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Bengaluru, Karnataka

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3M India Limited is the flagship listed subsidiary of the US-based multinational conglomerate, 3M Company, which holds a 75% stake in the Indian entity. Incorporated in 1987 as Birla 3M Limited through a joint venture between the 3M Group and the Birla Group, the company officially rebranded to 3M India in 2002 after the Birla group divested its stake. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, 3M India operates as a science-based enterprise that leverages 51 global technology platforms to develop, manufacture, and market highly differentiated products for both industrial and retail consumers. The company follows a diversified business model organized into four primary business segments: Safety & Industrial, Transportation & Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer. The Safety & Industrial segment, which serves industrial, electrical, and safety markets, offers personal safety equipment, structural adhesives, and specialty industrial tapes. The Transportation & Electronics segment focuses on commercial solutions, advanced materials, and electronic systems, experiencing notable expansion into specialized adhesive and thermal management applications for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The Health Care vertical provides medical, surgical, dental, and oral care products; following the global spin-off of Solventum Corporation in 2024, 3M India manages these operations through local manufacturing licenses and reseller agreements. The Consumer segment brings widely recognized brands directly to retail consumers, featuring stationery, home improvement, and DIY platforms such as Scotch-Brite, Command, Post-it, and Scotch. To maintain its market position, 3M India localizes global innovations via extensive domestic infrastructure. The company operates three manufacturing plants located in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and Pune. It also hosts a Corporate Office and Customer Innovation Center (R&D Center) in Bengaluru, along with an additional innovation facility in Gurgaon. Products are commercialized through a multi-channel distribution network that spans direct sales to end-users, industrial converters, e-commerce, wholesalers, and retail dealers. Financially, the company is publicly traded on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) under the tickers 3MINDIA and 523395, respectively. For the fiscal year 2024-25, 3M India reported total revenue from operations of INR 4,446 crore. Moving into the 2025-26 fiscal periods, the company continued to demonstrate robust performance, reporting a total income of INR 1,278.81 crore and a net profit of INR 191.34 crore for the second quarter ending September 30, 2025. As of March 2025, the organization employed 1,213 personnel. To guide its next phase of operational excellence and strategic alignment—including asset optimization like the divestment of its minor Property Graphics & Footwear unit—Aseem Joshi was appointed as the incoming Managing Director, effective April 1, 2026.