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unique strengths
ingenious solutions 15
out of tough cleaning jobs. Restaurants use Scotch-Brite products to keep
food-preparation areas clean. Scotch-Brite products also are extensively
used in industrial markets, where they perform a variety of surface condition-
ing tasks essential to the manufacturing process.
Workers use 3M™Respirators for safety and comfort. Our respirators are
government certified for use against a wide range of airborne contaminants.
Thinsulate™Insulation – another nonwoven product – offers warmth without
bulk. It’s incorporated into jackets, boots, gloves, sleeping bags and more.
In fact, world-renowned polar explorer Will Steger uses Thinsulate insulation
on his Arctic expeditions. A companion product – Thinsulate™Acoustic
Insulation – helps reduce road noise inside vehicles sold worldwide. Yet
another 3M product based on nonwoven technology – 3M™Nomad™Floor
Matting – helps keep floors cleaner longer.
Nonwoven materials technology is spurring invention and driving 3M
growth in other important markets, too. Think better-performing diaper
elastics, medical tapes, bandages, surgical masks and drapes, floor pads,
vibration control products, oil sorbents, filtration products and more. In
total, nonwoven materials technology is used in 3M products with annual
sales of more than $3 billion – and counting.
Used in forced-air heating and cooling
systems, Filtrete®Filters contribute
to cleaner indoor air by attracting
and capturing dust, smoke and other
microparticles that ordinary fiberglass
filters might miss.