3M is a major global supplier of materials and finished parts to automotive manufacturers and their suppliers. 3M produces over 1,000 different products for the automotive industry used in or on vehicles or in automotive plants.
3M has been a leader in graphics and badging since we put our first stripes on the 1965 Mustang. Today, 3M offers a complete line of design and styling products: graphics, badges and functional/ protective films for automotive manufacturers.
3M offers automotive manufacturers a broad range of electrical products. And through Durel, a joint venture with Rogers Corporation, 3M makes Durel® Electroluminescent Lighting for a wide variety of innovative lighting applications.
3M's double-sided acrylic foam tapes, introduced in 1978, have forever changed the attachment of body side moldings, nameplates and weatherstrip. 3M also offers structural adhesives and microspheres used in plastics to lighten automotive components.
From cabin air filtration to acoustic insulation, from rear-view mirror bonding to repositionable fasteners, adhesives and adhesive transfer tapes - 3M interior products offer cabin comfort and simplified automotive manufacturing processes.
3M offers a large array of abrasive and masking products to help manufacture vehicles and products to make plants safer, quieter, cleaner and more efficient: respirators, noise abatement products, sorbents, cleaning products, lighting and safety mats.
3M's contributions to the automotive powertrain and chassis run the gamut from catalytic converter mounting systems to diesel particulate filters; from fluoropolymers for hoses, gaskets and seals to vibration damping polymers.
