March, 2003
For Immediate Release

3M Canada “Touches” All the Bases
3M Touch Products now Available in Canada

London, ON - It just may be the coolest technology of the decade. Touch technology, those wonderful screens that allow users to simply touch an item within the display area to receive more information, make a purchase or many other possibilities. Following the success of several other 3M subsidiaries throughout the world, 3M is staying in touch with demand and has now expanded their Touch Systems business to the Canadian marketplace.

Originally created through strategic acquisitions of two established touch companies, Dynapro™ and MicroTouch™ Systems, 3M’s Touch Systems Division is aiming to be the world’s preferred supplier of touch screens and touch display products. “We are very excited to be entering the Touch Systems market,” comments Rose Creamer, Business Manager of 3M's Electronic Markets. “It is an exciting field, which melds perfectly with our company focus on innovation.”

3M Touch Systems Canada Limited consists of three business groups: Touchscreen Sensors, Touch Monitors and Light Industrial Touch Monitors. 3M Touch Systems provides 3M’s world-renown technological innovation, product reliability, and customer service to touch device manufacturers and touch systems integrators and resellers, around the world. The primary markets for this innovative technology are hospitality, medical, gaming/entertainment, point-of-sale, kiosks, financial, portable, test and measurement, handheld and consumer products.

3M Touch Systems Canada Limited offers two industry-standard touch technologies, capacitive and resistive, as well as a variety of touch LCD, and CRT monitor products, terminals and monitors.

About 3M Touch Systems Canada Limited
3M Touch Systems operates globally and reports through 3M Optical Systems Division headquartered in St. Paul, Minn. 3M is a $16 billion diversified manufacturer serving an array of commercial, industrial and consumer markets.

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