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     Effective in the first quarter of 2007, 3M made certain changes to its business segments in its continuing effort to drive growth by aligning businesses around markets and customers. The most significant of these changes are summarized as follows:
*     3M's new emerging business opportunity in its Track and Trace initiative resulted in the merging of a number of formerly separate efforts into one concerted effort for future growth. Track and Trace has a growing array of applications from tracking packages to managing medical and legal records. The establishment of this new initiative within 3M's Safety, Security and Protection Services segment resulted in the transfer of certain businesses to this segment from other segments, including the transfer of HighJump Software Inc., a 3M U.S.-based subsidiary that provides supply chain execution software and solutions (Industrial and Transportation segment) and the transfer of certain Track and Trace products from the Electro and Communications segment.
*     3M's Visual Systems business (Consumer and Office segment), which offers analog overhead and electronic projectors and film, was transferred to the Electro and Communications segment. This transfer is intended to leverage common markets, customers, suppliers and technologies.
*     3M's Industrial and Transportation segment (Energy and Advanced Materials business) transferred the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) electrical power cable to the Electro and Communications segment (Electrical Markets business). With an aluminum-based metal matrix at its core, the ACCR product increases transmission capacity for existing power lines. The Electrical Markets business sells insulating, testing and connecting products to various markets, including the electric utility markets.
*     Certain adhesives and tapes in the Industrial and Transportation segment (Industrial Adhesives and Tapes business) were transferred to the Consumer and Office segment (primarily related to the Construction and Home Improvement business and the Stationery Products business) and to the Electro and Communications segment (Electronics Markets Materials business). Certain maintenance-free respirator products for the consumer market in 3M's Safety, Security and Protection Services segment were transferred to the Consumer and Office segment (Construction and Home Improvement business).
*     3M transferred Film Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations, a resource for the manufacturing and development of films and materials, to the Display and Graphics Business from Corporate and Unallocated.
     The financial information presented herein reflects the impact of all of the preceding changes for all periods presented.
     3M's businesses are organized, managed and internally grouped into segments based on differences in products, technologies and services. 3M continues to manage its operations in six operating business segments: Industrial and Transportation segment, Health Care segment, Display and Graphics segment, Consumer and Office segment, Safety, Security and Protection Services segment and Electro and Communications segment. 3M's six business segments bring together common or related 3M technologies, enhancing the development of innovative products and services and providing for efficient sharing of business resources. These segments have worldwide responsibility for virtually all 3M product lines. 3M is not dependent on any single product or market. Certain small businesses and lab-sponsored products, as well as various corporate assets and expenses, are not allocated to the business segments.
     Transactions among reportable segments are recorded at cost. 3M is an integrated enterprise characterized by substantial intersegment cooperation, cost allocations and inventory transfers. Therefore, management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently, would report the operating income and other financial information shown. The allocations resulting from the shared utilization of assets are not necessarily indicative of the underlying activity for segment assets, depreciation and amortization, and capital expenditures.</us-gaap:SegmentReportingGeneralInformation>
  <mmm:BusinessSegmentsDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 16.  Business Segments
     Effective in the first quarter of 2007, 3M made certain changes to its business segments in its continuing effort to drive growth by aligning businesses around markets and customers. The most significant of these changes are summarized as follows:
*     3M's new emerging business opportunity in its Track and Trace initiative resulted in the merging of a number of formerly separate efforts into one concerted effort for future growth. Track and Trace has a growing array of applications - from tracking packages to managing medical and legal records. The establishment of this new initiative within 3M's Safety, Security and Protection Services segment resulted in the transfer of certain businesses to this segment from other segments, including the transfer of HighJump Software Inc., a 3M U.S.-based subsidiary that provides supply chain execution software and solutions (Industrial and Transportation segment) and the transfer of certain Track and Trace products from the Electro and Communications segment.
*     3M's Visual Systems business (Consumer and Office segment), which offers analog overhead and electronic projectors and film, was transferred to the Electro and Communications segment. This transfer is intended to leverage common markets, customers, suppliers and technologies.
*     3M's Industrial and Transportation segment (Energy and Advanced Materials business) transferred the 3M™ Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) electrical power cable to the Electro and Communications segment (Electrical Markets business). With an aluminum-based metal matrix at its core, the ACCR product increases transmission capacity for existing power lines. The Electrical Markets business sells insulating, testing and connecting products to various markets, including the electric utility markets.
*     Certain adhesives and tapes in the Industrial and Transportation segment (Industrial Adhesives and Tapes business) were transferred to the Consumer and Office segment (primarily related to the Construction and Home Improvement business and the Stationery Products business) and to the Electro and Communications segment (Electronics Markets Materials business). Certain maintenance-free respirator products for the consumer market in 3M's Safety, Security and Protection Services segment were transferred to the Consumer and Office segment (Construction and Home Improvement business).
*     3M transferred Film Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations, a resource for the manufacturing and development of films and materials, to the Display and Graphics Business from Corporate and Unallocated.
     The financial information presented herein reflects the impact of all of the preceding changes for all periods presented.
     3M's businesses are organized, managed and internally grouped into segments based on differences in products, technologies and services. 3M continues to manage its operations in six operating business segments: Industrial and Transportation segment, Health Care segment, Display and Graphics segment, Consumer and Office segment, Safety, Security and Protection Services segment and Electro and Communications segment. 3M's six business segments bring together common or related 3M technologies, enhancing the development of innovative products and services and providing for efficient sharing of business resources. These segments have worldwide responsibility for virtually all 3M product lines. 3M is not dependent on any single product or market. Certain small businesses and lab-sponsored products, as well as various corporate assets and expenses, are not allocated to the business segments.
     Transactions among reportable segments are recorded at cost. 3M is an integrated enterprise characterized by substantial intersegment cooperation, cost allocations and inventory transfers. Therefore, management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently, would report the operating income and other financial information shown. The allocations resulting from the shared utilization of assets are not necessarily indicative of the underlying activity for segment assets, depreciation and amortization, and capital expenditures.
Business Segment Products
Business Segment                                                    Major Products
Industrial and Transportation          Tapes, coated and nonwoven abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, filtration products, closures for disposable diapers, automotive components, abrasion-resistant films, structural adhesives and paint finishing and detailing products

Health Care          Medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, pharmaceuticals (sold in December 2006 and January 2007), drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems and microbiology products

Display and Graphics          Optical films and lens solutions for electronic displays, touch screens and touch monitors, reflective sheeting for transportation safety, and commercial graphics systems

Consumer and Office          Sponges, scouring pads, high-performance cloths, consumer and office tapes, repositionable notes, carpet and fabric protectors, construction and home improvement products, home care products, protective material products and consumer health care products

Safety, Security and Protection Services          Personal protection products, safety and security products, energy control products, commercial cleaning and protection products, floor matting, roofing granules for asphalt shingles, and Track and Trace products, such as supply chain execution software solutions

Electro and Communications          Packaging and interconnection devices, insulating and splicing solutions for the electronics, telecommunications, electrical industries, and visual systems
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Business Segment Information
                                                                         Net Sales                            Operating Income
(Millions)                                                2007          2006          2005          2007          2006          2005
Industrial and Transportation          $7,274          $6,640          $6,047          $1,501          $1,342          $1,210
Health Care                                        3,968          4,011          3,760          1,882          1,845          1,114
Display and Graphics                          3,892          3,770          3,547          1,174          1,044          1,148
Consumer and Office                         3,403          3,164          2,926          688          629          609
Safety, Security and Protection Services          3,070          2,663          2,320          611          549          513
Electro and Communications          2,775          2,631          2,509          481          411          422
Corporate and Unallocated          80          44          58          (144)     (124)     (162)
Total Company          $24,462          $22,923          $21,167          $6,193          $5,696          $4,854
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                                  Assets                               Depreciation &amp; Amortization          Capital Expenditures
(Millions)          2007          2006          2005         2007          2006          2005          2007          2006          2005
Industrial and Transportation          $5,872          $5,180          $5,013          $294          $287          $282          $396          $284          $263
Health Care          2,909          2,477          2,166          138          162          131          213          159          138
Display and Graphics          3,199          3,035          2,775          222          232          189          341          323          237
Consumer and Office          1,720          1,577          1,476          82          77          83          101          103          79
Safety, Security and Protection Services          2,344          2,061          1,429          161          120          121          205          151          100
Electro and Communications          2,063          2,003          1,877          146          173          155          136          117          113
Corporate and Unallocated          6,587          4,961          5,805          29          28          25          30          31          13
Total Company          $24,694          $21,294          $20,541          $1,072          $1,079          $986          $1,422          $1,168          $943
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     Segment assets for the operating business segments (excluding Corporate and Unallocated) primarily include accounts receivable; inventory; property, plant and equipment - net; goodwill and intangible assets; and other miscellaneous assets. Assets included in Corporate and Unallocated principally are cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; insurance receivables; deferred income taxes; certain investments and other assets, including prepaid pension assets; and certain unallocated property, plant and equipment. Corporate and unallocated assets can change from year to year due to changes in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, changes in prepaid pension and postretirement benefits, and changes in other unallocated asset categories. For management reporting purposes, corporate goodwill (which at December 31, 2007, totaled approximately $400 million) is not allocated to the six operating business segments. In Note 3, corporate goodwill has been allocated to the respective market segments as required by SFAS No. 142 for impairment testing.

     Corporate and Unallocated operating income principally includes corporate investment gains and losses, certain derivative gains and losses, insurance-related gains and losses, certain litigation expenses, corporate restructuring program charges and other miscellaneous items. Because this category includes a variety of miscellaneous items, it is subject to fluctuation on a quarterly and annual basis.
     Refer to Note 2 and Note 4 for discussion of items that significantly impact business segment reported results. The most significant items impacting both 2007 and 2006 results are the net gain on sale of the pharmaceuticals business (within the Health Care segment) and restructuring and other actions.</mmm:BusinessSegmentsDisclosureTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Reclassification adjustments are made to avoid double counting in comprehensive income items that are also recorded as part of net income. In 2007, as disclosed in the net periodic benefit cost table in Note 11, $198 million pre-tax ($123 million after-tax) were reclassified to earnings from accumulated other comprehensive income to pension and postretirement expense in the income statement. These pension and postretirement expense amounts are shown in the table in Note 11 as amortization of transition (asset) obligation, amortization of prior service cost (benefit) and amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss. Other reclassification adjustments (except for cash flow hedging instruments adjustments provided in Note 12) were not material. No tax provision has been made for the translation of foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars.</us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 4.  Restructuring Actions and Other Exit Activities

Restructuring Actions:

During the fourth quarter of 2006 and the first six months of 2007, management approved and committed to undertake the following restructuring actions:

*   Pharmaceuticals business actions - employee-related, asset impairment and other costs pertaining to the Company's exit of its branded pharmaceuticals operations. These costs included severance and benefits for pharmaceuticals business employees who are not obtaining employment with the buyers as well as impairment charges associated with certain assets not transferred to the buyers.

*   Overhead reduction actions - employee-related costs for severance and benefits, costs associated with actions to reduce the Company's cost structure.

*   Business-specific actions - employee-related costs for severance and benefits, fixed and intangible asset impairments, certain contractual obligations, and expenses from the exit of certain product lines.

Components of these restructuring actions include:


Restructuring Actions
                                                 Employee-             Contract            
                                               Related Items      Terminations          Asset      
(Millions)                                  And Benefits           and Other      Impairments      Total
Expense incurred in 2006:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $97      $8      $61      $166
Overhead reduction actions      112      -      -      112
Business-specific actions      34      8      83      125
Total 2006 expense      $243      $16      $144      $403
Non-cash changes in 2006:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $(19)   $-      $(61)   $(80)
Overhead reduction actions      (12)   -      -      (12)
Business-specific actions      (4)   -      (83)   (87)
Total 2006 non-cash      $(35)   $-      $(144)   $(179)
Cash payments in 2006:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $-      $(2)   $-      $(2)
Overhead reduction actions      -      -      -      -
Business-specific actions      -      -      -      -
Total 2006 cash payments      $-      $(2)   $-      $(2)
Accrued liability balances as of Dec. 31, 2006:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $78      $6      $-      $84
Overhead reduction actions      100      -      -      100
Business-specific actions      30      8      -      38
Total accrued balance      $208      $14      $-      $222
Expenses (credits) incurred in 2007:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $(12)   $(4)   $-      $(16)
Overhead reduction actions      2      -      -      2
Business-specific actions      13      4      35      52
2007 expense      $3      $-      $35      $38
Non-cash changes in 2007:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $(21)   $4      $-      $(17)
Overhead reduction actions      (5)   -      -      (5)
Business-specific actions      (12)   (4)   (35)   (51)
2007 non-cash      $(38)   $-      $(35)   $(73)
Cash payments in 2007:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $(40)   $(6)   $-      $(46)
Overhead reduction actions      (87)   -      -      (87)
Business-specific actions      (26)   (8)   -      (34)
2007 cash payments      $(153)   $(14)   $-      $(167)
Accrued liability balances as of Dec. 31, 2007:
Pharmaceuticals business actions      $5      $-      $-      $5
Overhead reduction actions      10      -      -      10
Business-specific actions      5      -      -      5
Total accrued liability balance      $20      $-      $-      $20

Income statement line in which the preceding 2007 and 2006 expenses (credits) are reflected:

(Millions)      2007      2006   
Cost of sales      $40      $130  
Selling, general and administrative expenses      5      198
Research, development and related expenses      (7)   75
Total      $38      $403

The amount of expenses (credits) incurred in 2007 and 2006 associated with the preceding  are reflected in the Company's business segments as follows:

(Millions)      2007      2006   
Industrial and Transportation      $2      $15
Health Care      (11)   293
Display and Graphics      3      39
Safety, Security and Protection Services      28      10
Electro and Communications      18      46
Corporate and Unallocated      (2)   -
Total      $38      $403

Actions with respect to the above activities were substantially completed in 2007 and additional charges and adjustments are not expected to be material.

In connection with this targeted restructuring plan, the Company eliminated a total of approximately 1,900 positions from various functions within the Company. Approximately 390 positions were pharmaceuticals business employees, approximately 960 positions related primarily to corporate staff overhead reductions, and approximately 550 positions were business-specific reduction actions. Of the 1,900 employment reductions, about 58% are in the United States, 21% in Europe, 12% in Latin America and Canada, and 9% in the Asia Pacific area. As a result of the second-quarter 2007 phase-out of operations at a New Jersey roofing granule facility and the sale of the Company's Opticom Priority Control Systems and Canoga Traffic Detection businesses, the Company eliminated approximately 100 additional positions. 

Employee-related severance charges are largely based upon distributed employment policies and substantive severance plans and were reflected in the quarter in which management approved the restructuring actions. Severance amounts for which affected employees were required to render service in order to receive benefits at their termination dates were measured at the date such benefits were communicated to the applicable employees and recognized as expense over the employees' remaining service periods. 

Non-cash employee-related changes in 2007 and 2006 primarily relate to special termination pension and medical benefits granted to certain U.S. eligible employees. These pension and medical benefits were reflected as a component of the benefit obligation of the Company's pension and medical plans as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. In addition, these changes also reflect non-cash stock option expense due to the reclassification of certain employees age 50 and older to retiree status, resulting in a modification of their original stock option awards for accounting purposes. 

Contract termination and other charges primarily reflect costs to terminate a contract before the end of its term (measured at fair value at the time the Company provided notice to the counterparty) or costs that will continue to be incurred under the contract for its remaining term without economic benefit to the Company. 

Business-specific asset impairment charges for 2007 totaled $35 million. This included charges of $24 million related to property, plant and equipment associated with the Company's decision to phase-out operations at a New Jersey roofing granule facility (Safety, Security and Protection Services segment) and charges of $11 million ($10 million related to property, plant and equipment and $1 million related to intangible assets) related to the Company's decision to close an Electro and Communications facility in Wisconsin. Asset impairment charges related to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment reflect the excess of the assets' carrying values over their fair values.  

Asset impairment charges in 2006 associated with the pharmaceuticals business and business-specific actions include $109 million relative to property, plant and equipment; $30 million relative to intangible assets; and $5 million relative to other assets. Impairment charges relative to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment reflect the excess of the assets' carrying values over their fair values as discussed in Note 1. The pharmaceuticals business asset impairment charges are for certain assets not transferred to the buyers and primarily relate to the write-down of the assets to salvage value. The business-specific asset impairment charges primarily relate to decisions the Company made in the fourth quarter of 2006 to exit certain marginal product lines in the Display and Graphics segment and Electro and Communications segment.

Other Exit Activities:

During the second half of 2007, the Company recorded net pre-tax charges of $45 million related to exit activities. These charges related to employee reductions and fixed asset impairments, including the consolidation of certain flexible circuit manufacturing operations ($23 million recorded in the Electro and Communications segment) and other actions, primarily in the Display and Graphics segment and Industrial and Transportation segment. These charges were recorded in cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses and research, development and related expenses.</us-gaap:RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDisclosureTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDescription contextRef="d-2007">During the fourth quarter of 2006 and the first six months of 2007, management approved and committed to undertake the following restructuring actions: 

Pharmaceuticals business actions - employee-related, asset impairment and other costs pertaining to the Company's exit of its branded pharmaceuticals operations. These costs included severance and benefits for pharmaceuticals business employees who are not obtaining employment with the buyers as well as impairment charges associated with certain assets not transferred to the buyers. 

Overhead reduction actions - employee-related costs for severance and benefits, costs associated with actions to reduce the Company's cost structure. 

Business-specific actions - employee-related costs for severance and benefits, fixed and intangible asset impairments, certain contractual obligations, and expenses from the exit of certain product lines.</us-gaap:RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDescription>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfRestructuringReserveByTypeOfCostTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">In connection with this targeted restructuring plan, the Company eliminated a total of approximately 1,900 positions from various functions within the Company. Approximately 390 positions were pharmaceuticals business employees, approximately 960 positions related primarily to corporate staff overhead reductions, and approximately 550 positions were business-specific reduction actions. Of the 1,900 employment reductions, about 58% are in the United States, 21% in Europe, 12% in Latin America and Canada, and 9% in the Asia Pacific area. As a result of the second-quarter 2007 phase-out of operations at a New Jersey roofing granule facility and the sale of the Company's Opticom Priority Control Systems and Canoga Traffic Detection businesses, the Company eliminated approximately 100 additional positions. 

Employee-related severance charges are largely based upon distributed employment policies and substantive severance plans and were reflected in the quarter in which management approved the restructuring actions. Severance amounts for which affected employees were required to render service in order to receive benefits at their termination dates were measured at the date such benefits were communicated to the applicable employees and recognized as expense over the employees' remaining service periods. 

Non-cash employee-related changes in 2007 and 2006 primarily relate to special termination pension and medical benefits granted to certain U.S. eligible employees. These pension and medical benefits were reflected as a component of the benefit obligation of the Company's pension and medical plans as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. In addition, these changes also reflect non-cash stock option expense due to the reclassification of certain employees age 50 and older to retiree status, resulting in a modification of their original stock option awards for accounting purposes. 

Contract termination and other charges primarily reflect costs to terminate a contract before the end of its term (measured at fair value at the time the Company provided notice to the counterparty) or costs that will continue to be incurred under the contract for its remaining term without economic benefit to the Company. 

Business-specific asset impairment charges for 2007 totaled $35 million. This included charges of $24 million related to property, plant and equipment associated with the Company's decision to phase-out operations at a New Jersey roofing granule facility (Safety, Security and Protection Services segment) and charges of $11 million ($10 million related to property, plant and equipment and $1 million related to intangible assets) related to the Company's decision to close an Electro and Communications facility in Wisconsin. Asset impairment charges related to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment reflect the excess of the assets' carrying values over their fair values.  

Asset impairment charges in 2006 associated with the pharmaceuticals business and business-specific actions include $109 million relative to property, plant and equipment; $30 million relative to intangible assets; and $5 million relative to other assets. Impairment charges relative to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment reflect the excess of the assets' carrying values over their fair values as discussed in Note 1. The pharmaceuticals business asset impairment charges are for certain assets not transferred to the buyers and primarily relate to the write-down of the assets to salvage value. The business-specific asset impairment charges primarily relate to decisions the Company made in the fourth quarter of 2006 to exit certain marginal product lines in the Display and Graphics segment and Electro and Communications segment.  

