3M

3M Australia

3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products, and we’re a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world.

Our Values

• Act with uncompromising honesty and integrity in everything we do

• Satisfy our customers with innovative technology and superior quality, value and service

• Provide our investors an attractive return through sustainable, global growth

• Respect our social and physical environment around the world

• Value and develop our employees’ diverse talents, initiative and leadership

• Earn the admiration of all those associated with 3M worldwide

3M at a Glance (Year-end 2013)

• Global sales: $30.8 billion.

• International (non-US) sales: $19.7 billion (64 percent of company’s total).

• Operations in more than 70 countries.

• 3M products sold in nearly 200 countries.

• 88,667 employees globally.

• 2013 3M gives cash and product donations totaled $60.2 million.

3M in Australia

• 2013 sales in excess of $500 million

• 650+ employees • 11 locations including 4 manufacturing sites

• Products manufactured in Australia are liquid filtration products, car repair products, automotive products and microbiology products.

• Head office in North Ryde, NSW