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3M India Milestones

1987

Jun

3M and Birlas become Partners

1988

Nov

Foundation laid for Manufacturing Facility at Electronics City, Bangalore

1990

Feb

Inauguration of Customer Tech Centre, Bangalore, by Allen F. Jacobson, CEO, 3M, St.Paul

 

 

 

 

 

Apr

Production of UY connectors

Jun

First Shipment of MS2 Connectors

Jul

Commencement of Scotch-Brite Conversion

Sep

First Shipment of first Automotive Stripings

Oct

Installation of Tape Coater

1991

Jan

Production of Box Sealing Tape Manufacturing of first batch of Light Water

1992

Oct

First Shareholder's Meeting

1993

Jul

Self-Certification Approval for Telecom Connectors.
3M increases equity holding to 51%.
Warehousing Operation at Delhi.

 

Nov

Warehousing Operations at Mumbai

1994

Jan

Opening of Chennai Customer Sales Centre

 

 

Apr

Opening of Calcutta Customer Sales Centre

Dec

Opening of Bangalore Customer Sales Centre

1995

Feb

AS-400 Installed- E-mail and IFS2 Implemented 

 

 

Apr

ISO-9002 Certification

Nov

New Warehouse, Bangalore

1996

Feb 

Inauguration of Graphics Production Centre. 
New Warehouse, Mumbai

 

 

Mar

Printed Post-it® Notes

Dec

Opening of Second Customer Sales Centre in Bangalore

1997

Jan 

Industrial land acquisition at Ranjangoon, Pune

 

 

May

Mumbai Customer Sales Centre Expansion

Jul 

Chennai Warehouse

1998

Jan

Expansion of Bangalore Customer Sales Center-1

 

 

 

Apr

3M Increases equity holding to 76%

Jul 

Opening of new Delhi Customer Sales Centre with expanded facilities

Aug

Inauguration of Innovation Center, Electronics City, Bangalore

2000

Jun

Acquisition of Auto Striping India Pvt. Ltd.

 

Jul

Inauguration of Centralized Corporate Office

2002

Dec

Company name changed to 3M India Limited from Birla 3M Limited.

2004

Aug

Inauguration of Manufacturing Facility for Corrosion Protection Products in Ahmedabad

2006

Dec

Acquisition of Mahindra Engineering & Chemical Products Limited.

2007

Apr

Moved to a brand new Corporate Office at UB City in Bangalore

 

Sep

Expansion of our Bangalore & Ahmedabad Plants

Oct

Acquisition of Macroworx Media Pvt Ltd

2008

Jun

3M completes 20 years of operation in India

 

Oct

3M India's 5th Manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon begins commercial operations

2009

Jul

Phase 2 of 3M India's Corrosion Protection Manufacturing Facility at Ahmedabad inaugurated.