• In 1948, 3M’s “15 percent” program was born, allowing employees to dedicate almost a full day a week to their own projects, following their ideas and seeing what came of them.
• In the 1950s, we introduced the Thermo-Fax™ copying process, Scotchgard™ Fabric Protector, videotape, Scotch-Brite™ Cleaning Pads and several new electro-mechanical products.