Other Exit Activities

During the second half of 2007, the Company recorded net pre-tax charges of $45 million related to exit activities. These charges related to employee reductions and fixed asset impairments, including the consolidation of certain flexible circuit manufacturing operations ($23 million recorded in the Electro and Communications segment) and other actions, primarily in the Display and Graphics segment and Industrial and Transportation segment. These charges were recorded in cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses and research, development and related expenses.</us-gaap:ScheduleOfRestructuringReserveByTypeOfCostTextBlock>
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  <us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 3.  Goodwill and Intangible Assets
As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, effective in the first quarter of 2007, 3M made certain product moves between its business segments, which resulted in changes in the goodwill balances by business segment as presented below. For those changes that resulted in reporting unit changes, the Company applied the relative fair value method to determine the impact to reporting units. SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," requires that goodwill be tested for impairment at least annually and when reporting units are changed. 
Purchased goodwill from acquisitions totaled $326 million in 2007, $55 million of which is deductible for tax purposes. Purchased goodwill from acquisitions totaled $536 million in 2006, $41 million of which is deductible for tax purposes. The sale of 3M's global branded pharmaceuticals business (Health Care) resulted in the write-off of $54 million in goodwill, which is reflected in the 2006 translation and other column below. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates impacted both 2007 and 2006 goodwill balances. The goodwill balance by business segment follows:

Goodwill
                                                                                         2006                                              2007     
                                                     Dec. 31,     2006     translation     Dec. 31,     2007      translation     Dec. 31,
                                                       2005    acquisition     and              2006     acquisition     and              2007
(Millions)                                      Balance     activity      other           Balance     activity       other          Balance
Industrial and Transportation     $1,283        $26          $(7)             $1,302        $155          $67           $1,524
Health Care                                      559        191          (37)                  713            73            53                839
Display and Graphics                        871          12             3                    886            -              8                894
Consumer and Office                         71          11             7                      89            -              5                  94
Safety, Security and  
    Protection Services                      234        264           27                    525            70            16                611
Electro and Communications            512          32           23                    567            28            32                627
Total Company                            $3,530      $536        $16              $4,082         $326        $181           $4,589

Acquired Intangible Assets

The carrying amount and accumulated amortization of acquired intangible assets as of December 31 follow:

(Millions)       					2007    		 2006
Patents       					 $446     		$419  
Other amortizable intangible assets 
  (primarily tradenames and customer-related intangibles)     	   801        		  641
Non-amortizable intangible assets (tradenames)                	     75         68
Total gross carrying amount                               	                   $1,322     $1,128
          Accumulated amortization - patents     		 (305)     (266)
Accumulated amortization - other       	216)     (154)
Total accumulated amortization         (521)     (420)
Total intangible assets - net          $801      $708

Amortization expense for acquired intangible assets for the years ended December 31 follows:

(Millions)                          2007     2006     2005
Amortization expense     $87       $89      $48

Expected amortization expense for acquired intangible assets recorded as of December 31, 2007 follows:
                                               After
(Millions)                           2008     2009     2010     2011     2012     2012
Amortization expense     $100      $98       $89       $81        $72     $286

The preceding expected amortization expense is an estimate. Actual amounts of amortization expense may differ from estimated amounts due to additional intangible asset acquisitions, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, impairment of intangible assets, accelerated amortization of intangible assets and other events.</us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsDisclosureTextBlock>
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  <us-gaap:DisclosureOfCompensationRelatedCostsShareBasedPaymentsTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 15.  Management Stock Ownership Program (MSOP) and General Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (GESPP)
The Company issues MSOP options to eligible employees annually in May using the closing stock price on the grant date, which is the date of the Annual Stockholders' Meeting. In May 2005, shareholders approved 36.75 million shares for issuance under the MSOP in the form of management stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights. Under the plan, the Company has principally issued stock options to management employees that are granted at market value on the date of grant. Prior to 2005, under previous plans, these options were generally exercisable one year after the date of grant, with expiration 10 years from the date of grant. Effective with the May 2005 grant, the Company changed its vesting period from one to three years with the expiration date remaining at 10 years from date of grant. In addition to grants to management employees, the Company makes other minor stock option grants to employees, for which vesting terms and option lives are not substantially different, and also makes minor grants of restricted stock units and other stock-based grants.
Outstanding shares under option include grants from previous plans. There were approximately 15,400 participants in the plan with either outstanding options or restricted stock units at December 31, 2007.
Management Stock Ownership Program
            2007           2006           2005      
           Number of Options           Exercise Price*           Number of Options           Exercise Price*           Number of Options           Exercise Price*      Under option -                                                                              
January 1           82,867,903           $     67.41           80,157,713           $     62.40           78,293,754           $     58.70      
Granted                                                                              
Annual           4,434,583           84.81           11,255,448           87.31           10,821,092           76.81      
Progressive (Reload)           461,815           87.12           652,552           80.44           751,995           81.19      
Other           51,730           82.93           84,400           76.45           570,631           78.07      
Exercised           (12,498,051     )     55.34           (8,693,946     )     47.71           (9,027,646     )     48.30      
Canceled           (704,929     )     77.36           (588,264     )     74.72           (1,252,113     )     75.65      
December 31           74,613,051           $     70.50           82,867,903           $     67.41           80,157,713           $     62.40      
Options exercisable December 31           58,816,963           $     66.83           64,218,738           $     62.85           68,714,166           $     60.03      
*Weighted average  
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For options outstanding at December 31, 2007, the weighted-average remaining contractual life was 66 months and the aggregate intrinsic value was $1.070 billion. For options exercisable at December 31, 2007, the weighted-average remaining contractual life was 57 months and the aggregate intrinsic value was $1.042 billion. As of December 31, 2007, there was $118 million of compensation expense that has yet to be recognized related to non-vested stock option-based awards. This expense is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period with a weighted-average life of 18 months. The total intrinsic values of stock options exercised during 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, was $373 million, $289 million and $278 million. Cash received from options exercised during 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, was $692 million, $414 million and $437 million.
The Company's actual tax benefits realized for the tax deductions related to the exercise of employee stock options for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, was $122 million, $93 million and $95 million. The Company does not have a specific policy to repurchase common shares to mitigate the dilutive impact of options; however, the Company has historically made adequate discretionary purchases, based on cash availability, market trends and other factors, to satisfy stock option exercise activity.
Beginning in 2007, the Company began reducing the number of traditional stock options granted under its long-term incentive compensation plan by reducing the number of employees eligible to receive annual grants and by shifting a portion of the annual grant away from traditional stock options primarily to restricted stock units. These changes will reduce the annual dilution impact from 1.5% of total outstanding common stock to about 1%. However, associated with the reduction in the number of eligible employees, the Company provided a one-time "buyout" grant to the impacted employees, which resulted in increased stock-based compensation expense in 2007. The following table summarizes MSOP restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity during the twelve months ended December 31, 2007:
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
            Number of  Awards           
Grant Date  Fair Value*     
Nonvested balance -                              
As of January 1, 2007           411,562           $     78.11      
Granted                              
Annual           1,695,592           77.88      
Other           22,465           50.88      
Vested           (90,913     )     77.38      
Forfeited           (37,125     )     79.04      
As of December 31, 2007           2,001,581           $     77.63      
*Weighted average 
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As of December 31, 2007, there was $97 million of compensation expense that has yet to be recognized related to non-vested restricted stock and restricted stock units. This expense is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period with a weighted-average life of 39 months. The total fair value of restricted stock and restricted stock units that vested during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was $6 million and $5 million, respectively.
In addition, the Company issues cash settled Restricted Stock Units and Stock Appreciation Rights in certain countries. These grants do not result in the issuance of Common Stock and are considered immaterial by the Company.
The remaining total MSOP shares available for grant under the 2005 MSOP Program are 4,408,083, 13,074,202 and 24,937,892, respectively, as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005. Restricted stock and restricted stock units, per the 2005 MSOP Program, shall be counted against the total shares available as 2.45 shares for every one share issued in connection with that award.
Effective with the May 2005 grant, the Company no longer issues options eligible for additional progressive (reload) options; however, when a progressive option is issued upon the exercise of a pre-May 2005 non-qualified stock option, the option is revalued and additional stock compensation expense is incurred.
For annual and progressive (reload) options, the weighted average fair value at the date of grant was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the assumptions that follow.
MSOP Assumptions
            Annual           Progressive (Reload)      
            2007           2006           2005           2007           2006           2005      
Exercise price           $     84.79           $     87.23           $     76.87           $     87.12           $     80.44           $     81.19      
Risk-free interest rate           4.6     %     5.0     %     4.0     %     4.6     %     4.5     %     3.7     %
Dividend yield           2.1     %     2.0     %     2.0     %     2.1     %     2.0     %     2.0     %
Volatility           20.0     %     20.0     %     23.5     %     18.4     %     20.1     %     20.9     %
Expected life (months)           69           69           69           25           39           40     
Black-Scholes fair value           $     18.12           $     19.81           $     18.28           $     13.26           $     12.53           $     13.18      
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In connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, in 2005 the Company reviewed and updated, among other things, its volatility and expected term assumptions. Expected volatility is a statistical measure of the amount by which a stock price is expected to fluctuate during a period. For the 2007, 2006 and 2005 annual grant date, the Company estimated the expected volatility based upon the average of the most recent one year volatility, the median of the term of the expected life rolling volatility, the median of the most recent term of the expected life volatility of 3M stock, and the implied volatility on the grant date. The expected term assumption is based on the weighted average of historical grants and assuming that options outstanding are exercised at the midpoint of the future remaining term.  As previously mentioned, the Company expanded its utilization of restricted stock units in conjunction with the May 2007 MSOP Annual Grant. The May 2007 annual restricted stock unit grant does not accrue dividends during the vesting period and vests over three years. The 2007 one-time "buyout" restricted stock unit grant vests over five years.
General Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (GESPP):
In May 1997, shareholders approved 30 million shares for issuance under the Company's GESPP. Substantially all employees are eligible to participate in the plan. Participants are granted options at 85% of market value at the date of grant. There are no GESPP shares under option at the beginning or end of each year because options are granted on the first business day and exercised on the last business day of the same month.
General Employees' Stock Purchase Plan             2007           2006           2005      
                        Exercise                       Exercise                       Exercise      
            Shares           Price*           Shares           Price*           Shares           Price*      
Options granted           1,507,335           $     69.34           1,656,554           $     65.25           1,646,521           $     66.11      
Options exercised           (1,507,335     )     69.34           (1,656,554     )     65.25           (1,646,521     )     66.11      
Shares available for grant - December 31           8,940,650                       10,447,985                       12,104,539                  
                                                                                
*Weighted average 
The weighted-average fair value per option granted during 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $12.24, $11.51 and $11.67, respectively. The fair value of GESPP options was based on the 15% purchase price discount. The Company recognized compensation expense for GESSP options of $18 million in 2007, $19 million in 2006, and $19 million in 2005.
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  <us-gaap:EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPPlanDescription contextRef="d-2007">The Company maintains an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This plan was established in 1989 as a cost-effective way of funding the majority of the Company's contributions under 401(k) employee savings plans. Total ESOP shares are considered to be shares outstanding for earnings per share calculations.</us-gaap:EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPPlanDescription>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfEmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPDisclosuresTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 14.  Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plans

The Company sponsors employee savings plans under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. These plans are offered to substantially all regular U.S. employees. Employee contributions of up to 6% of compensation are matched at rates ranging from 35% to 50%, with additional Company contributions depending upon Company performance. All Company contributions initially are invested in 3M common stock, with employee contributions invested in a number of investment funds pursuant to their elections. Vested employees may diversify their 3M shares into other investment options.

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This plan was established in 1989 as a cost-effective way of funding the majority of the Company's contributions under 401(k) employee savings plans. Total ESOP shares are considered to be shares outstanding for earnings per share calculations.

Dividends on shares held by the ESOP are paid to the ESOP trust and, together with Company contributions, are used by the ESOP to repay principal and interest on the outstanding ESOP debt. The tax benefit related to dividends paid on unallocated shares was charged directly to equity and totaled approximately $3 million in 2007, $3 million in 2006, and $4 million in 2005. Over the life of the ESOP debt, shares are released for allocation to participants based on the ratio of the current year's debt service to the remaining debt service prior to the current payment.

The ESOP has been the primary funding source for the Company's employee savings plans. As permitted by AICPA Statement of Position 93-6, "Employers' Accounting for Employee Stock Ownership Plans," the Company has elected to continue its practices, which are based on Statement of Position 76-3, "Accounting Practices for Certain Employee Stock Ownership Plans" and subsequent consensus of the EITF of the FASB. Accordingly, the debt of the ESOP is recorded as debt, and shares pledged as collateral are reported as unearned compensation in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. Unearned compensation is reduced symmetrically as the ESOP makes principal payments on the debt. Expenses related to the ESOP include total debt service on the notes, less dividends. The Company contributes treasury shares, accounted for at fair value, to employee savings plans to cover obligations not funded by the ESOP (reported as an employee benefit expense).

Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plans
(Millions)   2007   2006   2005   
Dividends on shares held by the ESOP   $37   $39   $36   
Company contributions to the ESOP   10   9   12   
Interest incurred on ESOP notes   5   8   10   
Amounts reported as an employee benefit expense:            
Expenses related to ESOP debt service   5   4   7   
Expenses related to treasury shares   34   36   27   
ESOP Debt Shares   2007   2006   2005   
Allocated   14,039,070   15,956,530   16,729,528   
Committed to be released   278,125   286,620   366,969   
Unreleased   2,457,641   3,831,425   5,145,039   
Total ESOP debt shares   16,774,836   20,074,575   22,241,536   
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  <us-gaap:BusinessCombinationDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 2.  Acquisitions and Divestitures

Divestitures:

In January 2007, 3M completed the sale of its global branded pharmaceuticals business in Europe to Meda AB. 3M received proceeds of $817 million for this transaction and recognized, net of assets sold, a pre-tax gain of $781 million (recorded in the Health Care segment) in 2007.

In December 2006, 3M completed the sale of its global branded pharmaceuticals business in the United States, Canada, and Latin America region and the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and South Africa. 3M received proceeds of $1.209 billion for this transaction and recognized, net of assets sold, a pre-tax gain of $1.074 billion (recorded in Health Care Business) in 2006.

Buyer and sale price information by region is as follows:

*	Meda AB acquired 3M's pharmaceuticals business in Europe for $817 million in 2007.
*	Graceway Pharmaceuticals Inc. acquired 3M's pharmaceutical operations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for $860 million in 2006.
*	Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital acquired 3M's pharmaceuticals business in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and South Africa for $349 million in 2006.

The agreements are the result of a review of strategic options for the branded pharmaceuticals business and its immune response modifier (IRM) platform that 3M announced in April 2006. Under the agreements, the purchasers acquired regional marketing and intellectual property rights for 3M's well-known branded pharmaceuticals, including Aldara, Difflam, Duromine, Tambocor, Maxair, Metrogel-Vaginal and Minitran. As part of the transaction, Graceway Pharmaceuticals also acquired the rights to certain IRM molecules.

In connection with these transactions, 3M entered into agreements whereby its Drug Delivery Systems Division became a source of supply to the acquiring companies. Because of the extent of 3M cash flows from these agreements in relation to those of the disposed-of businesses, the operations of the branded pharmaceuticals business are not classified as discontinued operations. See Note 4 for further discussion of restructuring actions that resulted from the divesture of the Company's global branded pharmaceuticals business.

In June 2007, 3M completed the sale of its Opticom Priority Control Systems and Canoga Traffic Detection businesses to TorQuest Partners Inc., a Toronto-based investment firm. 3M received proceeds of $80 million for this transaction and recognized, net of assets sold, transaction and other costs, a pre-tax gain of $68 million (recorded in the Display and Graphics segment) in 2007.

Acquisitions:

During 2007, the purchase price paid for business combinations totaled $539 million, net of cash acquired, plus approximately 150 thousand shares of 3M common stock, which had a market value of approximately $13 million. The 16 business combinations completed during 2007 are summarized as follows:

1) In February 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of Accuspray Application Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of spray paint equipment with a wide array of spray guns for architectural, automotive refinishing, industrial and woodworking applications.

2) In February 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased Sealed Air Corporation's 50 percent interest in PolyMask Corporation, a joint venture between 3M and Sealed Air that produces protective films. The acquisition of Sealed Air's interest results in 100 percent ownership by 3M.

3) In February 2007, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Acolyte Biomedica Ltd., a Salisbury, U.K.-based provider of an automated microbial detection platform that aids in the rapid detection, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.

4) In May 2007, 3M (Safety, Security and Protection Services Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of E Wood Holdings PLC, a North Yorkshire, UK-based manufacturer of high performance protective coatings for oil, gas, water, rail and automotive industries.

5) In May 2007, 3M (Electro and Communications Business) purchased certain assets of Innovative Paper Technologies LLC, a manufacturer of inorganic-based technical papers, boards and laminates for a wide variety of high temperature applications and Powell LLC, a supplier of non-woven polyester mats for the electrical industry.

6) In May 2007, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased certain assets of Articulos de Papel DMS Chile, a Santiago, Chile-based manufacturer of disposable surgical packs, drapes, gowns and kits.

7) In June 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of Diamond Productions Inc., a manufacturer of superabrasive diamond and cubic boron nitride wheels and tools for dimensioning and finishing hard-to-grind materials in metalworking, woodworking and stone fabrication markets in exchange for approximately 150 thousand shares of 3M common stock, which had a market value of $13 million at the acquisition measurement date and was previously held as 3M treasury stock.

8) In July 2007, 3M (Safety, Security and Protection Services Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Rochford Thompson Equipment Ltd., a manufacturer of optical character recognition passport readers used by airlines and immigration authorities, headquartered in Newbury, U.K.

9) In August 2007, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased certain assets of Neoplast Co. Ltd., a manufacturer/distributor of surgical tapes and dressings and first aid bandages for both the professional and consumer markets across the Asia Pacific region.

10) In October 2007, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Abzil Industria e Comercio Ltda., a manufacturer of orthodontic products based in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

11) In October 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Venture Tape Corp. and certain related entities, a global provider of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes based in Rockland, Mass.

12) In October 2007, 3M (Display and Graphics Business) purchased certain assets of Macroworx Media Pvt Ltd., a software company that specializes in the design and development of digital signage solutions based in Bangalore, India.

13) In October 2007, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Lingualcare Inc., a Dallas-based orthodontic technology and services company offering the iBraces system, a customized, lingual orthodontic solution.

14) In November 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of Standard Abrasives, a manufacturer of coated abrasive specialties and non-woven abrasive products for the metalworking industry headquartered in Simi Valley, Ca.

15) In November 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Unifam Sp. z o.o., a manufacturer of cut-off wheels, depressed center grinding wheels and flap discs based in Poland.

16) In November 2007, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of Bondo Corp., a manufacturer of auto body repair products for the automotive aftermarket and various other professional and consumer applications based in Atlanta, Ga.

In addition to the business combinations above, 3M periodically acquires certain tangible and/or intangible assets and purchases interests in certain enterprises that do not otherwise qualify for accounting as business combinations. These transactions are largely reflected as additional asset purchase and investment activity.

Purchased identifiable intangible assets for the 16 business combinations closed during the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 totaled $124 million and will be amortized on a straight-line basis over lives ranging from 2 to 10 years (weighted-average life of six years).

In 2007 and 2006, pro forma information related to acquisitions was not included because the impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations was not considered to be material. There were no material in-process research and development charges associated with 2007, while 2006 included $95 million in charges for the Brontes Technologies Inc. acquisition. The purchase price allocation of certain 2007 business combinations is considered preliminary. The impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet of the purchase price allocations related to acquisitions and adjustments relative to other acquisitions within the allocation period follow:

Asset (Liability)		2007		2006	
(Millions)		Impact		Impact	
Accounts receivable		$69		$76	
Inventory		79		55	
Other current assets		5		8	
Property, plant, and equipment - net		68		65	
Purchased intangible assets		131		282	
Purchased goodwill		326		536	
In-process R&amp;D		1		95	
Accounts payable and other current liabilities, net of other assets		(115)	(152)
Deferred tax liability		(12)	(77)
					
Net assets acquired		$552		$888	
					
Supplemental information:					
Cash paid		$546		$962	
Less: Cash acquired		7		74	
Cash paid, net of cash acquired		$539		$888	
Non-cash (3M shares at fair value)		13		-	
Net assets acquired		$552		$888	

Year 2006 acquisitions:

During the 12 months ended December 31, 2006, 3M completed 19 business combinations for a total purchase price of $888 million, net of cash acquired. Purchased identifiable intangible assets of $282 million for these acquisitions will be amortized on a straight-line basis over lives ranging from 1 to 17 years (weighted-average life of 9 years). The purchase price of several of these acquisitions is subject to increases, which could be triggered by the achievement of certain milestones.

