3M SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
Adhesive in Sandton

Join 3M's team of dedicated innovators who make an impact and transform the way people around the world live. We are applying our science to make a real impact in every person’s life around the world. 3M is a global science company that never stops inventing. Our inventions have improved daily life for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. Helping manufacturers make more with less through leaner processes. Automating health care data so the right people get the right information to take action. For more than half of 3M’s products, the last step in the manufacturing process is the conversion of a film, abrasive, tape or other material into the specific shape and size that a customer requires. Our ability to rapidly reconfigure how a product is cut, shaped and finished allows efficient customisation with consistent quality. Using advanced, proprietary materials and manufacturing techniques, 3M has become a pioneer in the manufacture of electronic circuitry on flexible polymer films. We invented multi-layer optical films that create crisp, vibrant images for electronic displays and counterfeit-resistant security marks. We create these durable structured surfaces using a combination of our unique technologies, including micro-replication, polymer processing, adhesives and non-wovens. Pharmaceuticals can enhance and sometimes even save lives. And 3M is unmatched in the application of these novel materials to the demands of real-world manufacturing. Still other films provide very high barriers to oxygen and moisture, a requirement in next-generation electronic displays. 3M scientists and researchers are exploring a new world at the nanometer level, where materials exhibit unique physical, chemical and biological properties. These unusual properties are already being exploited in our hard coatings, dental restoratives and brightness-enhancing optical films (used in LCD displays). In medical tapes, they provide comfort to patients. Among other unique materials, 3M has a growing expertise in strong, lightweight metal matrix composites. We also use moulding to create micro-replicated patterns in structured abrasives, and brightness enhancement and security films. This expertise is particularly important in health care, electronics, display and graphics markets. 3M engineers are designing production equipment that combines finely controlled processes with the economic efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing. We create unique surfaces, using our micro-replication technology. We also modify the surfaces of films and web materials, using corona, heat and vapour processing technologies. Few companies in the world can compare with 3M in the design and operation of the most demanding continuous processes, especially web handling, coating and drying.