The Past, Present and Future of 3M Health Care

With the recent announcement that 3M is spinning off its Health Care division, SmartTRAK looks back at the evolution of 3M Health Care, its businesses today, the entry into Advanced Wound Care (AWC) and potential new opportunities for the new Health Care business.

3M, a large, diversified company with annual sales of $35.4B in 2021 announced earlier this year plans to spin-off its Health Care business into a new public company. Today, 3M markets thousands of products through four business groups: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care and Consumer. Post-spin-off, 3M will continue as a leading global material science innovator, while the new stand-alone business will seek to become a global diversified healthcare company focused on wound care, healthcare IT, oral care and biopharma filtration.


Among the many topics covered in this fascinating article are:

• The Genesis of 3M's Health Care Division
  • Early Innovations
  • Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Expanding the Portfolio: Economies of Scale
• 3M Health Care and Advanced Wound Care
• Opportunities and Challenges Moving Forward
  • Leveraging and Sharing Technology Development
  • Business Model: Non-Traditional Acquisition Targets
  • More Focused Healthcare Strategy
  • Greater R&D and Clinical Research Investment
  • Entering New Markets

3M is positioning the spin-off as a value play that will create two new companies focused on growth, innovation and investor returns. Within this context, in this article, SmartTRAK takes a look at the evolution of 3M’s Health Care business, how AWC fits within the Health Care business and what the future holds for the business post-spin-off.

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