The largest of these acquisitions was the August 2006 purchase of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Security Printing and Systems Limited (Safety, Security and Protection Services Business) from authentos GmbH, Germany. The acquired company is a producer of finished, personalized passports and secure cards.

In October 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Brontes Technologies Inc. (Brontes), a Lexington, Massachusetts-based developer of proprietary 3-D imaging technology for dental and orthodontic applications, for $95 million in cash. Brontes was a "development stage enterprise" that did not yet have revenues from its principal operations and the technology acquired did not have any alternative future use. This transaction resulted in a 2006 charge of $95 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, reflecting the write-off of acquired in-process research and development costs, which are recognized as research, development and related expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

The 17 additional business combinations are summarized as follows:

1) In January 2006, 3M (Consumer and Office Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding common shares of Interchemall Dom., a provider of household cleaning products based in Poland.

2) In March 2006, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of General Industrial Diamond Company Inc., a U.S. operation. The acquired company is a manufacturer of superabrasive grinding wheels, dressing tools and machines used to dimension and finish hard-to-grind materials in the industrial and commercial markets.

3) In April 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of OMNII Oral Pharmaceuticals, a provider of differentiated preventive dental products, solutions and support for dental professionals.

4) In April 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased certain assets of ClozeX Medical LLC, a provider of unique skin closure devices to treat lacerations and close surgical incisions. The agreement gives 3M exclusive worldwide rights for the manufacturing and distribution of ClozeX Wound Closures.

5) In June 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of SBG (Software und Beratung im Gesundheitswesen) GmbH, a Berlin-based developer of software for managing diagnosis-related information in hospitals.

6) In June 2006, 3M (Safety, Security and Protection Services Business) purchased certain assets of POMP Medical and Occupational Health Products LLC, a Porto Alegre, Brazil-based provider of earplugs, eyewear and hand cream.

7) In July 2006, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased certain assets of Pinnacle Distribution Concepts Inc., a leading transportation management system (TMS) provider specializing in the delivery of Web-based, "on-demand" solutions.

8) In July 2006, 3M (Electro and Communications Business) purchased certain assets of SCC Products Inc. and JJ Converting LLC, both based in Sanford, N.C. SCC Products Inc. is a provider of flexible static control packaging and workstation products for electronic devices. JJ Converting LLC is a producer of films used to make static control bags.

9) In August 2006, 3M (Display and Graphics Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Archon Technologies Inc., a Denver, Colorado-based provider of enterprise software solutions for motor vehicle agencies.

10) In August 2006, 3M (Safety, Security and Protection Services Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Aerion Technologies, a Denver, Colorado-based maker of safety products, including heat stress monitors, thermal cameras and carbon monoxide detectors.

11) In September 2006, 3M (Electro and Communications Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Credence Technologies Inc., a Soquel, California-based provider of instruments and high-end monitoring equipment for electrostatic discharge control and electromagnetic compliance.

12) In October 2006, 3M (Consumer and Office Business) purchased certain assets of Nylonge Corp., a global provider of household cleaning products, including cellulose sponges, scrub sponges and household wipes.

13) In October 2006, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of NorthStar Chemicals, Inc., a Cartersville, Georgia-based adhesive manufacturer.

14) In November 2006, 3M (Industrial and Transportation Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Global Beverage Group Inc., a Canadian-based provider of delivery management software solutions for the direct-store-delivery of consumer packaged goods.

15) In November 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Biotrace International PLC, a Bridgend, UK-based manufacturer and supplier of industrial microbiology products used in food processing safety, health care, industrial hygiene and defense applications.

16) In December 2006, 3M (Electro and Communications Business) purchased certain assets of Mahindra Engineering and Chemical Products LTD, an India-based manufacturer of cable jointing kits and accessories.

17) In December 2006, 3M (Health Care Business) purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of SoftMed Systems Inc., a Maryland-based provider of health information management software and services that improve the workflow and efficiency of health care organizations.

The 2006 impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet of the purchase price allocations related to the 2006 acquisitions and adjustments relative to other acquisitions within the allocation period were provided in the preceding table.

Year 2005 acquisitions:

The Company acquired CUNO on August 2, 2005. The operating results of CUNO are included in the Industrial and Transportation Business segment. CUNO is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of a comprehensive line of filtration products for the separation, clarification and purification of fluids and gases. 3M and CUNO have complementary sets of filtration technologies, creating an opportunity to bring an even wider range of filtration solutions to customers around the world. 3M acquired CUNO for approximately $1.36 billion, comprised of $1.27 billion of cash paid (net of cash acquired) and the acquisition of $80 million of debt, most of which has been repaid.

Purchased identifiable intangible assets of $268 million for the CUNO acquisition will be amortized on a straight-line basis over lives ranging from 5 to 20 years (weighted-average life of 15 years). In-process research and development charges from the CUNO acquisition were not material. Pro forma information related to this acquisition is not included because its impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations is not considered to be material. The allocation of the purchase price is presented in the table that follows.

2005 CUNO ACQUISITION			
Asset (Liability)			
(Millions)			
Accounts receivable		$96	
Inventory		61	
Property, plant, and equipment - net		121	
Purchased intangible assets		268	
Purchased goodwill		992	
Other assets		30	
Deferred tax liability		(102)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities		(104)
Interest bearing debt		(80)
Other long-term liabilities		(16)
			
Net assets acquired		$1,266	
			
Supplemental information:			
Cash paid		$1,294	
Less: Cash acquired		28	
Cash paid, net of cash acquired		$1,266	

During the year ended December 31, 2005, 3M entered into two immaterial additional business combinations for a total purchase price of $27 million, net of cash acquired.

1) 3M (Electro and Communications Business) purchased certain assets of Siemens Ultrasound division's flexible circuit manufacturing line, a U.S. operation. The acquired operation produces flexible interconnect circuits that provide electrical connections between components in electronics systems used primarily in the transducers of ultrasound machines.

2) 3M (Display and Graphics Business) purchased certain assets of Mercury Online Solutions Inc., a U.S. operation. The acquired operation provides hardware and software technologies and network management services for digital signage and interactive kiosk networks.


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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_AccusprayApplicationTechnologiesIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">Manufacturer of spray paint equipment with a wide array of spray guns for architectural, automotive refinishing, industrial and woodworking applications.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_PolyMaskCorporationMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A joint venture between 3M and Sealed Air that produces protective films.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_DiamondProductionsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A manufacturer of superabrasive diamond and cubic boron nitride wheels and tools for dimensioning and finishing hard-to-grind materials in metalworking, woodworking and stone fabrication markets</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_VentureTapeCorpAndCertainRelatedEntitiesMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A global provider of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes based in Rockland, Mass.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_StandardAbrasivesMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A manufacturer of coated abrasive specialties and non-woven abrasive products for the metalworking industry headquartered in Simi Valley, Ca.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_UnifamSpZoOMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A manufacturer of cut-off wheels, depressed center grinding wheels and flap discs based in Poland.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_BondoCorpMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A manufacturer of auto body repair products for the automotive aftermarket and various other professional and consumer applications based in Atlanta, Ga.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
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                                                                   contextRef="I-2007_VentureTapeCorpAndCertainRelatedEntitiesMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
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                                                                   contextRef="I-2007_UnifamSpZoOMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_AccusprayApplicationTechnologiesIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">February 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_PolyMaskCorporationMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">February 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_DiamondProductionsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">June 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_VentureTapeCorpAndCertainRelatedEntitiesMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">October 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_UnifamSpZoOMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">November 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_BondoCorpMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">November 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_EWoodHoldingsPlcMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">E Wood Holdings PLC</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_RochfordThompsonEquipmentLtdMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">Rochford Thompson Equipment Ltd.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_EWoodHoldingsPlcMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">A North Yorkshire, UK-based manufacturer of high performance protective coatings for oil, gas, water, rail and automotive industries.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_RochfordThompsonEquipmentLtdMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">A manufacturer of optical character recognition passport readers used by airlines and immigration authorities, headquartered in Newbury, U.K.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
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                                                                   contextRef="I-2007_EWoodHoldingsPlcMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember"
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="I-2007_RochfordThompsonEquipmentLtdMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_EWoodHoldingsPlcMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">May 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_RochfordThompsonEquipmentLtdMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">July 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_InnovativePaperTechnologiesLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">Innovative Paper Technologies LLC</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_PowellLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">Powell LLC</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_InnovativePaperTechnologiesLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">A manufacturer of inorganic-based technical papers, boards and laminates for a wide variety of high temperature applications.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_PowellLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">A supplier of non-woven polyester mats for the electrical industry</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_InnovativePaperTechnologiesLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">May 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_PowellLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">May 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_MacroworxMediaPvtLtdMember_DisplayAndGraphicsMember">Macroworx Media Pvt Ltd.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D-2007_MacroworxMediaPvtLtdMember_DisplayAndGraphicsMember">A software company that specializes in the design and development of digital signage solutions based in Bangalore, India.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I-2007_MacroworxMediaPvtLtdMember_DisplayAndGraphicsMember">October 2007</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationCurrentAssetsInventory decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">79000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationCurrentAssetsInventory>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationCurrentAssetsInventory decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">55000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationCurrentAssetsInventory>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationPropertyPlantAndEquipment decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">65000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationPropertyPlantAndEquipment>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">536000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillAmount>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumedNet decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">552000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumedNet>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumedNet decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">888000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumedNet>
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  <us-gaap:AcquiredIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">282000000</us-gaap:AcquiredIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetAmount>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityCashPaid decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="usd">888000000</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityCashPaid>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_SecurityPrintingAndSystemsLimitMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">August 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="I2006_SecurityPrintingAndSystemsLimitMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SecurityPrintingAndSystemsLimitMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">Security Printing and Systems Limited from authentos GmbH, Germany</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SecurityPrintingAndSystemsLimitMember_SafetySecurityAndProtectionServicesMember">A producer of finished, personalized passports and secure cards.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_BrontesTechnologiesIncMember_HealthCareMember">October 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
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                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
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  <mmm:ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcessImpactPerDilutedShare decimals="2" contextRef="D2006_BrontesTechnologiesIncMember_HealthCareMember"
                                                             unitRef="eps">0.13</mmm:ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcessImpactPerDilutedShare>
  <us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess decimals="-6" contextRef="D2006_BrontesTechnologiesIncMember_HealthCareMember"
                                            unitRef="usd">95000000</us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentInProcess>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_OmniiOralPharmaceuticalsMember_HealthCareMember">OMNII Oral Pharmaceuticals</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_ClozeXMedicalLlcMember_HealthCareMember">ClozeX Medical LLC</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SbgSoftwareundBeratungimGesundheitswesenGmbHMember_HealthCareMember">SBG (Software und Beratung im Gesundheitswesen) GmbH</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_BiotraceInternationalPlcMember_HealthCareMember">Biotrace International PLC</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SoftMedSystemsIncMember_HealthCareMember">SoftMed Systems Inc.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_OmniiOralPharmaceuticalsMember_HealthCareMember">A provider of differentiated preventive dental products, solutions and support for dental professionals.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_ClozeXMedicalLlcMember_HealthCareMember">A provider of unique skin closure devices to treat lacerations and close surgical incisions. The agreement gives 3M exclusive worldwide rights for the manufacturing and distribution of ClozeX Wound Closures.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SbgSoftwareundBeratungimGesundheitswesenGmbHMember_HealthCareMember">A Berlin-based developer of software for managing diagnosis-related information in hospitals.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_BiotraceInternationalPlcMember_HealthCareMember">A Bridgend, UK-based manufacturer and supplier of industrial microbiology products used in food processing safety, health care, industrial hygiene and defense applications.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_SoftMedSystemsIncMember_HealthCareMember">A Maryland-based provider of health information management software and services that improve the workflow and efficiency of health care organizations.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2" contextRef="I2006_OmniiOralPharmaceuticalsMember_HealthCareMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="I2006_SbgSoftwareundBeratungimGesundheitswesenGmbHMember_HealthCareMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2" contextRef="I2006_BiotraceInternationalPlcMember_HealthCareMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_OmniiOralPharmaceuticalsMember_HealthCareMember">April 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_ClozeXMedicalLlcMember_HealthCareMember">April 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_SbgSoftwareundBeratungimGesundheitswesenGmbHMember_HealthCareMember">June 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_BiotraceInternationalPlcMember_HealthCareMember">November 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_GeneralIndustrialDiamondCompanyIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">General Industrial Diamond Company Inc., a U.S. operation</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_PinnacleDistributionConceptsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">Pinnacle Distribution Concepts Inc.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_NorthStarChemicalsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">NorthStar Chemicals, Inc.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_GlobalBeverageGroupIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">Global Beverage Group Inc.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_GeneralIndustrialDiamondCompanyIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A manufacturer of superabrasive grinding wheels, dressing tools and machines used to dimension and finish hard-to-grind materials in the industrial and commercial markets.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_PinnacleDistributionConceptsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A leading transportation management system (TMS) provider specializing in the delivery of Web-based, "on-demand" solutions.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_NorthStarChemicalsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A Cartersville, Georgia-based adhesive manufacturer.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_GlobalBeverageGroupIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">A Canadian-based provider of delivery management software solutions for the direct-store-delivery of consumer packaged goods.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="I2006_NorthStarChemicalsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="I2006_GlobalBeverageGroupIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember"
                                                                   unitRef="percentage">1.00</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_GeneralIndustrialDiamondCompanyIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">March 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_PinnacleDistributionConceptsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">July 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_NorthStarChemicalsIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">October 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement contextRef="I2006_GlobalBeverageGroupIncMember_IndustrialAndTransportationMember">November 2006</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDateOfAcquisitionAgreement>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_InterchemallDomMember_ConsumerAndOffice">Interchemall Dom.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_NylongeCorpMember_ConsumerAndOffice">A global provider of household cleaning products, including cellulose sponges, scrub sponges and household wipes.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_JjConvertingLlcMember_ElectroAndCommunications">Based in Sanford, N.C., JJ Converting LLC is a producer of films used to make static control bags.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2006_CredenceTechnologiesIncMember_ElectroAndCommunications">A Soquel, California-based provider of instruments and high-end monitoring equipment for electrostatic discharge control and electromagnetic compliance.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity>
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  <us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity contextRef="D2005_SiemensUltrasoundDivisionsFlexibleCircuitManufacturingLineMember_ElectroAndCommunications">Siemens Ultrasound division's flexible circuit manufacturing line, a U.S. operation.</us-gaap:BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity>
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  <us-gaap:SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 1.  Significant Accounting Policies

Consolidation: 3M is a diversified global manufacturer, technology innovator and marketer of a wide variety of products. All significant subsidiaries are consolidated. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated. As used herein, the term "3M" or "Company" refers to 3M Company and subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise.

Foreign currency translation: Local currencies generally are considered the functional currencies outside the United States. Assets and liabilities for operations in local-currency environments are translated at year-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated at average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity.

Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the prior years' consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and temporary investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased.

Investments: Investments primarily include the cash surrender value of life insurance policies, real estate not used in the business, venture capital and equity-method investments. Unrealized gains and losses relating to investments classified as available-for-sale are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity.

Inventories: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost generally determined on a first-in, first-out basis.

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment, including capitalized interest and internal engineering costs, are recorded at cost. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment generally is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful lives of buildings and improvements primarily range from 10 to 40 years, with the majority in the range of 20 to 40 years. The estimated useful lives of machinery and equipment primarily range from three to 15 years, with the majority in the range of five to 10 years. Fully depreciated assets are retained in property and accumulated depreciation accounts until disposal. Upon disposal, assets and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the net amount, less proceeds from disposal, is charged or credited to operations. Property, plant and equipment amounts are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset's carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is generally determined using a discounted cash flow analysis.

Goodwill: Goodwill is the excess of cost of an acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired. Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level, but can be combined when reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics. The majority of goodwill relates to and is assigned directly to specific reporting units. An impairment loss generally would be recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit's net assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The estimated fair value of a reporting unit is determined using earnings for the reporting unit multiplied by a price/earnings ratio for comparable industry groups, or by using a discounted cash flow analysis. The Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of 2007 and determined that no goodwill was impaired.

Intangible assets: Intangible assets include patents, tradenames and other intangible assets acquired from an independent party. Intangible assets with an indefinite life, namely certain tradenames, are not amortized. Intangible assets with a definite life are amortized on a straight-line basis, with estimated useful lives ranging from one to 20 years. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. Intangible assets with a definite life are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted cash flows used in determining the fair value of the asset. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset's carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is generally determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. Costs related to internally developed intangible assets, such as patents, are expensed as incurred, primarily in "Research, development and related expenses."

Revenue (sales) recognition: The Company sells a wide range of products to a diversified base of customers around the world and has no material concentration of credit risk. Revenue is recognized when the risks and rewards of ownership have substantively transferred to customers. This condition normally is met when the product has been delivered or upon performance of services. The Company records estimated reductions to revenue for customer and distributor incentives, such as rebates, at the time of the initial sale. The estimated reductions are based on the sales terms, historical experience, trend analysis and projected market conditions in the various markets served. Sales, use, value-added and other excise taxes are not recognized in revenue.

The majority of 3M's sales agreements are for standard products and services with customer acceptance occurring upon delivery of the product or performance of the service. 3M also enters into agreements that contain multiple elements (such as equipment, installation and service) or non-standard terms and conditions. For multiple-element arrangements, 3M recognizes revenue for delivered elements when it has stand-alone value to the customer, the fair values of undelivered elements are known, customer acceptance of the delivered elements has occurred, and there are only customary refund or return rights related to the delivered elements. In addition to the preceding conditions, equipment revenue is not recorded until the installation has been completed if equipment acceptance is dependent upon installation, or if installation is essential to the functionality of the equipment. Installation revenues are not recorded until installation has been completed. For prepaid service contracts, sales revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract, unless historical evidence indicates the costs are incurred on other than a straight-line basis. License fee revenue is recognized as earned, and no revenue is recognized until the inception of the license term. On occasion, agreements will contain milestones, or 3M will recognize revenue based on proportional performance. For these agreements, and depending on the specifics, 3M may recognize revenue upon completion of a substantive milestone, or in proportion to costs incurred to date compared with the estimate of total costs to be incurred.

Accounts Receivable and Allowances: Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The Company maintains allowances for bad debts, cash discounts, product returns and various other items. The allowance for doubtful accounts and product returns is based on the best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in existing accounts receivable and anticipated sales returns. The Company determines the allowances based on historical write-off experience by industry and regional economic data and historical sales returns. The Company reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts monthly. The Company does not have any significant off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

Advertising and merchandising: These costs are charged to operations in the year incurred, and totaled $469 million in 2007, $471 million in 2006 and $457 million in 2005.

Research, development and related expenses: These costs are charged to operations in the year incurred and are shown on a separate line of the Consolidated Statement of Income. Research, development and related expenses totaled $1.368 billion in 2007, $1.522 billion in 2006 and $1.274 billion in 2005. In 2006, this included a $95 million in-process research and development charge (discussed in Note 2) and $75 million in restructuring actions (Note 4). Research and development expenses, covering basic scientific research and the application of scientific advances in the development of new and improved products and their uses, totaled $788 million in 2007 compared to $943 million in 2006, decreasing due to the $95 million for purchased in-process research and development discussed above and also due to the pharmaceuticals business divestiture (Note 2). Research and development expenses totaled $818 million in 2005. Related expenses primarily include technical support provided by 3M to customers who are using existing 3M products, and internally developed patent costs, which include costs and fees incurred to prepare, file, secure and maintain patents.

Internal-use software: The Company capitalizes direct costs of materials and services used in the development of internal-use software. Amounts capitalized are amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of three to five years and are reported as a component of machinery and equipment within property, plant and equipment.

