3M

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3M is a $16 Billion company headquartered in St Paul Minnesota. Celebrating 100 years of trading in 2002 over half the company's revenue is now generated outside of the United States.

3M UK & Ireland was formed as an operating unit in 1951 and now employs over 3,700 people in 13 locations across the region.

As one of the largest subsidiaries outside of the U.S. 3M UK & Ireland is involved in the manufacture, distribution, sales and marketing, engineering and administration of most of the company's 50,000 products. 3M Gorseinon was opened in 1952 and has one of the most diversified product ranges of any 3M plant worldwide.

* Branded tapes, elastics and reclosable fasteners for disposable nappies
* Repulpable tapes for the paper and printing industry

* Non-CFC propelled aerosols for commercial and industrial use.

* An extensive range of adhesive transfer tapes

* A range of accessories for the automotive repair trade.

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Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a quality and business strategy that builds on 3M's history of improvement. Six Sigma was originally launched at 3M in February 2001 with senior 3M leadership. By the end of 2001, 4000 3M people were trained in Six Sigma and more than 11,000 completed training by June 2002. More than 3,500 projects have been generated during this time.
To quote Jim McNerney, Chairman of the Board and CEO "Six Sigma is not a programme or an initiative. It is our game plan. It will challenge all of us, individually and collectively, to be the very best that we can be"
Six Sigma is therefore the way that we are accelerating our business performance and customer satisfaction.The strategy is straightforward - eliminate defects by reducing and controllin

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