3M (MMM), a Dow stock and Dividend Aristocrat, produces thousands of innovative products for dozens of diverse markets. Its strength is applying more than 40 distinct technology platforms to a wide ...

Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

One of the most recognized products in the world—Scotch Tape—was invented by Richard G. Drew (1899–1980), a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had the good sense to apply for a job at 3M ...

It's been used for everything from wrapping gifts to protecting blimps. It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. When 3M began ...

Bill McColl has 25+ years of experience as a senior producer and writer for TV, radio, and digital media leading teams of anchors, reporters, and editors in creating news broadcasts, covering some of ...

It’s a very fuzzy word. That word is digital. So says Shaun Braun, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation at 3M, a firm best known inevitably for PostIt notes and Scotch Tape, but which in ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — The maker of Post-Its and Scotch Tape has named a new chief executive. With his employment contract set to expire this month, 3M Co. announced Wednesday that CEO George Buckley will ...

Minnesota-based manufacturing company 3M says plans to close its North Austin manufacturing plant by the end of 2019, a move that will affect about 120 employees. 3M said the 220,000-square foot ...

NEW YORK -- The maker of Post-Its and Scotch Tape has named a new chief executive. With his employment contract set to expire this month, 3M Co. announced Wednesday that CEO George Buckley will retire ...