical Forum Events Globally
3Ms Annual Event 2,800 participants
The Spring Technology Symposium
1,000 participants
Carlton Awards Symposium
500 participants
Inventor Recognition Ceremony
1,000 participants
Circle of Technical Excellence & Innovation
6,000 participants
Virtual Technology Information Exchange
500 participants

10,000+ member "grass roots"

technical organization
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Hundreds of Chapter Events

sometimes as few as half dozen experts
meeting on specialized topics such as dynamic
molecular modeling

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3M Tech Forum Activities & Events

30+ Active Special-Interest Chapters
Adhesives

Micro-replication

Biotechnology

Nanotechnology

New Business
Development

Inorganic Materials

Laser Processing
Radiation Curing

Photochemistry
Life Sciences

Polymer Processes
Product Design

And more

Events and Recognition

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The Annual Technology Event

The Spring Technology Symposium
Carlton Awards Symposium
Inventor Recognition Ceremony
Tech Forum Special Programs
Circle of Technical Excellence & Innovation

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Tech Forum Tech Council Meeting

Tech Forum Marketing Meeting
New Technical Orientation Program
New Technical Employee Poster Session
Virtual Technology Information Exchange

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3M Innovation is Planned, Purposeful and Global

Global Labs
Culture of
Collaboration

Technical Forums
15% Culture

Leveraged Capabilities

Customer Tech Centers

e-Connectivity
Shared Technologies

3M Innovation
is driven by a system of principles,
practices and infrastructure
that harness the chain reaction
of new ideas.
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No IP Barriers

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3Ms Shared, Leveraged Innovation Model

Tech Forum
Tech, Eng, & Mfg Councils
Corporate & Division Scientists
CRPL, CRML, SEMS, CRAL
15% Culture
China, India ... Support Teams
CTOC, ETOC, ATOC

3M Unique
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The Bottom Line

Research is the transformation

of money into knowledge.

Innovation is the transformation

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of knowledge into money.

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