3M, a publicly owned company headquartered in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, US, was founded in 1902 and employs approximately 65,600 individuals. Functioning as an American multinational conglomerate, 3M, originally known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, specializes in industrial machinery manufacturing and operates across the fields of industry, worker safety, and consumer goods. The company produces over 60,000 products under several brands, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection film, electrical, electronic connecting, insulating materials, car-care products, electronic circuits, and optical films.
