3M Business Units
Communication Markets Division
For 100 years, products of the 3M Communication Markets Division have played an integral part in maintaining signal integrity in the world's telecommunications networks. Based in Austin, Texas, the division is a leading global supplier of innovative products and components for the telecommunications market. Through innovation and deep industry understanding, 3M is responding to the demanding challenges of voice and data transmission with telecom products that are crucial for terminating, testing, protecting and organizing telephone, cable TV and premises networks.
TWith a broad product offering for both copper and fiber optic networks, 3M offers systems and solutions to ensure signal integrity and technician productivity. By delivering customers not only the products they need to build, maintain and rehabilitate their copper or fiber optic networks, the company also provides training, technical service and the assurance of quality backed by 3M.
A history of innovation marks the company's past and sets the stage for its future. 3M invented the first multiple copper wire splicing system, one of the world's most successful telecom products. By leveraging 3M's core technologies for other innovations in copper splicing, fiber optics, terminating, protection and accessories, 3M brings a systems solution to enterprise networks and outside plant rehabilitation and maintenance.
3M is committed to meeting the changing needs of our customers as they face increased demands on their networks. By providing reliable, technician-friendly solutions, 3M Communication Markets Division continues its tradition of reliability and innovation in telecommunications.
Major Markets: Construction; general industrial; office; telecommunications. The target market segments include cable television; public telephone network sector; private telephone network sector; datacom network sector.
Distribution: Through distributors and directly to end-users.