3M Medical Device Company Intelligence Report

Medical Device Company Intelligence Reports provide a full review of the company's activities, from its origins to its latest corporate activity, including mergers and acquisitions, agreements, divestitures, major purchasing contracts and litigation. Sections are included on products, international activities and R&D, as well as a full, in-depth five year financial analysis. An introduction to each report and a full table of contents is provided for review. More than 60 Medical Device Company Intelligence Reports are currently available.

3M, headquartered in St Paul, Minnesota, USA, is a global diversified technology company with a market presence in six divisions: Industrial and Transportation; Health Care; Display and Graphics; Consumer and Office; Safety, Security and Protection Services; and Electro and Communications. The company has operations in more than 60 countries, its products are sold in nearly 200 countries worldwide and employs almost 80,000 people.

The company's Health Care Division serves the medical, surgical, drug delivery, dental, health information and other markets worldwide. Major products include medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, drug-delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems and medical diagnostic products. At the time of writing, 3M Health Care operated through the following lines of business:

• Medical: Infection Prevention
• Medical: Skin and Wound Care
• 3M Littman Stethoscopes
• Medical Supplies & OEM Products
• Health Information Systems
• Oral Care: Dental (3M ESPE)
• Oral Care: Orthodontics (3M Unitek)
• Food Safety (Microbiology)
• Drug Delivery Systems

This report does not include 3M's microbiology products.

3M's competitors in the wound care market include Smith & Nephew, Kinetic Concepts, Convatec, Coloplast and Johnson & Johnson. In the health information systems market, 3M's principal rivals are Agfa, GE Healthcare, Siemens and Philips.

In the dental and orthodontic sector, 3M competes with Prestige Dental, Kerr Dentistry, Dentsply and Patterson Dental. In the drug delivery market, Respironics and Novosis are the main competitors faced by 3M.