The company takes ownership of the N95; after all, it was 3M that introduced the first government-approved filtering facepiece respirator that was the precursor to the N95 back in 1972.

3M has another contract — worth $172.9 million — to supply N95 respirators to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which manages the nation's stockpile for critical medical supplies.

3M is not the only company looking for a respirator breakthrough. One firm is testing a washable N95, said Brosseau at the U’s infectious disease center. Still others are looking at more ...

3M, the world’s largest maker of respirator masks, said Friday it is willing to comply with President Trump’s order to manufacture and supply more critically needed N95 masks for the United ...

A dire shortage of N95 respirator masks and other medical equipment and supplies due to the coronavirus has some health care providers and states turning to secondary distribution markets — a… ...

Less than a year ago 3M, a major American multinational in St. Paul, Minnesota, was churning out a bunch of everyday problem-solving products, like Post-its, Scotch tape and ACE elastic bandages.

3M Co. has doubled global production of N95 respirators to a rate of nearly 100 million a month, or more than 1.1 billion a year, to arm health care workers dealing with the coronavirus that ...

3M Co. said Thursday that it remains "committed" to making sure that everyone how needs an N95 face mask can get one. The consumer, health care and building products company is the market maker of ...

3M Co.MMM 2.08 % increase; green up pointing triangle said rising N95 mask sales helped deliver higher-than-expected revenue in the materials company’s most recent quarter, as the Omicron ...

Now, with an array of available PPE like the popular N95 and KN95, the coveted 3M brand masks and the iconic blue medical masks, to name a few, it’s hard to know which to wear. “Some ...