Environmental: Environmental expenditures relating to existing conditions caused by past operations that do not contribute to current or future revenues are expensed. Reserves for liabilities for anticipated remediation costs are recorded on an undiscounted basis when they are probable and reasonably estimable, generally no later than the completion of feasibility studies or the Company's commitment to a plan of action. Environmental expenditures for capital projects that contribute to current or future operations generally are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Income taxes: The provision for income taxes is determined using the asset and liability approach. Under this approach, deferred income taxes represent the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and tax basis of assets and liabilities. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets when uncertainty regarding their reliability exists. As of December 31, 2007, no significant valuation allowances were recorded.

Earnings per share: The difference in the weighted average shares outstanding for calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is attributable to the dilution associated with the Company's stock-based compensation plans. Certain Management Stock Ownership Program average options outstanding during the years 2007, 2006 and 2005 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they would not have had a dilutive effect (21.6 million average options for 2007, 31.5 million average options for 2006, and 15.4 million average options for 2005). As discussed in Note 10, the conditions for conversion related to the Company's Convertible Notes have never been met. If the conditions for conversion are met, 3M may choose to pay in cash and/or common stock; however, if this occurs, the Company has the intent and ability to settle this debt security in cash. Accordingly, there was no impact on 3M's diluted earnings per share. The computations for basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31 follow:

Earnings Per Share Computations							
(Amounts in millions, except per share amounts)		2007		2006		2005	
Numerator:							
Net income		$	4,096		$	3,851		$	3,111	
							
Denominator:							
Denominator for weighted average commonshares outstanding - basic		718.3		747.5		764.9	
							
Dilution associated with the Company's stock-based compensation plans		13.7		13.5		16.4	
							
Denominator for weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		732.0		761.0		781.3	
							
Earnings per share - basic		$	5.70		$	5.15		$	4.07	
Earnings per share - diluted		$	5.60		$	5.06		$	3.98	


Stock-based compensation: In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004). SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. Under APB Opinion No. 25, no compensation expense is recognized for employee stock option grants if the exercise price of the Company's stock option grants is at or above the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Under SFAS No. 123R, compensation expense is recognized for both the General Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (GESPP) and the Management Stock Ownership Plan (MSOP). SFAS No. 123R requires the determination of the fair value of the share-based compensation at the grant date and the recognition of the related expense over the period in which the share-based compensation vests. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R effective January 1, 2006. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified retrospective method. All prior periods have been restated to give effect to the fair-value-based method of accounting for awards granted in fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 1995. The Company believes that the modified retrospective application of this standard achieves the highest level of clarity and comparability among the presented periods. On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123(R)-3, Transition Election Related to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards (the FSP). The FSP provides that companies may elect to use a specified "short-cut" method to calculate the historical pool of windfall tax benefits upon adoption of SFAS No. 123R. The Company elected to use the "short-cut" method when it adopted SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006. Refer to Note 15 for additional information.

Comprehensive income: Total comprehensive income and the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are presented in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is composed of foreign currency translation effects (including hedges of net investments in international companies), defined benefit pension plan adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt and equity securities, and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedging instruments.

Derivatives and hedging activities: All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. The Company uses interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and forward and option contracts to manage risks generally associated with foreign exchange rate, interest rate and commodity market volatility. All hedging instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are designated and effective as hedges, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. If the underlying hedged transaction ceases to exist, all changes in fair value of the related derivatives that have not been settled are recognized in current earnings. Instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting are marked to market with changes recognized in current earnings. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes and is not a party to leveraged derivatives. However, the Company does have contingently convertible debt that, if conditions for conversion are met, is convertible into shares of 3M common stock (refer to Note 10 in this document).

New Accounting Pronouncements

As of December 31, 2005, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 47, "Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations" (FIN 47). This accounting standard applies to the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and where the liability can be reasonably estimated. Conditional asset retirement obligations exist for certain of the Company's long-term assets. The fair value of these obligations is recorded as liabilities on a discounted basis. Over time the liabilities are accreted for the change in the present value and the initial capitalized costs are depreciated over the useful lives of the related assets. The adoption of FIN 47 effective December 31, 2005, resulted in the recognition of an asset retirement obligation liability of $59 million at December 31, 2005, and an after-tax charge of $35 million for 2005, which is reflected as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle in the Consolidated Statement of Income. At December 31, 2007, the asset retirement obligation liability was $59 million.

In February 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 155, "Hybrid Instruments."  SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities." SFAS No. 155 also resolves issues addressed in Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, "Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets." SFAS No. 155: a) permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, b) clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, c) establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, d) clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives, and e) amends SFAS No. 140 to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. The Company adopted SFAS No. 155 effective January 1, 2007; however, there was no material impact.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109." This interpretation was effective as of January 1, 2007. Refer to Note 8 for additional information concerning this standard.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements." SFAS No. 157 establishes a single definition of fair value and a framework for measuring fair value, sets out a fair value hierarchy to be used to classify the source of information used in fair value measurements, and requires new disclosures of assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on their level in the hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for all fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 (January 1, 2008 for 3M) and is to be applied prospectively. In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Positions No. 157-1 and No. 157-2 which partially defer the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for one year for certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities and remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard, but would not expect SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on 3M's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.</us-gaap:SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ConsolidationPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Consolidation: 3M is a diversified global manufacturer, technology innovator and marketer of a wide variety of products. All significant subsidiaries are consolidated. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated. As used herein, the term "3M" or "Company" refers to 3M Company and subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise.</us-gaap:ConsolidationPolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Foreign currency translation: Local currencies generally are considered the functional currencies outside the United States. Assets and liabilities for operations in local-currency environments are translated at year-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated at average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity.</us-gaap:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsPolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:Reclassifications contextRef="d-2007">Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the prior years' consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.</us-gaap:Reclassifications>
  <us-gaap:UseOfEstimates contextRef="d-2007">Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.</us-gaap:UseOfEstimates>
  <us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and temporary investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased.</us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:InvestmentPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Investments: Investments primarily include the cash surrender value of life insurance policies, real estate not used in the business, venture capital and equity-method investments. Unrealized gains and losses relating to investments classified as available-for-sale are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity.</us-gaap:InvestmentPolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:InventoryPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Inventories: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost generally determined on a first-in, first-out basis.</us-gaap:InventoryPolicyTextBlock>
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  <us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDepreciationMethods contextRef="d-2007">Depreciation of property, plant and equipment generally is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets.</us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDepreciationMethods>
  <us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentEstimatedUsefulLives contextRef="d-2007">The estimated useful lives of buildings and improvements primarily range from 10 to 40 years, with the majority in the range of 20 to 40 years. The estimated useful lives of machinery and equipment primarily range from three to 15 years, with the majority in the range of five to 10 years. </us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentEstimatedUsefulLives>
  <us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDispositions contextRef="d-2007">Fully depreciated assets are retained in property and accumulated depreciation accounts until disposal. Upon disposal, assets and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the net amount, less proceeds from disposal, is charged or credited to operations.</us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDispositions>
  <us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentImpairment contextRef="d-2007">Property, plant and equipment amounts are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset's carrying value over its fair value. </us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentImpairment>
  <us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentBasisOfValuation contextRef="d-2007">Fair value is generally determined using a discounted cash flow analysis.</us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentBasisOfValuation>
  <us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Goodwill is the excess of cost of an acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized.</us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillPolicy>
  <mmm:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillImpairmentPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Goodwill is tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired. Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level, but can be combined when reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics. The majority of goodwill relates to and is assigned directly to specific reporting units. An impairment loss generally would be recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit's net assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The estimated fair value of a reporting unit is determined using earnings for the reporting unit multiplied by a price/earnings ratio for comparable industry groups, or by using a discounted cash flow analysis. The Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of 2007 and determined that no goodwill was impaired.</mmm:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwillImpairmentPolicy>
  <us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssetsPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Intangible assets include patents, tradenames and other intangible assets acquired from an independent party. Intangible assets with an indefinite life, namely certain tradenames, are not amortized. </us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssetsPolicy>
  <us-gaap:IntangibleAssetsFiniteLivedPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Intangible assets with a definite life are amortized on a straight-line basis, with estimated useful lives ranging from one to 20 years.</us-gaap:IntangibleAssetsFiniteLivedPolicy>
  <us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssetsIndefiniteLivedPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. Intangible assets with a definite life are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted cash flows used in determining the fair value of the asset. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset's carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is generally determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. Costs related to internally developed intangible assets, such as patents, are expensed as incurred, primarily in "Research, development and related expenses."</us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssetsIndefiniteLivedPolicy>
  <us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionGeneralPrinciples contextRef="d-2007">The Company sells a wide range of products to a diversified base of customers around the world and has no material concentration of credit risk. Revenue is recognized when the risks and rewards of ownership have substantively transferred to customers. This condition normally is met when the product has been delivered or upon performance of services. Sales, use, value-added and other excise taxes are not recognized in revenue.</us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionGeneralPrinciples>
  <us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionRevenueReductions contextRef="d-2007">The Company records estimated reductions to revenue for customer and distributor incentives, such as rebates, at the time of the initial sale. The estimated reductions are based on the sales terms, historical experience, trend analysis and projected market conditions in the various markets served. </us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionRevenueReductions>
  <us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionMultipleElementArrangementsOther contextRef="d-2007">3M also enters into agreements that contain multiple elements (such as equipment, installation and service) or non-standard terms and conditions. For multiple-element arrangements, 3M recognizes revenue for delivered elements when it has stand-alone value to the customer, the fair values of undelivered elements are known, customer acceptance of the delivered elements has occurred, and there are only customary refund or return rights related to the delivered elements. In addition to the preceding conditions, equipment revenue is not recorded until the installation has been completed if equipment acceptance is dependent upon installation, or if installation is essential to the functionality of the equipment. Installation revenues are not recorded until installation has been completed. For prepaid service contracts, sales revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract, unless historical evidence indicates the costs are incurred on other than a straight-line basis. License fee revenue is recognized as earned, and no revenue is recognized until the inception of the license term. On occasion, agreements will contain milestones, or 3M will recognize revenue based on proportional performance. For these agreements, and depending on the specifics, 3M may recognize revenue upon completion of a substantive milestone, or in proportion to costs incurred to date compared with the estimate of total costs to be incurred.</us-gaap:RevenueRecognitionMultipleElementArrangementsOther>
  <us-gaap:ReceivablesTradeAndOtherAccountsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Accounts Receivable and Allowances: Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The Company maintains allowances for bad debts, cash discounts, product returns and various other items. The allowance for doubtful accounts and product returns is based on the best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in existing accounts receivable and anticipated sales returns. The Company determines the allowances based on historical write-off experience by industry and regional economic data and historical sales returns. The Company reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts monthly. The Company does not have any significant off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers.</us-gaap:ReceivablesTradeAndOtherAccountsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsPolicy>
  <us-gaap:AdvertisingCostsPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Advertising and merchandising: These costs are charged to operations in the year incurred, and totaled $469 million in 2007, $471 million in 2006 and $457 million in 2005.</us-gaap:AdvertisingCostsPolicyTextBlock>
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  <us-gaap:InternalUseSoftwarePolicy contextRef="d-2007">Internal-use software: The Company capitalizes direct costs of materials and services used in the development of internal-use software. Amounts capitalized are amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of three to five years and are reported as a component of machinery and equipment within property, plant and equipment.</us-gaap:InternalUseSoftwarePolicy>
  <us-gaap:EnvironmentalCostExpensePolicy contextRef="d-2007">Environmental: Environmental expenditures relating to existing conditions caused by past operations that do not contribute to current or future revenues are expensed. Reserves for liabilities for anticipated remediation costs are recorded on an undiscounted basis when they are probable and reasonably estimable, generally no later than the completion of feasibility studies or the Company's commitment to a plan of action. Environmental expenditures for capital projects that contribute to current or future operations generally are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.</us-gaap:EnvironmentalCostExpensePolicy>
  <mmm:DeferredIncomeTaxPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Income taxes: The provision for income taxes is determined using the asset and liability approach. Under this approach, deferred income taxes represent the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and tax basis of assets and liabilities. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets when uncertainty regarding their reliability exists. As of December 31, 2007, no significant valuation allowances were recorded.</mmm:DeferredIncomeTaxPolicy>
  <us-gaap:EarningsPerSharePolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Earnings per share: The difference in the weighted average shares outstanding for calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is attributable to the dilution associated with the Company's stock-based compensation plans. Certain Management Stock Ownership Program average options outstanding during the years 2007, 2006 and 2005 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they would not have had a dilutive effect (21.6 million average options for 2007, 31.5 million average options for 2006, and 15.4 million average options for 2005). As discussed in Note 10, the conditions for conversion related to the Company's Convertible Notes have never been met. If the conditions for conversion are met, 3M may choose to pay in cash and/or common stock; however, if this occurs, the Company has the intent and ability to settle this debt security in cash. Accordingly, there was no impact on 3M's diluted earnings per share. The computations for basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31 follow:</us-gaap:EarningsPerSharePolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ShareBasedCompensationOptionAndIncentivePlansPolicy contextRef="d-2007">Stock-based compensation: In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004). SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. Under APB Opinion No. 25, no compensation expense is recognized for employee stock option grants if the exercise price of the Company's stock option grants is at or above the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Under SFAS No. 123R, compensation expense is recognized for both the General Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (GESPP) and the Management Stock Ownership Plan (MSOP). SFAS No. 123R requires the determination of the fair value of the share-based compensation at the grant date and the recognition of the related expense over the period in which the share-based compensation vests. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R effective January 1, 2006. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified retrospective method. All prior periods have been restated to give effect to the fair-value-based method of accounting for awards granted in fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 1995. The Company believes that the modified retrospective application of this standard achieves the highest level of clarity and comparability among the presented periods. On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123(R)-3, Transition Election Related to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards (the FSP). The FSP provides that companies may elect to use a specified "short-cut" method to calculate the historical pool of windfall tax benefits upon adoption of SFAS No. 123R. The Company elected to use the "short-cut" method when it adopted SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006. Refer to Note 15 for additional information.</us-gaap:ShareBasedCompensationOptionAndIncentivePlansPolicy>
  <mmm:ComprehensiveIncomePolicy contextRef="d-2007">Comprehensive income: Total comprehensive income and the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are presented in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is composed of foreign currency translation effects (including hedges of net investments in international companies), defined benefit pension plan adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt and equity securities, and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedging instruments.</mmm:ComprehensiveIncomePolicy>
  <us-gaap:DerivativesPolicyTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">Derivatives and hedging activities: All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. The Company uses interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and forward and option contracts to manage risks generally associated with foreign exchange rate, interest rate and commodity market volatility. </us-gaap:DerivativesPolicyTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:DerivativesMethodsOfAccountingHedgingDerivatives contextRef="d-2007">All hedging instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are designated and effective as hedges, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. If the underlying hedged transaction ceases to exist, all changes in fair value of the related derivatives that have not been settled are recognized in current earnings.  Instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting are marked to market with changes recognized in current earnings. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes and is not a party to leveraged derivatives. However, the Company does have contingently convertible debt that, if conditions for conversion are met, is convertible into shares of 3M common stock (refer to Note 10 in this document).</us-gaap:DerivativesMethodsOfAccountingHedgingDerivatives>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfNewAccountingPronouncementsAndChangesInAccountingPrinciplesTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">New Accounting Pronouncements

As of December 31, 2005, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 47, "Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations" (FIN 47). This accounting standard applies to the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and where the liability can be reasonably estimated. Conditional asset retirement obligations exist for certain of the Company's long-term assets. The fair value of these obligations is recorded as liabilities on a discounted basis. Over time the liabilities are accreted for the change in the present value and the initial capitalized costs are depreciated over the useful lives of the related assets. The adoption of FIN 47 effective December 31, 2005, resulted in the recognition of an asset retirement obligation liability of $59 million at December 31, 2005, and an after-tax charge of $35 million for 2005, which is reflected as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle in the Consolidated Statement of Income. At December 31, 2007, the asset retirement obligation liability was $59 million.

In February 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 155, "Hybrid Instruments."  SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities." SFAS No. 155 also resolves issues addressed in Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, "Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets." SFAS No. 155: a) permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, b) clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, c) establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, d) clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives, and e) amends SFAS No. 140 to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. The Company adopted SFAS No. 155 effective January 1, 2007; however, there was no material impact.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109." This interpretation was effective as of January 1, 2007. Refer to Note 8 for additional information concerning this standard.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements." SFAS No. 157 establishes a single definition of fair value and a framework for measuring fair value, sets out a fair value hierarchy to be used to classify the source of information used in fair value measurements, and requires new disclosures of assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on their level in the hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for all fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 (January 1, 2008 for 3M) and is to be applied prospectively. In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Positions No. 157-1 and No. 157-2 which partially defer the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for one year for certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities and remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard, but would not expect SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on 3M's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)." Refer to Note 11 for additional information concerning this standard.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities". SFAS No. 159 permits an entity to choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. Upfront costs and fees related to items for which the fair value option is elected shall be recognized in earnings as incurred and not deferred. SFAS No. 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 (January 1, 2008 for 3M) and interim periods within those fiscal years. At the effective date, an entity may elect the fair value option for eligible items that exist at that date. The entity shall report the effect of the first remeasurement to fair value as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The Company has not elected the fair value option for eligible items that existed as of January 1, 2008.

In June 2007, the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 07-3, "Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to Be Used in Future Research and Development Activities" that would require nonrefundable advance payments made by the Company for future R&amp;D activities to be capitalized and recognized as an expense as the goods or services are received by the Company. EITF Issue No. 07-3 is effective for 3M with respect to new arrangements entered into beginning January 1, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard, but would not expect EITF Issue No. 07-3 to have a material impact on 3M's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, "Business Combinations," which changes how business acquisitions are accounted.  SFAS No. 141R requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction and establishes the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination.  Certain provisions of this standard will, among other things, impact the determination of acquisition-date fair value of consideration paid in a business combination (including contingent consideration); exclude transaction costs from acquisition accounting; and change accounting practices for acquired contingencies, acquisition-related restructuring costs, in-process research and development, indemnification assets, and tax benefits.  For 3M, SFAS No. 141R is effective for business combinations and adjustments to an acquired entity's deferred tax asset and liability balances occurring after December 31, 2008.  The Company is currently evaluating the future impacts and disclosures of this standard.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51," which establishes new standards governing the accounting for and reporting of noncontrolling interests (NCIs) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries.  Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCIs (previously referred to as minority interests) be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability; that increases and decrease in the parent's ownership interest that leave control intact be treated as equity transactions, rather than as step acquisitions or dilution gains or losses; and that losses of a partially owned consolidated subsidiary be allocated to the NCI even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance. This standard also requires changes to certain presentation and disclosure requirements. For 3M, SFAS No. 160 is effective beginning January 1, 2009. The provisions of the standard are to be applied to all NCIs prospectively, except for the presentation and disclosure requirements, which are to be to applied retrospectively to all periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the future impacts and disclosures of this standard.

In December 2007, the FASB ratified the Emerging Issues Task Force consensus on EITF Issue No. 07-1, "Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements" that discusses how parties to a collaborative arrangement (which does not establish a legal entity within such arrangement) should account for various activities. The consensus indicates that costs incurred and revenues generated from transactions with third parties (i.e. parties outside of the collaborative arrangement) should be reported by the collaborators on the respective line items in their income statements pursuant to EITF Issue No. 99-19, "Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal Versus Net as an Agent."  Additionally, the consensus provides that income statement characterization of payments between the participants in a collaborative arrangement should be based upon existing authoritative pronouncements; analogy to such pronouncements if not within their scope; or a reasonable, rational, and consistently applied accounting policy election. EITF Issue No. 07-1 is effective for 3M beginning January 1, 2009 and is to be applied retrospectively to all periods presented for collaborative arrangements existing as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard, but would not expect EITF Issue No. 07-1 to have a material impact on 3M's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.


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(Millions)		2007		2006	
Other current assets					
Product and other insurance receivables		$220		$255	
Deferred income taxes		428		412	
Prepaid expenses and other		501		658	
Total other current assets		$1,149		$1,325	
					
Investments					
Available-for-sale (fair value)		$16		$14	
Equity-method		64		86	
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies, real estate and other (cost, which approximates fair value)		218		214	
Total investments		$298		$314	
					
Property, plant and equipment - at cost					
Land		$303		$281	
Buildings and leasehold improvements		5,496		5,002	
Machinery and equipment		11,801		11,130	
Construction in progress		684		505	
Capital leases		106		99	
Gross property, plant and equipment		18,390		17,017	
Accumulated depreciation*		(11,808)	(11,110)
Property, plant and equipment - net		$6,582		$5,907	

*Includes accumulated depreciation for capital leases of $42 million for 2007 and $37 million for 2006.

