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3M
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Top 50 rank: 23
Rank in Medical Products and Equipment: 2
(Previous rank: 1)
Overall score: 6.33
Ticker:MMM
Why it's admired:
This eclectic manufacturer – 3M makes Post-it Notes, digital dental care equipment, and road safety products, to name just a few things – is lavishing shareholders with a 35-percent bump in dividends this quarter, which makes for 56 years straight of annual increases. To keep the good ideas flowing, the company plans to spend up to $10 billion on acquisitions through 2017, though the right opportunity could tempt CEO Inge Thulin to go even higher. Meanwhile, 3M is working toward a set of 2015 sustainability goals, including reducing air emissions by 15 percent and developing water conservation plans. --C.D.
Headquarters:
St. Paul, MN
Website:
www.3m.com
By Erika Fry, Caroline Fairchild, Brandon Southward, Claire Zillman and Catherine Dunn
Nine key attributes of reputation
Industry rank
Use of corporate assets
3
Quality of products/services
2
From the March 17, 2014, issue.
