3M





The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) is an American
corporation that produces a widely diversified range of products including
scotch tape.

The company was established in Duluth, Minnesota in 1902, but soon moved its
headquarters to St. Paul, where it remains to this day. It has greatly
expanded from its original product line of coated abrasives, to the point
where 3M is one of the 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, and is number 126 in the 2002 Fortune 500 listing. Their most
recognized brands are the Scotchtm line of products and Post Ittm notes.

3M trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MMM.