Insert two wires, twist, and the wires are joined. The soft skirt provides the competitive edge. Market share is rebounding nicely. M also innovates through organization. Corporate Research Laboratories work on projects ten or more years out.
Computational chemists simulate experiments on computers.
We also make it easy for our technical people to bounce ideas off each other and to exchange information on a less formal basis. One way is through 3M's Technical Forum. All 3M scientists, engineers and technicians belong to the Technical Forum. The forum provides formal and informal means of communication designed to foster cross fertilization of ideas. In their chapter, polymer chemists can maintain their skills at state of the art.