Other assets					
Product and other insurance receivables		$318		$373	
Deferred income taxes		176		253	
Other		234		150	
Total other assets		$728		$776	
					
Other current liabilities					
Accrued trade payables		$458		$556	
Employee benefits and withholdings		228		168	
Deferred income		323		299	
Property and other taxes		169		176	
Product and other claims		120		115	
Non-funded pension benefits		35		31	
Deferred income taxes		22		7	
Other		478		409	
Total other current liabilities		$1,833		$1,761	

Accounts payable (included as a separate line item in the Consolidated Balance Sheet) includes drafts payable on demand of $44 million and $65 million as of December 31, 2007, and 2006, respectively.


Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (continued)

(Millions)		2007		2006	
Other liabilities					
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Employee benefits		576		602	
Product and other claims		372		311	
Deferred income taxes		355		84	
Long term taxes payable		310		-	
Minority interest in subsidiaries		325		278	
Deferred income		36		50	
Capital lease obligations		69		65	
Other		175		138	
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  <mmm:SupplementalStockholdersEquityAndAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeInformationTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 6.  Supplemental Stockholders' Equity and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Information

Common stock ($.01 par value per share) of 3.0 billion shares is authorized, with 944,033,056 shares issued. Treasury stock is reported at cost, with 234,877,025 shares at December 31, 2007, 209,670,254 shares at December 31, 2006, and 189,494,669 shares at December 31, 2005. Preferred stock, without par value, of 10 million shares is authorized but unissued.

The components of the ending balances of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of December 31 follow:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Millions)		2007		2006		2005	
Cumulative translation adjustment							
Balance at January 1		$210		$(296)	$282	
Pre-tax amount		456		503		(597)
Tax effect		76		3		19	
Net of tax amount		532		506		(578)
Balance at December 31		742		210		(296)
							
Defined benefit pension plans adjustment							
Balance at January 1		(2,067)	(156)	(110)
Pre-tax amount		941		(3,208)	(28)
Tax effect		(327)	1,297		(18)
Net of tax amount		614		(1,911)	(46)
Balance at December 31		(1,453)	(2,067)	(156)
							
Unrealized gain (loss) on debt and equity securities							
Balance at January 1		2		3		2	
Pre-tax amount		(16)	(1)	2	
Tax effect		6		-		(1)
Net of tax amount		(10)	(1)	1	
Balance at December 31		(8)	2		3	
							
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedging instruments							
Balance at January 1		(18)	38		(42)
Pre-tax amount		(24)	(85)	126	
Tax effect		14		29		(46)
Net of tax amount		(10)	(56)	80	
Balance at December 31		(28)	(18)	38	
							
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)							
Balance at January 1		(1,873)	(411)	132	
Pre-tax amount		1,374		(2,791)	(497)
Tax effect		(248)	1,329		(46)
Net of tax amount		1,126		(1,462)	(543)
Balance at December 31		$(747)	$(1,873)	$(411)

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)." This standard eliminated the requirement for a "minimum pension liability adjustment" that was previously required under SFAS No. 87 and required employers to recognize the underfunded or overfunded status of a defined benefit plan as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position. In 2006, as a result of the implementation of SFAS No. 158, the Company recognized an after-tax decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income of $1.187 billion and $513 million for the U.S. and International pension benefit plans, respectively, and $218 million for the postretirement health care and life insurance benefit plan. See Note 11 for additional detail.

Reclassification adjustments are made to avoid double counting in comprehensive income items that are also recorded as part of net income. In 2007, as disclosed in the net periodic benefit cost table in Note 11, $198 million pre-tax ($123 million after-tax) were reclassified to earnings from accumulated other comprehensive income to pension and postretirement expense in the income statement. These pension and postretirement expense amounts are shown in the table in Note 11 as amortization of transition (asset) obligation, amortization of prior service cost (benefit) and amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss. Other reclassification adjustments (except for cash flow hedging instruments adjustments provided in Note 12) were not material. No tax provision has been made for the translation of foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars.
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Cash interest payments          162        119         79
Capitalized interest             25         16         12	

Individual amounts in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows exclude the impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and exchange rate impacts, which are presented separately. "Other - net" in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows within operating activities in 2007 and 2006 includes changes in liabilities related to 3M's restructuring actions (Note 4) and in 2005 includes the non-cash impact of adopting FIN 47 ($35 million cumulative effect of accounting change).

