3M Greenville Plant

Greetings from 3M Greenville

3M is a global innovation company that never stops inventing. Over the years, we have worked to improve daily life for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. We have made driving at night easier, made buildings safer, and made consumer electronics lighter, less energy-intensive and less harmful to the environment. We even helped put a man on the moon.

Every day at 3M, one idea always leads to the next, igniting momentum to make progress possible around the world.

3M Greenville, South Carolina

3M Greenville, South Carolina, located on 100 acres of 3M property, consists of two distinct manufacturing plants within the Electronics and Energy Business Group and the Industrial Business Group:

Film Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations (Film Plant)

Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division (Tape Plant)

The Film Plant produces a wide variety of polyester films, which are used in many 3M products by several divisions of 3M Company.

The Tape Plant produces box sealing tapes and polypropylene films. These films are used as backing for box sealing tapes, whitening strips, and other consumer applications.

History of 3M Greenville

The 3M Greenville Manufacturing Site is located at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC), previously known as Donaldson Center. Initially known as Donaldson Air Base, this area originated from a large military air base that provided air support for WWII and the Korean War. The base was closed in 1963, and the area was transitioned into what today is a large industrial park with about 100 employers and 8000 employees tied to SCTAC operations.

The film plant was built by Olin in 1971 and opened in 1972. The Greenville Film Plant was acquired from Olin Corporation in 1974. In 1975 construction was started on the Greenville Tape Plant, and it started operations in 1976.

A major expansion took place in the Film Plant in 1982-1983 (G2 line). Additional converting facilities were added to the Tape Plant in 1983 along with an expansion for an administrative building in 1984. In 1999, the Tape Plant was expanded to install the 17J film line. In 2007, construction began on an additional Film Line (G3), which resulted in the construction of a new building and additional manufacturing capacity. In 2012, the Tape Plant expanded to include the grid melter and paper core making operations. Significant upgrades were made to the HM2 coater in 2014 and to the HM1 coater in 2015 to eliminate solvents from the site.

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In the Plant

3M Greenville Film Plant Technologies:

Polyester Film Making and Coating

Reclaim Pelletizing

Brightness Enhancing Films

Release Liners

3M Core Technology:
Light Management Lm: Begin with 3M's intimate understanding of advanced materials. Combine those materials in thin films with hundreds of layers. Integrate with 3M's unmatched ability to create microscopic structures on films (and other surfaces). By mixing these and other technologies, 3M manipulates light to transform everyday products. Signs are brighter and easier to read. Security markings seem to float above documents. Electronic displays are more vivid and more colorful-but draw less power.

Display Di: 3M display materials manipulate the transmission and reflection of light. By combining our expertise in multilayer films, lenses and microreplication, we are able to increase the clarity, durability or brightness of virtually all types of electronic displays-from liquid crystal displays in handheld devices, to LCD monitors and televisions, to gigantic projection displays. These materials are also used in privacy filters for laptop computers and for automated teller machines.
3M Greenville Tape Plant Technologies:

Box Sealing Tape

Core Manufacturing

Polypropylene Film Making and Coating

Hot Melt Coating

Short and Long Yardage Slitting

3M Core Technology:
Adhesives Ad: So strong they can hold a structural panel for the life of a building... so gentle they yield to a child. Because 3M adhesives have been engineered to fit our customers' needs, they are used in such diverse products as airplanes and cell phones, automobiles and medical dressings. We excel in curable adhesives and epoxies. And, of course, pressure-sensitive tapes, which 3M invented more than 80 years ago.

3M Greenville Products:
Film Plant

G1 Film Line produces thin gauge films, liner films, solar films, medical films

G2 Film Line produces medium gauge films, optical films, and medical films

G3 Film Line produces thicker gauge films, optical films, and multi-layer films

Tape Plant

17J Film Line produces a wide variety of polypropylene films for use in the plant as well as other 3M locations

HM1 and HM2 Coaters coat film stock rolls with hot melt adhesive

1.6M and 2.0M Converting equipment slits coated jumbo into finished rolls of box sealing tape

Core Maker equipment produces narrow width paper cores for the converting lines to wind finished tape

Grid Melter melts resin pellets to feed the coating lines

In the Community

3M Greenville Life

Nestled into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Greenville, South Carolina has combined traditional southern charm, stunning natural beauty and an unexpected contemporary cool to create one of America's hottest emerging destinations and fastest growing cities.

From a revitalized downtown ranked among "America's Ten Best" by Forbes Magazine to downtown Greenville's one-of-a-kind Liberty Bridge, quaint shops, boutiques, and fabulous restaurants to a world-class collection of museums, galleries, and theaters to some of the most beautiful lakes, rivers and mountains in the world, Greenville, South Carolina is everything they say it is and more. Check us out and see for yourself why we're not just any Greenville - we're THAT Greenville.

If metropolitan entertainment is your thing, Greenville is a short hour and a half from Charlotte, NC and three hours from Atlanta, GA. Greenville is supported by a large regional airport, Greenville Spartanburg Regional (GSP) with direct flights to major air hubs including Atlanta, Detroit, and Houston just to name a few.
3M Greenville Community Involvement
3M Greenville understands the importance of giving back to our community through volunteerism and financial support and is recognized as a site leader in community giving. 3M Greenville actively supports many community enrichment activities in the Greenville area within the areas of health, human services, environmental and education. 3M Greenville supports a variety of activities and programs, including the following:
- United Way
- Junior Achievement
- 3M Community Impact Grants
- 3M Ingenuity Grants
- Educational Scholarships

Contact 3M Greenville Plant

Phone

(864) 299-4171

Address

3M Greenville 1400 Perimeter Road Greenville SC 29605

3M Greenville Plant

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