• Dry-silver microfilm was introduced in the 1960s, along with photographic products, carbonless papers, overhead projection systems, and a rapidly growing health care business of medical and dental products.
• We further expanded our market focus in the 1970s and 1980s into pharmaceuticals, radiology and energy control.
• In 1975, 3M launched Pollution Prevention Pays as a means of empowering employees to guide the company’s sustainability efforts. To date, the “3P” program has resulted in the elimination of more than 3.8 billion pounds of pollution and saved us nearly $1.7 billion.