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                                                          unitRef="percentage">.0464</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_Bond30Year750MillionDollarsMember">2037</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_Eurobonds400MillionEurosMember">2014</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_MediumtermNote500MillionDollarsMember">2012</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">2032</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_FloatingRateNote100MillionDollarsMember">2041</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_EsopDebtGuarantee87MillionDollarsMember">2008-2009</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription contextRef="d-2007_FloatingRateNote62MillionDollarsMember">2044</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentMaturityDateDescription>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateTerms contextRef="d-2007_Eurobonds400MillionEurosMember">Floating</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateTerms>
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                                                                                 contextRef="i-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158PrepaidPensionAccruedPensionLiabilityMember"
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                                                                                 contextRef="i-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158IntangibleAssetMember"
                                                                                 unitRef="usd">19000000</mmm:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetAssetLineItemPresfas158WithAmlAdjustments>
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                                                                                 contextRef="i-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158DeferredTaxAssetMember"
                                                                                 unitRef="usd">95000000</mmm:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetAssetLineItemPresfas158WithAmlAdjustments>
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                                                                                                                                   contextRef="d-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158PrepaidPensionAccruedPensionLiabilityMember"
                                                                                                                                   unitRef="usd">-3199000000</us-gaap:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetAssetLineItemChangeDueToApplicationOfSFAS158RecognitionProvisionsPeriodIncreaseDecrease>
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                                                                                                                                   contextRef="d-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158IntangibleAssetMember"
                                                                                                                                   unitRef="usd">-19000000</us-gaap:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetAssetLineItemChangeDueToApplicationOfSFAS158RecognitionProvisionsPeriodIncreaseDecrease>
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                                                                                             unitRef="usd">244000000</mmm:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetLiabilityOrEquityLineItemPresfas158WithAmlAdjustments>
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                                                                                                                                               unitRef="usd">1918000000</us-gaap:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetLiabilityOrEquityLineItemChangeDueToApplicationOfSFAS158RecognitionProvisionsPeriodIncreaseDecrease>
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                                                                                                                                               contextRef="d-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158AccumulatedComprehensiveIncomePretaxMember"
                                                                                                                                               unitRef="usd">3218000000</us-gaap:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetLiabilityOrEquityLineItemChangeDueToApplicationOfSFAS158RecognitionProvisionsPeriodIncreaseDecrease>
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                                                              contextRef="d-2007_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPre65Member"
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                                                                              contextRef="d-2006_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPre65Member"
                                                                              unitRef="percentage">.0900</us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedForNextFiscalYear>
  <us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate decimals="4"
                                                              contextRef="d-2006_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPre65Member"
                                                              unitRef="percentage">.0500</us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate>
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                                                              contextRef="d-2007_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPost65Member"
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  <us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate decimals="4"
                                                              contextRef="d-2006_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPost65Member"
                                                              unitRef="percentage">0.0500</us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate>
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                                     contextRef="i-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember"
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                                                          contextRef="i-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember"
                                                          unitRef="percentage">.0583</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage>
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                                                                                                                                   contextRef="d-2007_BalanceSheetLineItemAffectedByApplicationOfSfas158DeferredTaxAssetMember"
                                                                                                                                   unitRef="usd">1300000000</us-gaap:IncrementalEffectOnBalanceSheetAssetLineItemChangeDueToApplicationOfSFAS158RecognitionProvisionsPeriodIncreaseDecrease>
  <mmm:DefinedBenefitPlanPlansWithBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation decimals="-6"
                                                                                                               contextRef="i-2007_UnitedStatesPensionPlansNonqualifedDefinedBenefitMember"
                                                                                                               unitRef="usd">360000000</mmm:DefinedBenefitPlanPlansWithBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation>
  <mmm:DefinedBenefitPlanPlansWithBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation decimals="-6"
                                                                                                               contextRef="i-2006_UnitedStatesPensionPlansNonqualifedDefinedBenefitMember"
                                                                                                               unitRef="usd">354000000</mmm:DefinedBenefitPlanPlansWithBenefitObligationsInExcessOfPlanAssetsAggregateAccumulatedBenefitObligation>
  <us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedForNextFiscalYear decimals="4"
                                                                              contextRef="d-2007_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPost65Member"
                                                                              unitRef="percentage">.0975</us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedForNextFiscalYear>
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                                                                              contextRef="d-2006_UnitedStatesPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitPost65Member"
                                                                              unitRef="percentage">.1025</us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedForNextFiscalYear>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_Eurobond625MillionEurosMember">In July 2007, 3M issued a seven year 5.0% fixed rate Eurobond for an amount of 750 million Euros (approximately $1.102 billion in U.S. Dollars at December 31, 2007). Upon debt issuance in July 2007, 3M completed a fixed-to-floating interest rate swap on a notional amount of 400 million Euros as a fair value hedge of a portion of the fixed interest rate Eurobond obligation. In December 2007, 3M reopened the existing seven year 5.0% fixed rate Eurobond for an additional amount of 275 million Euros (approximately $404 million in U.S. Dollars at December 31, 2007). This security was issued at a premium and was subsequently consolidated with the original security on January 15, 2008.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_Bond30Year750MillionDollarsMember">In September 2003, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the potential offering of debt securities of up to $1.5 billion. This shelf registration became effective in October 2003. In December 2003, the Company established under the shelf a medium-term notes program through which up to $1.5 billion of medium-term notes may be offered. In March 2007, the Company issued a 30-year, $750 million, fixed rate note with a coupon rate of 5.70%. In November 2006, 3M issued a three-year, $400 million, fixed rate note. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert this to a rate based on a floating LIBOR index. In December 2004, 3M issued a 40-year, $62 million, floating rate note, with the rate based on a floating LIBOR index. This $1.5 billion medium term notes program was replaced by the $3 billion program established in June 2007.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
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                                                       unitRef="percentage">0.057</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_Eurobonds400MillionEurosMember">In July 2007, 3M issued a seven year 5.0% fixed rate Eurobond for an amount of 750 million Euros (approximately $1.102 billion in U.S. Dollars at December 31, 2007). Upon debt issuance in July 2007, 3M completed a fixed-to-floating interest rate swap on a notional amount of 400 million Euros as a fair value hedge of a portion of the fixed interest rate Eurobond obligation. In December 2007, 3M reopened the existing seven year 5.0% fixed rate Eurobond for an additional amount of 275 million Euros (approximately $404 million in U.S. Dollars at December 31, 2007). This security was issued at a premium and was subsequently consolidated with the original security on January 15, 2008.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
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  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_MediumtermNote500MillionDollarsMember">The Company has a "well-known seasoned issuer" shelf registration statement, effective February 24, 2006, to register an indeterminate amount of debt or equity securities for future sales. On June 15, 2007, the Company registered 150,718 shares of the Company's common stock under this shelf on behalf of and for the sole benefit of the selling stockholders in connection with the Company's acquisition of assets of Diamond Productions, Inc. The Company intends to use the proceeds from future securities sales off this shelf for general corporate purposes. In connection with this shelf registration, in June 2007 the Company established a medium-term notes program through which up to $3 billion of medium-term notes may be offered. In December 2007, 3M issued a five-year, $500 million, fixed rate note with a coupon rate of 4.65% under this medium-term notes program. This program has a remaining capacity of $2.5 billion as of December 31, 2007.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
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                                                       unitRef="percentage">0.0465</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage>
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                                                        unitRef="usd">2500000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentUnusedBorrowingCapacityAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_MediumtermNote400MillionDollarsMember">In September 2003, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the potential offering of debt securities of up to $1.5 billion. This shelf registration became effective in October 2003. In December 2003, the Company established under the shelf a medium-term notes program through which up to $1.5 billion of medium-term notes may be offered. In March 2007, the Company issued a 30-year, $750 million, fixed rate note with a coupon rate of 5.70%. In November 2006, 3M issued a three-year, $400 million, fixed rate note. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert this to a rate based on a floating LIBOR index. In December 2004, 3M issued a 40-year, $62 million, floating rate note, with the rate based on a floating LIBOR index. This $1.5 billion medium term notes program was replaced by the $3 billion program established in June 2007.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate contextRef="d-2007_MediumtermNote400MillionDollarsMember">November 2006</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember">In December 2007, the Company's $350 million of dealer remarketable securities were remarketed for one year. They were reissued with a fixed coupon rate of 5.83%. These securities, which are classified as current portion of long-term debt, were issued in December 2000. The remarketable securities can be remarketed annually, at the option of the dealer, for a year each time, with a final maturity date of December 2010. In the second quarter of 2007, 3M repurchased $42 million in floating rate notes due in 2037 at par as the bondholder exercised put provisions associated with this debt instrument.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating contextRef="d-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember">At December 31, 2007, certain debt agreements ($350 million of dealer remarketable securities and $87 million of ESOP debt) had ratings triggers (BBB-/Baa3 or lower) that would require repayment of debt.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage decimals="4"
                                                       contextRef="i-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember"
                                                       unitRef="percentage">0.0583</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate contextRef="d-2007_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember">December 2000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">3M may redeem its 30-year zero-coupon senior notes (the "Convertible Notes") at any time in whole or in part, beginning November 21, 2007, at the accreted conversion price; however, bondholders may convert upon notification of redemption each of the notes into 9.4602 shares of 3M common stock. Holders of the 30-year zero-coupon senior notes have the option to require 3M to purchase their notes at accreted value on November 21 in the years 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022 and 2027. In November 2005, 22,506 of the 639,000 in outstanding bonds were redeemed, resulting in a payout from 3M of approximately $20 million. In November 2007, an additional 364,598 outstanding bonds were redeemed resulting in a payout from 3M of approximately $322 million. These payouts reduced the Convertible Notes' face value at maturity to $252 million, which equates to a book value of approximately $222 million at December 31, 2007. As disclosed in a Form 8-K in November 2005, 3M amended the terms of these securities to pay cash at a rate of 2.40% per annum of the principal amount at maturity of the Company's Convertible Notes, which equates to 2.75% per annum of the notes' accreted value on November 21, 2005. The cash interest payments were made semiannually in arrears on May 22, 2006, November 22, 2006, May 22, 2007 and November 22, 2007 to holders of record on the 15th calendar day preceding each such interest payment date. Effective November 22, 2007, the effective interest rate reverted back to the original yield of 0.50%. 3M originally sold $639 million in aggregate face amount of these "Convertible Notes" on November 15, 2002, which are convertible into shares of 3M common stock. The gross proceeds from the offering, to be used for general corporate purposes, were $550 million ($540 million net of issuance costs). Debt issuance costs were amortized on a straight-line basis over a three-year period beginning in November 2002. On February 14, 2003, 3M registered these Convertible Notes in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The terms of the Convertible Notes include a yield to maturity of .50% and an initial conversion premium of 40% over the $65.00 (split-adjusted) closing price of 3M common stock on November 14, 2002. If certain conditions for conversion (relating to the closing common stock prices of 3M exceeding the conversion trigger price for specified periods) are met, holders may convert each of the 30-year zero-coupon senior notes into 9.4602 shares of 3M common stock in any calendar quarter commencing after March 31, 2003. The conversion trigger price for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $121.21 per share. If the conditions for conversion are met, and 3M elects not to settle in cash, the 30-year zero-coupon senior notes will be convertible in the aggregate into approximately 2.4 million shares of 3M common stock. The conditions for conversion related to the Company's Convertible Notes have never been met. If the conditions for conversion are met, 3M may choose to pay in cash and/or common stock; however, if this occurs, the Company has the intent and ability to settle this debt security in cash. Accordingly, there was no impact on 3M's diluted earnings per share.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">11/15/2002</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleTypeOfEquitySecurity contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">3M Common Stock</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleTypeOfEquitySecurity>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleEarliestDate contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">11/21/2007</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleEarliestDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleLatestDate contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember">11/21/2027</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleLatestDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio decimals="4" contextRef="d-2007_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember"
                                                     unitRef="ratio">9.4602</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_EsopDebtGuarantee87MillionDollarsMember">The ESOP debt is serviced by dividends on stock held by the ESOP and by Company contributions. These contributions are not reported as interest expense, but are reported as an employee benefit expense in the Consolidated Statement of Income.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating contextRef="d-2007_EsopDebtGuarantee87MillionDollarsMember">At December 31, 2007, certain debt agreements ($350 million of dealer remarketable securities and $87 million of ESOP debt) had ratings triggers (BBB-/Baa3 or lower) that would require repayment of debt.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_FloatingRateNote62MillionDollarsMember">In September 2003, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the potential offering of debt securities of up to $1.5 billion. This shelf registration became effective in October 2003. In December 2003, the Company established under the shelf a medium-term notes program through which up to $1.5 billion of medium-term notes may be offered. In March 2007, the Company issued a 30-year, $750 million, fixed rate note with a coupon rate of 5.70%. In November 2006, 3M issued a three-year, $400 million, fixed rate note. The Company entered into an interest rate swap to convert this to a rate based on a floating LIBOR index. In December 2004, 3M issued a 40-year, $62 million, floating rate note, with the rate based on a floating LIBOR index. This $1.5 billion medium term notes program was replaced by the $3 billion program established in June 2007.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate contextRef="d-2007_FloatingRateNote62MillionDollarsMember">4-Dec</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentIssuanceDate>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription contextRef="d-2007_OtherBorrowingsLongtermMember">Other borrowings includes debt held by 3M's international companies and floating rate notes in the United States, with the long-term portion of this debt primarily composed of U.S. dollar floating rate debt</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentDescription>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating contextRef="d-2007">The Company has an AA credit rating from Standard &amp; Poor's, with a stable outlook, and an Aa1 credit rating from Moody's Investors Service, with a negative outlook.</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCreditRating>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_MediumtermNote400MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">400000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6"
                                         contextRef="i-2006_DealerRemarketableSecurities350MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">350000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_Debenture30Year330MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">354000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_ConvertibleNotes252MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">542000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_FloatingRateNote100MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">100000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_EsopDebtGuarantee87MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">127000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_FloatingRateNote62MillionDollarsMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">62000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_OtherBorrowingsLongtermMember" unitRef="usd">226000000</us-gaap:DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityDescription contextRef="d-2007">On April 30, 2007, the Company replaced its $565 million credit facility with a new $1.5 billion five-year credit facility, which has provisions for the Company to request an increase of the facility up to $2 billion (at the lenders' discretion), and providing for up to $150 million in letters of credit. As of December 31, 2007, there are $110 million in letters of credit drawn against the facility.  Under the new credit agreement, 3M is required to maintain its EBITDA to Interest Ratio as of the end of each fiscal quarter at not less than 3.0 to 1. This is calculated (as defined in the agreement) as the ratio of consolidated total EBITDA for the four consecutive quarters then ended to total interest expense on all funded debt for the same period. At December 31, 2007, this ratio was approximately 35 to 1.   At December 31, 2007, available short-term committed lines of credit internationally totaled approximately $67 million, of which approximately $13 million was utilized. Debt covenants do not restrict the payment of dividends.</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityDescription>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityInitiationDate contextRef="d-2007">April 30, 2007</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityInitiationDate>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityExpirationDate contextRef="d-2007">April 30, 2012</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityExpirationDate>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantTerms contextRef="d-2007">Under the new credit agreement, 3M is required to maintain its EBITDA to Interest Ratio as of the end of each fiscal quarter at not less than 3.0 to 1. This is calculated (as defined in the agreement) as the ratio of consolidated total EBITDA for the four consecutive quarters then ended to total interest expense on all funded debt for the same period.</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantTerms>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantCompliance contextRef="d-2007"> At December 31, 2007, this ratio was approximately 35 to 1. </us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantCompliance>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityBorrowingCapacityDescription contextRef="d-2007">On April 30, 2007, the Company replaced its $565 million credit facility with a new $1.5 billion five-year credit facility, which has provisions for the Company to request an increase of the facility up to $2 billion (at the lenders' discretion), and providing for up to $150 million in letters of credit.</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityBorrowingCapacityDescription>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">1500000000</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">110000000</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity>
  <us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityDividendRestrictions contextRef="d-2007">Debt covenants do not restrict the payment of dividends.</us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityDividendRestrictions>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermTotal decimals="4" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="percentage">.0510</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermTotal>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongtermTotal decimals="4" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="percentage">.0448</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongtermTotal>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermExcludingEsopDebt decimals="4" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="percentage">.0507</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermExcludingEsopDebt>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongTermExcludingEsopDebt decimals="4" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="percentage">.0447</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongTermExcludingEsopDebt>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermTotal decimals="4" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="percentage">.0465</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermTotal>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongtermTotal decimals="4" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="percentage">.0367</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongtermTotal>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermExcludingEsopDebt decimals="4" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="percentage">.0463</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateShorttermExcludingEsopDebt>
  <mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongTermExcludingEsopDebt decimals="4" contextRef="i-2006" unitRef="percentage">.0349</mmm:WeightedAverageEffectiveInterestRateLongTermExcludingEsopDebt>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">foreign exchange forward contracts, options and swaps</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">to hedge against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash flows denominated in foreign currencies and certain intercompand financing transactions.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">cash flows denominated in foreign currencies and certain intercompany financing transactions</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeRemainingMaturity contextRef="i-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">At December 31, 2007, the Company had various open foreign exchange forward and option contracts, the majority of which had maturities of one year or less. </us-gaap:DerivativeRemainingMaturity>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">commodity price swaps </us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember"> cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions to manage price volatility.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">The Company manages commodity price risks through negotiated suppply contracts, price protection  agreements and forward physical contracts.  The Company uses commodity price swaps as cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">floating-to-fixed interest rate swap</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">pre-issuance cash flow hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">a pre-issuance cash flow hedge related to the anticated July 2007 Eurobond issuance of 750 million Euros.  </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeAverageRemainingMaturity contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">Upon debt issuance in July 2007, 3M terminated the floating-to-fixed swap.</us-gaap:DerivativeAverageRemainingMaturity>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">fixed to floating interest rate swap </us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">fair value hedge of underlying 30-year bond due in 2028</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">30-year bond due in 2028</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">As indicated in Note 10, </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">fixed to floating interest rate swap </us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">fair value hedge of underlying three-year medium-term note due in 2009</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">the issuance of the three-year medium-term note due in 2009</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">As indicated in Note 10, </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">fixed-to-floating interest rate swap</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">fair value hedge of a portion of the fixed interest rate Eurobond obligation</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">the issuance of a seven-year Eurobond for an amount of 750 million Euros</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">The Company manages interest expense using a mixture of fixed and floating rate debt.  To help manage borrowing costs, the Company may enter into interest rate swaps.  Under these arrangements, the Company agrees to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and floating interest amounts calculated by reference to an agree-upon notional principal amount.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">interest rate swaps</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">to help manage borrowing costs</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">fair value hedges of underlying fixed rate obligations.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">This swap converts U.S. dollar-based variable interest payments to yen-based variable interest payments associated with the notional amount.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">three-year floating-to-floating cross currency swap</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">partial hedge of the Company's net investments in its Japanese subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">the Company's net investments in its Japanese subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencyBought contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">Yen</us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencyBought>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">This swap converts U.S. dollar-based variable interest payments to Euro-based variable interest payments associated with the notional amount.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">three-year floating-to-floating cross currency swap</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">partial hedge of the Company's net investments in its European subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">the Company's net investments in its European subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencyBought contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">Euros</us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencyBought>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">This swap converts U.S. dollar-based variable interest payments to Euro-based variable interest payments associated with the notional amount.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">foreign currency forward contract</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">hedge portions of the Company's net investment in its European subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">the Company's net investment in its European subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">This swap converts U.S. dollar-based variable interest payments to Euro-based variable interest payments associated with the notional amount.</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">foreign currency forward contract</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">hedge portionf of the Company'snet investment in its Japanese subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">the Company'snet investment in its Japanese subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">as discussed in note 10</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">Seven-year fixed rate Eurobond securities</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">hedging of the Company's net investments in its European subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">the Company's net investment in it European subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">as discussed in note 10</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfTerms>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">Seven-year fixed rate Eurobond securities</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">relative to the Company's net investment in its European subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">the Company's net investment in it European subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">foreign currency forward contracts</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">relative to the Company'snet investment in its Japanese subsidiaries </us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">the Company's net investment in its Chinese subsidiaries</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember">cross currency swaps, forwards and foreign currency denominated debt</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInstrument>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember">hedge portions of the Company's net investment in its foreign operations</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfObjective>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember">the Company's net investment in its foreign operations</us-gaap:DerivativeDescriptionOfHedgedItem>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">Overall Price Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">Interest Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">Interest Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">Interest Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">Interest Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember">Foreign Exchange Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">Interest Rate Risk</us-gaap:DerivativeUnderlyingRisk>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">Cash Flow Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">Fair Value Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">Fair Value Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">Fair Value Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember">Fair Value Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">Net Investment Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">Net Investment Hedge</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">No Hedge Designation</us-gaap:DerivativeHedgeDesignation>
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                                         unitRef="usd">750000000</us-gaap:DerivativeAmountOfHedgedItem>
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                                     contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">330000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">400000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">400000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">300000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">200000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">556000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">209000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">750000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">275000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount decimals="-6"
                                     contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember"
                                     unitRef="usd">200000000</us-gaap:DerivativeNotionalAmount>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeAmountOfHedgedItem decimals="-6"
                                         contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember"
                                         unitRef="usd">750000000</us-gaap:DerivativeAmountOfHedgedItem>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">June 2007</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">June 2006</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">November 2006</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">July 2007</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">September 2006 </mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">November 2006 </mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">December 2006 </mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract556MillionUsdMember">December 2007</mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">December 2006 </mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrencyForwardContract209MillionUsdMember">December 2007</mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities750MillionEurosMember">July 2007</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeEurobondSecurities275MillionEurosMember">December 2007</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">November and December 2007</mmm:DerivativeInceptionMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeForeignCurrecnyForwardContract200MillionMember">December 2008</mmm:DerivativeMaturityMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeTerminationMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">Upon debt issuance in July 2007</mmm:DerivativeTerminationMonthAndYear>
  <mmm:DerivativeTerminationMonthAndYear contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">March 2007</mmm:DerivativeTerminationMonthAndYear>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">Variable</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">Variable</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">Variable</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">Variable</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">Variable</us-gaap:DerivativeTypeOfInterestRatePaidOnSwap>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencySold contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap300MillionUsdMember">USD</us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencySold>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencySold contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgeCrossCurrencySwap200MillionUsdMember">USD</us-gaap:DerivativeCurrencySold>
  <us-gaap:MaximumLengthOfTimeHedgedInCashFlowHedge contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">The maximum length of time over which 3M is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a majority of the forecasted transactions is 12 months.</us-gaap:MaximumLengthOfTimeHedgedInCashFlowHedge>
  <us-gaap:MaximumLengthOfTimeHedgedInCashFlowHedge contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">3M has hedged its exposure to the variability of future cash flows for certain forecasted transactions through 2008.</us-gaap:MaximumLengthOfTimeHedgedInCashFlowHedge>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">The settlement or extension of these derivatives will result in reclassifications to earnings in the period during which the hedged transactions affect earnings (from other comprehensive income).</us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgesMember">Hedge ineffectiveness was not material for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">The related mark-to-market gain or loss on qualifying hedges is included in other comprehensive income to the extent effective.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">The related mark-to-market gain or loss on qualifying hedges is reclassified into cost of sales in the period during which the hedged transactions affects earnings.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_PriceRiskCashFlowHedgesMember">No significant commodity cash flow hedges were discontinued and hedge ineffectiveness was not material during the years 2007, 2006 and 2005.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">The termination of the swap resulted in an immaterial gain, which is being amortized over the seven year life of the Eurobond.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateCashFlowHedgesMember">The termination of the swap resulted in an immaterial gain, which is being amortized over the seven year life of the Eurobond.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">resulting gain will be recognized over the remaining life of the underlying debt</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap330MillionUsdMember">The termination of the swap did not have a material impace on 3M's consolidated results or its operations or financial condition.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">The mark-to-market of these fair value hedges is recorded as gains or losses in Interest expense and is offset by the gain or loss on the underlying debt instrument, which is also recorded in interest expense.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionUsdMember">These fair value hedges are 100% effective and, thus, there is no impact on earnings due to hedge ineffectiveness.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">The mark-to-market of these fair value hedges is recorded as gains or losses in Interest expense and is offset by the gain or loss on the underlying debt instrument, which is also recorded in interest expense.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial contextRef="d-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgeInterestRateSwap400MillionEurosMember">These fair value hedges are 100% effective and, thus, there is no impact on earnings due to hedge ineffectiveness.</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeIneffectivenessIsImmaterial>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement contextRef="d-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember">For hedges that meet the effectiveness requirements, the net gain or losses attributable to changes in spot exchange rates are recorded in cumulative translation within other comprehensive income.  The remainder of the change in value of such investments is recorded in earnings.</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLocationOfGainLossOnPriceRiskDerivativeOnIncomeStatement>
  <us-gaap:GeneralDiscussionOfDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivities contextRef="d-2007">The Company uses interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and forward and option contracts to manage risks generally associated with foreign exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations. The information that follows explains the various types of derivatives and financial instruments, and includes a table that recaps cash flow hedging amounts</us-gaap:GeneralDiscussionOfDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivities>
  <us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedWithinTwelveMonths decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007_CashFlowHedgesMember" unitRef="usd">-28000000</us-gaap:CashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedWithinTwelveMonths>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss contextRef="d-2007_CashFlowHedgesMember">At December 31, 2007, the Company expects to reclassify to earnings over the next 12 months a majority of the cash flow hedging instruments after-tax loss of $28 million (with the impact offset by cash flows from underlying hedged items).</us-gaap:DescriptionOfReclassificationOfCashFlowHedgeGainLoss>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2007_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember"
                                               unitRef="usd">36000000</us-gaap:DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet>
  <us-gaap:TranslationAdjustmentForNetInvestmentHedgeNetOfTax decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2007_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember"
                                                               unitRef="usd">-28000000</us-gaap:TranslationAdjustmentForNetInvestmentHedgeNetOfTax>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_InterestRateFairValueHedgesMember"
                                               unitRef="usd">26000000</us-gaap:DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet>
  <us-gaap:TranslationAdjustmentForNetInvestmentHedgeNetOfTax decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_NetInvestmentActivityHedgesMember"
                                                               unitRef="usd">-18000000</us-gaap:TranslationAdjustmentForNetInvestmentHedgeNetOfTax>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfCreditRiskExposure contextRef="d-2007"> The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties in interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and option and foreign exchange contracts. However, the Company's risk is limited to the fair value of the instruments. </us-gaap:DescriptionOfCreditRiskExposure>
  <us-gaap:DiscussionOfCreditRiskDerivativeRiskManagementPolicy contextRef="d-2007">The Company actively monitors its exposure to credit risk through the use of credit approvals and credit limits, and by selecting major international banks and financial institutions as counterparties. </us-gaap:DiscussionOfCreditRiskDerivativeRiskManagementPolicy>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfCreditRiskDerivativeActivities contextRef="d-2007"> During the second quarter of 2006, the Company entered into a credit support agreement with one of its primary derivatives counterparties.  Under this agreement either party is required to post eligible collateral when the market value of transactions covered by the agreement exceeds specified thresholds, thus limiting credit exposure for both partie </us-gaap:DescriptionOfCreditRiskDerivativeActivities>
  <us-gaap:TypesOfCreditRiskDerivativesUsed contextRef="d-2007">Credit Support Agreement</us-gaap:TypesOfCreditRiskDerivativesUsed>
  <us-gaap:TypesOfItemsHedgedByCreditRiskDerivatives contextRef="d-2007"> interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and option and foreign exchange contracts </us-gaap:TypesOfItemsHedgedByCreditRiskDerivatives>
  <us-gaap:DiscussionOfObjectivesForUsingCreditRiskDerivativeInstruments contextRef="d-2007">Limiting credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties</us-gaap:DiscussionOfObjectivesForUsingCreditRiskDerivativeInstruments>
  <us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Fair values approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.</us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:AccountsReceivableFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Fair values approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.</us-gaap:AccountsReceivableFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:AccountsPayableFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Fair values approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.</us-gaap:AccountsPayableFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:InvestmentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Available-for-sale marketable securities and investments are reported at fair value.</us-gaap:InvestmentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:CostMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Fair values for investments held at cost are not readily available, but are estimated tapproximate fair value.</us-gaap:CostMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Derivative contracts are reported at fair value.</us-gaap:DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Derivative contracts are reported at fair value.</us-gaap:DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <us-gaap:BorrowingsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions contextRef="d-2007">Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt (except the $350 million dealer remarketable security) approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.  </us-gaap:BorrowingsFairValueDisclosureSignificantAssumptions>
  <mmm:DiscussonOnIncreaseDecreaseInAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeRelatedToCashFlowHedgingInstruments contextRef="d-2007">Amounts recorded in accumulated comprehensive income (loss) related to cash flow hedging instruments follow.</mmm:DiscussonOnIncreaseDecreaseInAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeRelatedToCashFlowHedgingInstruments>
  <mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">-17000000</mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives>
  <mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2006" unitRef="usd">-53000000</mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives>
  <mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2005" unitRef="usd">70000000</mmm:OtherComprehensiveIncomeChangesInFairValueOfDerivatives>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2007_RemainingLongtermDebtMember" unitRef="usd">3797000000</mmm:FinancialInstrumentCarryingValue>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_RemainingLongtermDebtMember" unitRef="usd">1047000000</mmm:FinancialInstrumentCarryingValue>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2007_RemainingLongtermDebtMember" unitRef="usd">3796000000</mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValue>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="i-2006_RemainingLongtermDebtMember" unitRef="usd">1054000000</mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValue>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValueDeterminationBasis contextRef="d-2007">Third-party quotes</mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValueDeterminationBasis>
  <mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValueDeterminationBasis contextRef="d-2006">Third-party quotes</mmm:FinancialInstrumentFairValueDeterminationBasis>
  <mmm:FairValueOfFinancialInstrumentsNarrative contextRef="d-2007">At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company's financial instruments included cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, investments, accounts payable, borrowings, and derivative contracts.</mmm:FairValueOfFinancialInstrumentsNarrative>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsDescription contextRef="d-2007">3M estimates that year-on-year currency effects, including hedging impacts, increased net income by approximately the following amounts.  This estimate includes the effect of translating profits from local currencies into U.S. dollars; the impact of currency fluctuations on the transfer of goods between 3M operations in the United States and abroad; and transaction gains and losses, including derivative instruments designed to reduce foreign currency exchange rate risk</mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsDescription>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">150000000</mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2006" unitRef="usd">20000000</mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2005" unitRef="usd">115000000</mmm:ForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndTranslationsEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">10000000</mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2005" unitRef="usd">50000000</mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesEstimatedEffectOnNetIncome>
  <mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesDescription contextRef="d-2007">3M estimates that year-on-year derivative and other transaction gains and losses increased net income by approximatly the following amounts.</mmm:ForeignCurrencyDerivativeAndOtherTransactionGainsAndLossesDescription>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">226000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2006" unitRef="usd">211000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2005" unitRef="usd">195000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesRentExpense>
  <us-gaap:DescriptionOfLesseeLeasingArrangementsCapitalLeases contextRef="d-2007">It is 3M's practice to secure 
renewal rights for leases, thereby giving 3M the right, but not the obligation, to maintain a presence in a leased facility. 3M's primary capital 
lease, which became effective in April 2003, involves a building in the United Kingdom (with a lease term of 22 years). During the second quarter 
of 2003, 3M recorded a capital lease asset and obligation of approximately 33.5 million United Kingdom pounds (approximately $67 million at 
December 31, 2007 exchange rates).</us-gaap:DescriptionOfLesseeLeasingArrangementsCapitalLeases>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">7000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">6000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">6000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">6000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">5000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">54000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">84000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsInterestIncludedInPayments decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">13000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsInterestIncludedInPayments>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsPresentValueOfNetMinimumPayments decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">71000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsPresentValueOfNetMinimumPayments>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">2000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent>
  <us-gaap:CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">69000000</us-gaap:CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">98000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">79000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">58000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">35000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">30000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">141000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter>
  <us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">441000000</us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue>
  <us-gaap:ProductWarrantyAccrual decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">21000000</us-gaap:ProductWarrantyAccrual>
  <mmm:RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParties decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">144000000</mmm:RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParties>
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  <mmm:RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParties decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2005" unitRef="usd">141000000</mmm:RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParties>
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  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">July 2007</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware </us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">The Company as nominal defendant and against each then current member of the Board of Directors and the officers named in the Summary </us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">Compensation Table of the 2007 Proxy Statement.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">The suit alleges that the Company's 2007 Proxy Statement contained false and misleading statements concerning the tax deductibility of compensation payable under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan ("Plan") and the standards for determining the amounts payable under the Plan.
</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">The lawsuit seeks a declaration voiding shareholder approval of the Plan, termination of the 
Plan, voiding the elections of directors, equitable accounting, and awarding costs, including attorneys' fees. </us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">Private Securities Litigation Reform Act</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">Plaintiff filed a motion for 
summary judgment.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">The defendants filed a motion to dismiss all claims on the grounds that plaintiff had failed to make a demand on the Board 
and had otherwise failed to state a proper claim under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. The defendants also moved to transfer the 
case from the District of Delaware to the District of Minnesota. </us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_ShareholderDerivativeLitigationMember">In February 2008, the Court denied without prejudice the plaintiff's motion for 
summary judgment.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">The Company and certain other companies.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">Past Years</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">Damages for personal injuries of various types resulting from breast implants formerly manufactured by the Company or a related company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">The vast majority of claims against the Company have been resolved. 

Entered an order in September 2007 dismissing from the suit the last of the insurers that were still contesting the extent of their coverage for the Company's breast implant product liability claims. The dismissal was pursuant to a settlement the Company reached with those insurers during the third quarter of 2007.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">The Company with multiple co-defendants.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">Various courts.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber decimals="0" contextRef="I2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                               unitRef="cases">8750</us-gaap:LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber decimals="0" contextRef="I2006_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                               unitRef="cases">17700</us-gaap:LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">Use of some of the Company's mask and 
respirator products and seek damages from the Company and other defendants for alleged personal injury from workplace exposures to asbestos, 
silica, coal or other occupational dusts found in products manufactured by other defendants or generally in the workplace. A minority of 
claimants generally allege personal injury from occupational exposure to asbestos from products previously manufactured by the Company, which are 
often unspecified, as well as products manufactured by other defendants, or occasionally at Company premises.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">In many of these lawsuits and claims, the Company is named as a defendant with multiple co-defendants where no product the Company manufactured 
is identified or where the Company is ultimately determined not to have manufactured the products identified by the plaintiffs. The Company's 
vigorous defense of this litigation has resulted in dismissals of many claims without any payment by the Company, and jury verdicts for the 
Company in seven of the eight cases tried to verdict (such trials occurred in 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2007), and an appellate reversal in 2005 
of the one jury verdict adverse to the Company.

