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Tradiebot Pilots Virtual Collision Repair and Refinish Skills Training VR Console in Australia

December 9, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tradiebot has teamed up with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education in Australia and key collision repair industry partners to launch Ready, Tradie Go!, a digital skills high school program designed to engage the next generation of automotive apprentices using the latest Virtual Reality (VR) technology and a mobile app developed by the Australian […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Apprentice Program, Australia, Axalta Coating Systems, Career and Technical Education, Technical Training, Tradiebot Industries, Virtual Reality

3M Donates Signature Event with Chip Foose to the Collision Repair Education Foundation Fundraiser Supporting Military Veterans and Collision Repair Schools

September 21, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Chip Foose Signing Hoods

To show support for the Collision Industry and advancing career opportunities, 3M donated a signature event with Chip Foose, as well as other Chip Foose memorabilia, to the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) combined efforts to raise funds for the Hire Our Heroes program in addition to raising additional support for high school college collision […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser

3M Reports Second-Quarter Sales Down 12.2% Versus 2019

July 28, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M (NYSE: MMM) today reported second-quarter 2020 results sales of $7.2 billion, down 12.2% compared to last year. Organic local-currency sales declined 13.1 percent, while acquisitions, net of divestitures, increased sales by 2.4 percent. Foreign currency translation reduced sales by 1.5 percent year-on-year. The company noted improving sales trends with July month-to-date sales up low-single […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Earnings

3M Awarded Department of Defense Contracts to Expand U.S. Production of N95 Respirators

May 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M announced it has been awarded two contracts through the U.S. Department of Defense in recent weeks that will help the company expand U.S. production of N95 respirators from 35 million per month to more than 95 million per month by October. Beginning in January, 3M ramped up production of respirators and doubled its global […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, N95 Respirators, PPE, U.S. Department of Defence

3M and the Trump Administration Announce Plan to Import 166.5 Million Additional Respirators from China

April 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Agreement allows for continued exports of U.S. produced respirators to Canada and Latin America. 3M and the Trump Administration announced a plan to import 166.5 million respirators from China over the next three months to support healthcare workers in the United States. 3M and the Administration worked together to ensure that this plan does not […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Coronavirus, N95 Respirators

3M Responds to Defense Production Act Order on N95 Masks

April 6, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M came under fire by the White House and President Trump over exports of N95 masks to Canada and Latina America. The White House announced Thursday night that the Administration was invoking the Defense Production Act to compel 3M to supply N95 respirators. 3M has doubled its production of N95 masks in response to the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, N95 Respirators, PPE

3M CEO Says More Than 500,000 N95 Masks Went to Seattle and New York

March 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mike Roman, chairman and CEO of 3M explained that the company would deliver over 500,000 N95 masks to health care providers in Seattle, Wash. and New York. In a blog post on Sunday, March 22, Roman said that the company had shipped the masks from a plant in South Dakota. According to Roman’s blog post […]

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Fiat Chrysler and Ford Announce Personal Protective Equipment Production

March 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced it is stepping in to help those at the front line of the coronavirus pandemic by manufacturing and donating more than 1 million protective face masks per month. Production capacity is being installed this week and the company will start manufacturing face masks in the coming weeks with initial distribution […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Coronavirus, FCA, Ford Motor Company

3M and sia Abrasives Settle Patent Infringement Disputes

November 12, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M Company, 3M Deutschland GmbH, 3M Innovative Properties Company, sia Abrasives Deutschland GmbH and sia Abrasives Industries AG have settled patent infringement lawsuits brought by 3M in the District Court of Mannheim in Germany and the Federal Patent Court in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Robert Bosch GmbH has withdrawn its related opposition to 3M’s patent […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Europe, Lawsuits, Patents

3M and Saint-Gobain Settle Paint Spray Patent Dispute

July 31, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M Company and Saint-Gobain Abrasives Inc. announced they have settled a long-standing patent dispute in Europe that related to 3M’s Paint Preparation System (PPS) and Saint-Gobain’s “Norton Paint Systems” (NPS) brand. The settlement covers infringement actions brought by 3M under several European patents against Saint-Gobain Abrasives in Germany and in France and corresponding actions by […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Europe, Lawsuits, Patent, Saint-Gobain

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