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  • Sustainable by Design

    Learn how our internal design workbook, Compass, guides 3M designers to address sustainability issues throughout the innovation process.

    2015-09-259 Sustainability at 3M,Product Innovation Sustainable by Design
  • Subtraction adds up.

    3M™ Void Fillers, 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Paste Adhesives and Light-Weight Polysulfide Sealants reduce aircraft weight, maximizing efficiency, minimizing costs and enhancing sustainability.

    2015-03-75 Transportation,Product Innovation Subtraction adds up.
  • How less creates more in hardware cooling.

     3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluids use less energy to cool hardware (95% less, to be exact) and enable you to fit hardware components more tightly.

    2015-03-75 Energy,Electronics,Communications,Energy and Climate,Product Innovation How less creates more in hardware cooling.
  • The magic of microspheres.

    3M’s glass bubbles minimize weight and improve strength of composites used to manufacture vehicles and aircraft.

    2015-03-75 Automotive,Transportation,Energy and Climate,Product Innovation The magic of microspheres. The magic of microspheres.
  • Why it’s good to be in the dark.

    3M™ Speedglas™ Auto Darkening Filter technology allows a welder's screen to go dark as quickly as 0.1 milliseconds of the arc strike.

    2015-03-75 Social Sustainability,Product Innovation,Health and Safety,Safety,Design and Construction Why it’s good to be in the dark.
  • Here’s a brighter idea.

    Use silver metallized and weatherable polymeric film with a solar-weighted total hemispherical reflectance of 94% to direct light. The result: brighter LED lamps in Africa.

    2015-03-75 Energy,Energy and Climate,Education and Development,Product Innovation,Sustainability at 3M,Social Sustainability Here’s a brighter idea.
  • Sighing a breath of relief.

    Filtrete™ Healthy Living Ultimate Allergen Filters attract and capture microscopic particles that can carry bacteria and viruses, for about $80 a year.

    2015-03-75 Health and Safety,Product Innovation,Social Sustainability Sighing a breath of relief.
  • Imagine more network performance using less.

    3M™ Passive Optical LAN Solutions are a fiber-to-the-desktop solution helping network installers and building owners realize up to 70% CAPEX, 80% OPEX, and 90% space savings.

    2015-03-75 Energy,Energy and Climate,Communications,Product Innovation,Design and Construction Imagine more network performance using less.
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