As previously reported, the Company won a defense verdict in July 2007 from a jury in the federal court in Eastern District of Missouri.  The 
jury found the Company had no liability whatever to a plaintiff who claimed he had silicosis and a related cancer and sought to recover damages 
from the Company arising from his alleged illness, which he claimed to have contracted from occupational exposure to silica despite his purported 
use of the Company's respirator mask equipment at various times. The jury rejected each of the plaintiff's theories of liability against the 
Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <mmm:LossContingencyDescription contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">Many of the resolved lawsuits and claims involved unimpaired claimants who were recruited by plaintiffs' lawyers through mass chest x-ray 
screenings. The Company experienced a significant decline in the number of claims filed in 2007 from prior years by apparently unimpaired 
claimants. The Company attributes this decline to several factors, including certain changes enacted in several states in recent years of the law 
governing asbestos-related claims, and the highly-publicized decision in mid-2005 of the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Texas that identified and criticized abuses by certain attorneys, doctors and x-ray screening companies on behalf of claimants. </mmm:LossContingencyDescription>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">The Company 
expects the filing of claims by unimpaired claimants in the future to continue at much lower levels than in the past. The Company believes that 
due to this change in the type and volume of incoming claims, it is likely that the number of claims alleging more serious injuries, including 
mesothelioma and other malignancies, while remaining relatively constant, will represent a greater percentage of total claims than in the past. 
The Company has demonstrated in past trial proceedings that its respiratory protection products are effective as claimed when used in the 
intended manner and in the intended circumstances. Consequently the Company believes that claimants are unable to establish that their medical 
conditions, even if significant, are attributable to the Company's respiratory protection products. Nonetheless the Company's litigation 
experience indicates that such claims are costlier to resolve than the claims of unimpaired persons, and it therefore anticipates an increase in 
the average cost of resolving pending and future claims on a per-claim basis than it experienced in prior periods when the vast majority of 
claims were asserted by the unimpaired.</us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess contextRef="D2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember">Plaintiffs have asserted specific dollar claims for damages in approximately 66% of the 3,979 lawsuits that were pending against the Company at the end of 2007 in all jurisdictions. A majority of states restrict or prohibit specifying damages in tort cases such as these, and most of the remaining jurisdictions do not require such specification. In those cases in which plaintiffs choose to assert specific dollar amounts in their complaints, brought in states that permit such pleading, the amounts claimed are typically not meaningful as an indicator of the Company's potential liability. This is because (a) the amounts claimed typically bear no relation to the extent of the plaintiff's injury, if any; (b) the complaints nearly always assert claims against multiple defendants with the typical complaint asserting claims against as few as a dozen different defendants to upwards of 275 different defendants, the damages alleged are not attributed to individual defendants, and a defendant's share of liability may turn on the law of joint and several liability, which can vary by state, and by the amount of fault a jury allocates to each defendant if a case is ultimately tried before a jury; (c) many cases are filed against the Company even though the plaintiffs did not use any of the Company's products and, ultimately, are withdrawn or dismissed without any payment; and (d) many cases are brought on behalf of plaintiffs who have not suffered any medical injury, and, ultimately, are resolved without any payment or a payment that is a small fraction of the damages initially claimed. Some complaints allege that the compensatory and punitive damages are at least the amounts specified. As stated, the Company's experience and the other reasons cited indicate that the damage amounts specified in complaints are not a meaningful factor in any assessment of the Company's potential liability.

Respirator Mask/Asbestos Liabilities and Insurance Receivables: The Company estimates its respirator mask/asbestos liabilities, including the cost to resolve the claim and defense costs, by examining: (i) the Company's experience in resolving claims, (ii) apparent trends, (iii) the apparent quality of claims (e.g., whether the claim has been asserted on behalf of asymptomatic claimants), (iv) changes in the nature and mix of claims (e.g., the proportion of claims asserting usage of the Company's mask or respirator products and alleging exposure to each of asbestos, silica, coal or other occupational dusts, and claims pleading use of asbestos-containing products allegedly manufactured by the Company), (v) the number of current claims and a projection of the number of future asbestos and other claims that may be filed against the Company, (vi) the cost to resolve recently settled claims, and (vii) an estimate of the cost to resolve and defend against current and future claims. Because of the inherent difficulty in projecting the number of claims that have not yet been asserted, particularly with respect to the Company's respiratory products that themselves did not contain any harmful materials (which makes the various published studies that purport to project future asbestos claims substantially removed from the Company's principal experience and which themselves vary widely), the Company does not believe that there is any single best estimate of this liability, nor that it can reliably estimate the amount or range of amounts by which the liability may exceed the reserve the Company has established. No liability has been recorded regarding the pending action brought by the West Virginia Attorney General previously described.

Developments may occur that could affect the Company's estimate of its liabilities. These developments include, but are not limited to, significant changes in (i) the number of future claims, (ii) the average cost of resolving claims, (iii) the legal costs of defending these claims and in maintaining trial readiness, (iv) changes in the mix and nature of claims received, (v) trial and appellate outcomes, (vi) changes in the law and procedure applicable to these claims, and (vii) the financial viability of other co-defendants and insurers.

Various factors could affect the timing and amount of recovery of this receivable, including (i) delays in or avoidance of payment by insurers; (ii) the extent to which insurers may become insolvent in the future, and (iii) the outcome of negotiations with insurers and legal proceedings with respect to respirator mask/asbestos liability insurance coverage. The difference between the accrued liability and insurance receivable represents in part the time delay between payment of claims on the one hand and receipt of insurance reimbursements on the other hand. Because of the lag time between settlement and payment of a claim, no meaningful conclusions may be drawn from quarterly changes in the amount of receivables for expected insurance recoveries and the quarterly changes in the number of claimants at the end of each quarter. 
</us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_StateOfWestVirginia2003LitigationMember">State of West Virginia</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_StateOfWestVirginia2003LitigationMember">2003</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_StateOfWestVirginia2003LitigationMember">The Company and two other 
manufacturers of respiratory protection products.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_StateOfWestVirginia2003LitigationMember">Circuit Court of Lincoln County, West Virginia</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_StateOfWestVirginia2003LitigationMember">The amended complaint seeks substantial, but unspecified, compensatory damages primarily for reimbursement of the costs allegedly incurred by the State for worker's compensation and healthcare benefits provided to all workers with occupational pneumoconiosis and unspecified punitive damages.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">One current and one former employee of the Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">December 2004</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">Seeking to represent a class of all current and certain former salaried employees employed by 3M in Minnesota below a certain salary grade who were age 46 or older at any time during the applicable period to be determined by the Court. 

Seeks injunctive relief, unspecified compensatory damages (which they seek to treble under the statute), including back and front pay, punitive damages (limited by statute to $8,500 per claimant) and attorneys' fees. 
</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">The complaint alleges the plaintiffs suffered various forms of employment discrimination on the basis of age in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">On June 29, 2007, the attorneys for the plaintiff amended their complaint and dropped the class action allegations.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">In January 2006, the plaintiffs filed a motion to join four additional named plaintiffs. This motion was unopposed by the Company and the four plaintiffs were joined in the case, although one claim has been dismissed following an individual settlement. 

The Company removed this case to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">3M</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">Minnesota Human Rights Act</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_RamseyCountyMn2004LitigationMember">The class certification hearing was held in December 2007. The Company expects a ruling on the class certification in the first half of 2008.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2005_EssexCountyNj2005LitigationMember">Age discrimination purported class action.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2005_EssexCountyNj2005LitigationMember">The Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2005_EssexCountyNj2005LitigationMember">November 2005	</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2005_EssexCountyNj2005LitigationMember">Superior Court of Essex County, New Jersey</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2005_EssexCountyNj2005LitigationMember">A class of New Jersey-based employees of the Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">Three Former Employees</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">The Company</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the pertinent state agencies in Minnesota and California.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">2005</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <mmm:LossContingencyRegulatoryActivity contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember"/>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">The release of claims signed by certain former employees in the purported class defined in the charges is invalid for various reasons and assert age discrimination claims on behalf of certain current and former salaried employees in states other than Minnesota and New Jersey. </us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">The same law firm represents the plaintiffs and claimants in each of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission proceedings.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2005_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMnAndCa2005LitigationMember">The same law firm represents the plaintiffs and claimants in each of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission proceedings.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">One current employee.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">2006</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">The Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the pertinent state agency in Missouri.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2006_UsEqualOpportunityCommissionMo2006LitigationMember">Asserting claims on behalf of a class of all current and certain former salaried employees who worked in Missouri and other states other than Minnesota and New Jersey. </us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <mmm:LossContingencyDescription contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalMattersAndLitigationMember">The Company's operations are subject to environmental laws and regulations including those pertaining to air emissions, wastewater discharges, toxic substances, and the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes enforceable by national, state, and local authorities around the world, and private parties in the United States and abroad. These laws and regulations provide, under certain circumstances, a basis for the remediation of contamination and for personal injury and property damage claims. The Company has incurred, and will continue to incur, costs and capital expenditures in complying with these laws and regulations, defending personal injury and property damage claims, and modifying its business operations in light of its environmental responsibilities. In its effort to satisfy its environmental responsibilities and comply with environmental laws and regulations, the Company has established, and periodically updates, policies relating to environmental standards of performance for its operations worldwide.</mmm:LossContingencyDescription>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRemediationMember">Certain environmental laws, including the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
of 1980 and similar state laws.</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsAffected>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRemediationMember">May be jointly and severally liable, typically with other companies, for the costs of environmental contamination at current or former facilities and at off-site locations. </us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRemediationMember">The Company has identified numerous locations, most of which are in the United States, at which it may have some liability. Please refer to the following section, "Accrued Liabilities and Insurance Receivables Related to Legal Proceedings" for more information on this subject.</us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">Has been voluntarily cooperating with ongoing reviews. As a result of its phase-out decision in May 2000, the Company no longer manufactures perfluorooctanyl compounds, except that a subsidiary recovers and recycles PFOA in Gendorf, Germany, for internal use in production processes and has agreed to a product stewardship initiative with the EPA to work toward elimination of its use of PFOA by 2015.Regulatory activities concerning PFOA and/or PFOS continue in Europe and elsewhere, and before certain international bodies. These activities include gathering of exposure and use information, risk assessment, and consideration of regulatory approaches.As previously reported, the Company, in cooperation with state agencies, tested soil and groundwater beneath three former waste disposal sites in Washington County, Minnesota, used many years ago by the Company to dispose lawfully of waste containing perfluorinated compounds. In addition, subsequent testing of water from certain municipal wells in Oakdale, Minnesota and some private wells in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, indicated the presence of low levels of PFOS and PFOA that, in some cases, were slightly above guidelines established by the Minnesota Department of Health ("MDH").  As previously reported, the Company addressed the presence of these compounds in the water by treating certain municipal wells in Oakdale and by providing a grant to the City of Lake Elmo to extend city water to certain residents with these compounds in their private wells.

The Company is working with the MDH and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in assessing the source of PFBA in these wells and is supplying data that could be used in determining an appropriate drinking water guideline level. The MDH has not issued an HBV for PFBA, but the Company expects the MDH to issue further guidance in the first quarter of 2008. The Company has advised the affected communities that it will assist them in assuring their drinking water falls below the HBV for PFBA when such value is finally determined.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant>
  <mmm:LossContingencyRegulatoryActivity contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">By local, state, national (primarily the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)), and international agencies.

Minnesota Department of Health ("MDH")
</mmm:LossContingencyRegulatoryActivity>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">Possible environmental and health effects of perfluorooctanyl compounds (perflurooctanoic acid or "PFOA" and perfluorooctane sulfonate or "PFOS") and related compounds.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">In March 2007 the MDH lowered the Health-Based Values (HBVs) (i.e., the amount of a chemical in drinking water considered by the MDH staff to be safe for people to drink for a lifetime) for PFOA from 7 parts per billion (ppb) to 0.5 ppb and for PFOS from 1 ppb to 0.3 ppb. In August 2007 the MDH established these same levels as Health Risk Limits ("HRL") (i.e., the amount of a chemical in drinking water determined by the MDH to be safe for people to drink for a lifetime) through an expedited rule-making process. In a final report issued on January 15, 2008, the MDH proposed a draft value to lower the HRL for PFOA from 0.5 ppb to 0.3 ppb in anticipation of HRL rule-making in 2008.

As previously reported, the MDH has also detected low levels of a perfluorinated compound called perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) in municipal wells (and in private wells as announced by the MDH in June 2007) in six nearby communities (Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, South St. Paul, and Hastings, all communities located southeast of St. Paul), some of which slightly exceed the MDH's well guidance for PFBA, currently at 1 ppb.
</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementDate contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">May 22, 2007</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementCounterpartysName contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">MPCA Citizen's Board</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementCounterpartysName>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">The Settlement Agreement and Consent Order to address the presence of perfluorinated compounds in the soil and groundwater at former disposal sites in Washington County Minnesota and at the Company's manufacturing facility at Cottage Grove Minnesota. Under this agreement, the Company agreed to (i) evaluate releases of perfluorinated compounds from these sites and propose response actions; (ii) provide alternative drinking water if and when an HBV or HRL is exceeded for any perfluorinated compounds as a result of contamination from these sites; (iii) share information with the MPCA about perfluorinated compounds; (iv) reimburse the MPCA future costs of research that are connected to releases from the Company's operations in Minnesota (the Company agreed to reimburse the MPCA for past research costs and provided a grant up to $5 million over the next four years for the purpose of investigating and assessing the presence and effects of perflouronated compounds in the environment and biota); and (v) pay the MPCA up to $8 million towards the implementation of remedial actions at the Washington County Landfill.  The Company is working with the MPCA under the terms of the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order to propose alternatives that the MPCA will consider to address the presence of perfluorinated compounds in the soil and groundwater at these sites.</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesPerflourooctanylCompoundsMember">The Company cannot predict what regulatory actions arising from the foregoing proceedings and activities, if any, may be taken regarding such 
compounds or the consequences of any such actions.
</us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">The Company cannot predict what regulatory actions arising from the foregoing proceedings and activities, if any, may be taken regarding such compounds or the consequences of any such actions.
</us-gaap:LossContingencyOpinionOfCounsel>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">February 2008</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <mmm:LossContingencyRegulatoryActivity contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">EPA</mmm:LossContingencyRegulatoryActivity>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">Seeking $173,000 in penalties.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">Alleged past violations of certain monitoring and record keeping requirements under federal air pollution regulations at the Company's manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. </us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">The Company had been operating under a monitoring and record keeping approach that had been approved by the MPCA. </us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalRegulatoryActivitiesRecordKeepingUnderFederalAirPollutionMember">The EPA has now approved the Company's alternative monitoring and record keeping approach.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">A former employee and three residents of Morgan County, Alabama</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">2002</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">Alleging that the plaintiffs suffered fear, increased risk, subclinical injuries, and property damage from exposure to perfluorooctanyl chemistry at or near the Company's Decatur, Alabama, manufacturing facility. 

Alleged damage to their property from emissions of perfluorooctanyl compounds from the Company's Decatur, Alabama, manufacturing facility that formerly manufactured those compounds).</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">The Circuit Court in 2005 granted the Company's motion to dismiss the named plaintiff's personal injury-related claims on the basis that such claims are barred by the exclusivity provisions of the state's Workers Compensation Act.

In 2005, the judge in a second purported class action lawsuit granted the Company's motion to abate the case, effectively putting the case on hold pending the resolution of class certification issues in the action described above filed in the same court in 2002.

No further action in the case is expected unless and until the stay is lifted.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">The plaintiffs' counsel filed an amended complaint in November 2006, limiting the case to property damage claims on behalf of a purported class of residents and property owners in the vicinity of the Decatur plant. 

Despite the stay, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint seeking damages for alleged personal injuries and property damage on behalf of the named plaintiffs and the members of a purported class.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_MorganCountyAl2002LitigationMember">Unstated compensatory and punitive damages.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">Two residents of Washington County, Minnesota</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">October 2004</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">District Court of Washinton County</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">Purported class action in the District Court of Washington County on behalf of Washington county residents who have allegedly suffered personal injuries and property damage from alleged emissions from the former perfluorooctanyl production facility at Cottage Grove, Minnesota, and from historic waste disposal sites in the vicinity of that facility.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">The District Court granted the Company's motion to dismiss the claims for medical monitoring and public nuisance 
in April 2005.

After a hearing on the plaintiffs' motion to certify the case as a class action at the end of March 2007, the Court on June 19, 2007 denied the plaintiffs' motion to certify the litigation as a class action. The trial of the individual cases is scheduled for January 2009.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_WashingtonCountyMn2004PerflourooctanylLitigationMember">The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding additional allegations involving other perfluorinated compounds manufactured by the Company, alleging additional legal theories in support of their claims, adding four plaintiffs, and seeking relief based on alleged contamination of the City of Oakdale municipal water supply and certain private wells in the vicinity of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. In April 2006, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint adding two additional plaintiffs. The two original plaintiffs thereafter dismissed their claims against the Company.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">Several hundred plaintiffs who claim to have lived in the vicinity of the ACME Barrel Company's storage drum reconditioning facility in Chicago, Illinois.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">Third Quarter of 2003</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">3M and a number of other companies that allegedly were customers of ACME Barrel.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">The Court rejected plaintiffs' attempt to have this litigation proceed as a class action.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_AcmeBarrelLitigationMember">71 individuals have asserted claims against the Company and several other defendants for damages allegedly caused by emissions of hazardous materials from the ACME Barrel drum reconditioning facility.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">Second Quarter of 2006</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">New Jersey State Court</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">The Company and Several Other Companies</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">Seeking cleanup and removal costs and damages to natural resources.</us-gaap:LossContingencyDamagesSought>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementDate contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">Fourth Quarter</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">Allegedly caused by the discharge of hazardous substances from two former waste disposal sites in New Jersey.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms contextRef="D2007_NewJersey2006HazardousSubstancesLitigationMember">The company will transfer to the State of New Jersey 150 acres of undeveloped land with groundwater recharge potential, which the Company acquired for purposes of the settlement, and will pay the state's attorneys' fees. Notice of the settlement was published for public comment in December 2007, and no objections were received. As a result, the Company and the State of New Jersey have signed the formal settlement agreement pursuant to which the Company will transfer title to the property and will be dismissed from the lawsuit, which will continue against the codefendants.
</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess contextRef="d-2007">The Company complies with the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies," and related guidance, and records liabilities for legal proceedings in those instances where it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss and where liability is probable. Where the reasonable estimate of the probable loss is a range, the Company records the most likely estimate of the loss, or the low end of the range if there is no one best estimate. The Company either discloses the amount of a possible loss or range of loss in excess of established reserves if estimable, or states that such an estimate cannot be made. For those insured matters where the Company has taken a reserve, the Company also records receivables for the amount of insurance that it expects to recover under the Company's insurance program. For those insured matters where the Company has not taken a reserve because the liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, but where the Company has incurred an expense in defending itself, the Company records receivables for the amount of insurance that it expects to recover for the expense incurred. The Company discloses significant legal proceedings even where liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, if the Company believes there is at least a reasonable possibility that a loss may be incurred.

Because litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or developments could occur, there can be no certainty that the Company may not ultimately incur charges in excess of presently recorded liabilities. A future adverse ruling, settlement, or unfavorable development could result in future charges that could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations or cash flows in the period in which they are recorded. The Company currently believes that such future charges, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of the Company, taking into account its significant available insurance coverage. Based on experience and developments, the Company periodically reexamines its estimates of probable liabilities and associated expenses and receivables, and whether it is able to estimate a liability previously determined to be not estimable and/or not probable. Where appropriate, the Company makes additions to or adjustments of its estimated liabilities. As a result, the current estimates of the potential impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the legal proceedings and claims pending against the Company could change in the future.

The Company estimates insurance receivables based on an analysis of its numerous policies, including their exclusions, pertinent case law interpreting comparable policies, its experience with similar claims, and assessment of the nature of the claim, and records an amount it has concluded is likely to be recovered.

