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3M Beats on Strong International Performance

Yes, strong international sales helped 3M acheive record profits. But before you have those sales (be they international or domestic) you need competent strategies that attract sales. In this field, 3M may be second to none www.newsvisual.com/new... . Their Directors have experience with such firms as UPS, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Sara Lee, United Airlines, etc. Since these companies are all involved in international business and represent different industries, to me this means that in almost any problem 3M faced someone would probably have had experience with that particular problem. Experience like this is how you build things.