For those significant pending legal proceedings that do not appear in the table and that are not the subject of pending settlement agreements, the Company has determined that liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, and the Company is unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss at this time. The amounts in the preceding table with respect to breast implant and environmental remediation represent the Company's best estimate of the respective liabilities. The Company does not believe that there is any single best estimate of the respirator/mask/asbestos liability or the other environmental liabilities shown above, nor that it can reliably estimate the amount or range of amounts by which those liabilities may exceed the reserves the Company has established.</us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">1000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">4000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">7000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">64000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">93000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">130000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">121000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">181000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">210000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                          unitRef="usd">332000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                          unitRef="usd">380000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_RespiratorMaskAsbestosLitigationMember"
                                                          unitRef="usd">447000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">37000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">44000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">30000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">15000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">15000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_EnvironmentalRemediationMember" unitRef="usd">15000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2007_EnvironmentalOtherLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">147000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2006_EnvironmentalOtherLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">14000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I2005_EnvironmentalOtherLitigationMember"
                                                  unitRef="usd">8000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">District Court in Ramsey County Minnesota</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">The Company continues to pursue recovery against its remaining insurers and expects to collect the remaining receivable.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">The Company also received $48 million in January 2008 and expects to receive an additional $10 million by the end of 2008 pursuant to a settlement agreement with three insurers.</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementTerms>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementCounterpartysName contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember">Insurers</us-gaap:LossContingencySettlementAgreementCounterpartysName>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValueReceipts decimals="-6" contextRef="D2007_BreastImplantLitigationMember" unitRef="usd">29000000</us-gaap:LossContingencyRelatedReceivableCarryingValueReceipts>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">January 5, 2007</us-gaap:LossContingencyLawsuitFilingDate>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">Disclaiming coverage for respirator/mask claims.</us-gaap:LossContingencyAllegations>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">Two of its insurers (Continental Casualty and Continental Insurance Co.)</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfPlaintiff>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">The Company, over 60 of the Company's insurers.</us-gaap:LossContingencyNameOfDefendant>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">Hennepin County, Minnesota</us-gaap:LossContingencyDomicileOfLitigation>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator contextRef="D2007_ContinentalCasualtyAndContinentalInsurance2007LitigationMember">This action is similar in nature to an action filed in 1994 with respect to breast implant coverage, which ultimately resulted in the Minnesota Supreme Court's ruling of 2003 that was largely in the Company's favor. At the company's request, the case was transferred to Ramsey County, over the objections of the insurers. The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to hear the insurers' appeal of that decision. Oral argument on the appeal is scheduled for March 2008.</us-gaap:LossContingencyActionsTakenByCourtArbitratorOrMediator>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalMattersAndLitigationMember">The Company records liabilities for remediation costs on an undiscounted basis when they are probable and reasonably estimable, generally no later than the completion of feasibility studies or the Company's commitment to a plan of action. Liabilities for estimated costs of environmental remediation, depending on the site, are based primarily upon internal or third-party environmental studies, and estimates as to the number, participation level and financial viability of any other potentially responsible parties, the extent of the contamination and the nature of required remedial actions. The Company adjusts recorded liabilities as further information develops or circumstances change. The Company expects that it will pay the amounts recorded over the periods of remediation for the applicable sites, currently ranging up to 30 years.</us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess>
  <us-gaap:LossContingencyManagementsAssessmentAndProcess contextRef="D2007_EnvironmentalOtherLitigationMember">As a result of regulatory developments in Minnesota and the completion of a comprehensive review with environmental consultants regarding its other environmental liabilities which include the estimated costs of addressing trace amounts of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water sources in the City of Oakdale and Lake Elmo, Minnesota, as well as presence in the soil and groundwater at the Company's manufacturing facilities in Decatur, Alabama, and Cottage Grove, Minnesota, and at two former disposal sites in Minnesota. The Company expects that most of the spending will occur over the next three to seven years. While the Company is not able to estimate the total costs of implementing the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order with the MPCA, the Company increased its other environmental liabilities by an additional $13 million in the second quarter of 2007 to reflect its best estimate of the specific payment obligations under that agreement.

It is difficult to estimate the cost of environmental compliance and remediation given the uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of applicable environmental laws and regulations, the extent of environmental contamination and the existence of alternate cleanup methods. Developments may occur that could affect the Company's current assessment, including, but not limited to: (i) changes in the information available regarding the environmental impact of the Company's operations and products; (ii) changes in environmental regulations, changes in permissible levels of specific compounds in drinking water sources, or changes in enforcement theories and policies, including efforts to recover natural resource damages; (iii) new and evolving analytical and remediation techniques; (iv) success in allocating liability to other potentially responsible parties; and (v) the financial viability of other potentially responsible parties and third-party indemnitors.
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                                        contextRef="i-2007_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember"
                                        unitRef="usd">260000000</us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesCurrent>
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  <us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesCurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">579000000</us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesCurrent>
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                                           contextRef="i-2007_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember"
                                           unitRef="usd">56000000</us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent>
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                                           unitRef="usd">112000000</us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent>
  <us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">480000000</us-gaap:MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">231000000</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue>
  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeThroughFiveYearsFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">545000000</mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeThroughFiveYearsFairValue>
  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughThreeYearsFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">221000000</mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughThreeYearsFairValue>
  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveYearsFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">62000000</mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveYearsFairValue>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">1059000000</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesFairValue>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesBasisOfAllocation contextRef="d-2007">The balance at December 31, 2007 for marketable securities and short-term investments by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because the issuers of the securities may have the right to prepay obligations without prepayment penalties.</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesBasisOfAllocation>
  <us-gaap:InvestmentsInDebtAndMarketableEquitySecuritiesAndCertainTradingAssetsDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 9.  Marketable Securities

The Company invests in asset-backed securities, agency securities, corporate medium-term note securities, auction rate securities and other securities. The following is a summary of amounts recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for marketable securities (current and non-current) at December 31, 2007.

(Millions)     Dec. 31, 2007

Agency securities     $260
Asset-backed securities     186
Other securities     133
Current marketable securities     579
Asset-backed securities     267
Corporate medium-term notes securities     112
Agency securities     56
Auction rate securities     16
Other securities     29
Non-current marketable securities     480
Total marketable securities     $1,059

Classification of marketable securities as current or non-current is dependent upon management's intended holding period, the security's maturity date and liquidity considerations based on market conditions. If management intends to hold the securities for longer than one year as of the balance sheet date, they are classified as non-current. The fair value of marketable securities approximates cost, except for certain auction rate securities discussed in the next paragraph. Gross unrealized gains and losses for marketable securities were not material as of December 31, 2007 and 2006; however, in 2007 the Company did have both realized and unrealized losses associated with auction rate securities as discussed below. Gross realized gains and losses on sales of marketable securities were not material for 2007, 2006 or 2005, but in 2007 pre-tax gains totaled approximately $7 million. Cost of securities sold or reclassified use the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Since these marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale securities, changes in fair value will flow through other comprehensive income, with amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income into earnings upon sale or "other-than-temporary" impairment (as discussed below).

3M has a diversified marketable securities portfolio of $1.059 billion as of December 31, 2007. Within this portfolio, current and long-term asset-backed securities (estimated fair value of $453 million) are primarily comprised of interests in automobile loans and credit cards, with only $27 million invested in interests in mortgage-backed securities or home equity loans. 3M's marketable securities portfolio also includes auction rate securities (estimated fair value of $16 million) that represent interests in collateralized debt obligations, which are collateralized by pools of residential and commercial mortgages, and interests in investment grade credit default swaps. During the second half of 2007, these auction rate securities failed to auction due to sell orders exceeding buy orders. Liquidity for these auction-rate securities is typically provided by an auction process that resets the applicable interest rate at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35, or 90 days. The funds associated with failed auctions will not be accessible until a successful auction occurs or a buyer is found outside of the auction process. Based on broker-dealer valuation models and an analysis of other-than-temporary impairment factors, auction rate securities with an original par value of approximately $34 million were written-down to an estimated fair value of $16 million as of December 31, 2007. This write-down resulted in an "other-than-temporary" impairment charge of approximately $8 million (pre-tax) included in net income and a temporary impairment charge of $10 million (pre-tax) reflected as an unrealized loss within other comprehensive income for 2007. As of December 31, 2007, these investments in auction rate securities have been in a loss position for less than six months. These auction rate securities are classified as non-current marketable securities as of December 31, 2007 as indicated in the preceding table.

3M reviews impairments associated with the above in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 03-1 and FSP SFAS 115-1 and 124-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary-Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments," to determine the classification of the impairment as "temporary" or "other-than-temporary." A temporary impairment charge results in an unrealized loss being recorded in the other comprehensive income component of stockholders' equity. Such an unrealized loss does not reduce net income for the applicable accounting period because the loss is not viewed as other-than-temporary. The company believes that a portion of the impairment of its auction rate securities investments is temporary and a portion is other-than-temporary. The factors evaluated to differentiate between temporary and other-than-temporary include the projected future cash flows, credit ratings actions, and assessment of the credit quality of the underlying collateral.

The balance at December 31, 2007 for marketable securities and short-term investments by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because the issuers of the securities may have the right to prepay obligations without prepayment penalties.

(Millions)     Dec. 31, 2007

Due in one year or less     $231
Due after one year through three years     545
Due after three years through five years     221
Due after five years     62

Total marketable securities     $1,059</us-gaap:InvestmentsInDebtAndMarketableEquitySecuritiesAndCertainTradingAssetsDisclosureTextBlock>
  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNarrative contextRef="d-2007">The Company invests in asset-backed securities, agency securities, corporate medium-term note securities, auction rate securities and other securities. The following is a summary of amounts recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for marketable securities (current and non-current) at December 31, 2007.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Classification of marketable securities as current or non-current is dependent upon management's intended holding period, the security's maturity date and liquidity considerations based on market conditions. If management intends to hold the securities for longer than one year as of the balance sheet date, they are classified as non-current.                                              </mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNarrative>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesBasisForValuationOtherThanEquitySecurities contextRef="d-2007">The fair value of marketable securities approximates cost, except for certain auction rate securities discussed in the next paragraph.</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesBasisForValuationOtherThanEquitySecurities>
  <mmm:MarketableSecuritiesUnrealizedGainLossNarrative contextRef="d-2007">Gross unrealized gains and losses for marketable securities were not material as of December 31, 2007 and 2006;  however, in 2007 the Company did have both realized and unrealized losses associated with auction rate securities as discussed below. </mmm:MarketableSecuritiesUnrealizedGainLossNarrative>
  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesRealizedGainLossNarrative contextRef="d-2007">Gross realized gains and losses on sales of marketable securities were not material for 2007, 2006 or 2005, but in 2007 pre-tax gains totaled approximately $7 million. </mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesRealizedGainLossNarrative>
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  <mmm:AvailableForSaleRealizedGainLossSecuritiesSoldOrReclassifiedMethod contextRef="d-2007">Cost of securities sold or reclassified use the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Since these marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale securities, changes in fair value will flow through other comprehensive income, with amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income into earnings upon sale or "other-than-temporary" impairment (as discussed below).</mmm:AvailableForSaleRealizedGainLossSecuritiesSoldOrReclassifiedMethod>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNature contextRef="d-2007">3M has a diversified marketable securities portfolio of $1.059 billion as of December 31, 2007. Within this portfolio, current and long-term asset-backed securities (estimated fair value of $453 million) are primarily comprised of interests in automobile loans and credit cards, with only $27 million invested in interests in mortgage-backed securities or home equity loans. 3M's marketable securities portfolio also includes auction rate securities (estimated fair value of $16 million) that represent interests in collateralized debt obligations, which are collateralized by pools of residential and commercial mortgages, and interests in investment grade credit default swaps.</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNature>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureCause contextRef="d-2007"> During the second half of 2007, these auction rate securities failed to auction due to sell orders exceeding buy orders. Liquidity for these auction-rate securities is typically provided by an auction process that resets the applicable interest rate at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35, or 90 days. The funds associated with failed auctions will not be accessible until a successful auction occurs or a buyer is found outside of the auction process. </us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureCause>
  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureSeverity contextRef="d-2007">Based on broker-dealer valuation models and an analysis of other-than-temporary impairment factors, auction rate securities with an original par value of approximately $34 million were written-down to an estimated fair value of $16 million as of December 31, 2007. This write-down resulted in an "other-than-temporary" impairment charge of approximately $8 million (pre-tax) included in net income and a temporary impairment charge of $10 million (pre-tax) reflected as an unrealized loss within other comprehensive income for 2007. As of December 31, 2007, these investments in auction rate securities have been in a loss position for less than six months. These auction rate securities are classified as non-current marketable securities as of December 31, 2007 as indicated in the preceding table.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3M reviews impairments associated with the above in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 03-1 and FSP SFAS 115-1 and 124-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary-Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments," to determine the classification of the impairment as "temporary" or "other-than-temporary." A temporary impairment charge results in an unrealized loss being recorded in the other comprehensive income component of stockholders' equity. Such an unrealized loss does not reduce net income for the applicable accounting period because the loss is not viewed as other-than-temporary. The company believes that a portion of the impairment of its auction rate securities investments is temporary and a portion is other-than-temporary. The factors evaluated to differentiate between temporary and other-than-temporary include the projected future cash flows, credit ratings actions, and assessment of the credit quality of the underlying collateral.</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureSeverity>
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  <us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue decimals="-6" contextRef="I-2007" unitRef="usd">16000000</us-gaap:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue>
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  <mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnrealizedGainLossOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentChargePreTaxImpairment decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2007" unitRef="usd">8000000</mmm:AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnrealizedGainLossOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentChargePreTaxImpairment>
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  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2007-q1" unitRef="usd">3022000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
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  <us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2007-q2" unitRef="usd">917000000</us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss>
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  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2007-q4" unitRef="usd">6206000000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2007-q4" unitRef="usd">3298000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
  <us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2007-q4" unitRef="usd">4096000000</us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss>
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  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="d-2006" unitRef="usd">11713000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q1" unitRef="usd">5595000000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q1" unitRef="usd">2721000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
  <us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q1" unitRef="usd">899000000</us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss>
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  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q2" unitRef="usd">5688000000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q2" unitRef="usd">2840000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
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  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q3" unitRef="usd">5858000000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
  <us-gaap:CostOfRevenue decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q3" unitRef="usd">2990000000</us-gaap:CostOfRevenue>
  <us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q3" unitRef="usd">894000000</us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss>
  <us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic decimals="2" contextRef="D-2006-q3" unitRef="eps">1.20</us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic>
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  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet decimals="-6" contextRef="D-2006-q4" unitRef="usd">5782000000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
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  <us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic decimals="2" contextRef="D-2006-q4" unitRef="eps">1.60</us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic>
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  <mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityExplanatoryDisclosure contextRef="d-2006">Gross profit is calculated as net sales minus cost of sales.  2006 included net benefits from gains related to the sale of certain portions of 3M's branded pharmaceuticals business and favorable income tax adjustments, which were partially offset by restructuring actions, acquired in-process research and development expenses, settlement costs of a previously disclosed antitrust class action, and environmental obligations related to the pharmaceuticals business.</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityExplanatoryDisclosure>
  <mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome decimals="-6"
                                                     contextRef="d-2007_GainsOnSaleOfBusinessesAndRealEstateNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                     unitRef="usd">448000000</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome>
  <mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome decimals="-6"
                                                     contextRef="D-2007-q1_GainsOnSaleOfBusinessesAndRealEstateNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                     unitRef="usd">422000000</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome>
  <mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="D-2007-q1_GainsOnSaleOfBusinessesAndRealEstateNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                                   unitRef="usd">.57</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare>
  <mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare decimals="2"
                                                                   contextRef="d-2007_GainsOnSaleOfBusinessesAndRealEstateNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                                   unitRef="usd">.62</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare>
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                                                     contextRef="d-2006_GainsOnSaleNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                     unitRef="usd">438000000</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome>
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                                                                   contextRef="d-2006_GainsOnSaleNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                                   unitRef="usd">.57</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare>
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                                                     contextRef="D-2006-q4_GainsOnSaleNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                     unitRef="usd">354000000</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactonNetIncome>
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                                                                   contextRef="D-2006-q4_GainsOnSaleNetOfRestructuringAndOtherItemsMember"
                                                                   unitRef="usd">.47</mmm:ItemsAffectingComparabilityImpactOnDilutedEarningsPerShare>
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NOTE 13.  Commitments and Contingencies

Capital and Operating Leases:
Rental expense under operating leases was $226 million in 2007, $211 million in 2006, and $195 million in 2005. It is 3M's practice to secure renewal rights for leases, thereby giving 3M the right, but not the obligation, to maintain a presence in a leased facility. 3M's primary capital lease, which became effective in April 2003, involves a building in the United Kingdom (with a lease term of 22 years). During the second quarter of 2003, 3M recorded a capital lease asset and obligation of approximately 33.5 million United Kingdom pounds (approximately $67 million at December 31, 2007 exchange rates). Minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Capital	Operating
	Leases	Leases
(Millions)
2008	$7	$98
2009	6	79
2010	6	58
2011	6	35
2012	5	30
After 2012	54	141
Total	84	$441
Less: Amounts representing interest	13
Present value of future minimum lease payments	71
Less: Current obligations under capital leases	2
Long-term obligations under capital leases	$69

Warranties/Guarantees:
3M's accrued product warranty liabilities, recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as part of current and long-term liabilities, are estimated at approximately $21 million as of December 31, 2007. 3M does not consider this amount to be material. The fair value of 3M guarantees of loans with third parties and other guarantee arrangements are not material.

Related Party Activity:
Purchases from related parties (largely related to companies in which 3M has an equity interest) totaled approximately $144 million in 2007 ($160 million in 2006 and $141 million in 2005). Receivables due from related parties (largely related to receivables from employees for relocation and other ordinary business expense advances) totaled approximately $40 million in 2007 ($36 million in 2006, and $37 million in 2005). 3M sales to related parties totaled approximately $6 million in 2007 ($4 million in 2006, and $5 million in 2005). Indebtedness to 3M from related parties was not material in 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Legal Proceedings:
The Company and some of its subsidiaries are involved in numerous claims and lawsuits, principally in the United States, and regulatory proceedings worldwide. These include various products liability (involving products that the Company now or formerly manufactured and sold), intellectual property, and commercial claims and lawsuits, including those brought under the antitrust laws, and environmental proceedings. The following sections first describe the significant legal proceedings in which the Company is involved, and then describe the liabilities and associated insurance receivables the Company has accrued relating to its significant legal proceedings. Unless otherwise stated, the Company is vigorously defending all such litigation.

Shareholder Derivative Litigation
As previously reported, in July 2007, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against the Company as nominal defendant and against each then current member of the Board of Directors and the officers named in the Summary Compensation Table of the 2007 Proxy Statement. The suit alleges that the Company's 2007 Proxy Statement contained false and misleading statements concerning the tax deductibility of compensation payable under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan ("Plan") and the standards for determining the amounts payable under the Plan. The lawsuit seeks a declaration voiding shareholder approval of the Plan, termination of the Plan, voiding the elections of directors, equitable accounting, and awarding costs, including attorneys' fees. Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment, and the defendants filed a motion to dismiss all claims on the grounds that plaintiff had failed to make a demand on the Board and had otherwise failed to state a proper claim under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. The defendants also moved to transfer the case from the District of Delaware to the District of Minnesota. In February 2008, the Court denied without prejudice the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.

Breast Implant Litigation
The Company and certain other companies were named as defendants in past years in numerous claims and lawsuits alleging damages for personal injuries of various types resulting from breast implants formerly manufactured by the Company or a related company. The vast majority of claims against the Company have been resolved. The Company does not consider its remaining probable liability to be material. Information concerning the associated insurance receivable and legal proceedings related to it follows in the paragraph entitled Breast Implant Insurance Receivables.

Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation
For more than 25 years the Company has defended and resolved the claims of hundreds of thousands of individual claimants alleging injuries from occupational dust exposures. As of December 31, 2007, the Company is a named defendant, with multiple co-defendants, in numerous lawsuits in various courts that purport to represent approximately 8,750 individual claimants, a decrease from the approximately 17,700 individual claimants with actions pending at December 31, 2006.

The vast majority of the lawsuits and claims resolved by and currently pending against the Company allege use of some of the Company's mask and respirator products and seek damages from the Company and other defendants for alleged personal injury from workplace exposures to asbestos, silica, coal or other occupational dusts found in products manufactured by other defendants or generally in the workplace. A minority of claimants generally allege personal injury from occupational exposure to asbestos from products previously manufactured by the Company, which are often unspecified, as well as products manufactured by other defendants, or occasionally at Company premises.

In many of these lawsuits and claims, the Company is named as a defendant with multiple co-defendants where no product the Company manufactured is identified or where the Company is ultimately determined not to have manufactured the products identified by the plaintiffs. The Company's vigorous defense of this litigation has resulted in dismissals of many claims without any payment by the Company, and jury verdicts for the Company in seven of the eight cases tried to verdict (such trials occurred in 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2007), and an appellate reversal in 2005 of the one jury verdict adverse to the Company.

As previously reported, the Company won a defense verdict in July 2007 from a jury in the federal court in Eastern District of Missouri.  The jury found the Company had no liability whatever to a plaintiff who claimed he had silicosis and a related cancer and sought to recover damages from the Company arising from his alleged illness, which he claimed to have contracted from occupational exposure to silica despite his purported use of the Company's respirator mask equipment at various times. The jury rejected each of the plaintiff's theories of liability against the Company.

Many of the resolved lawsuits and claims involved unimpaired claimants who were recruited by plaintiffs' lawyers through mass chest x-ray screenings. The Company experienced a significant decline in the number of claims filed in 2007 from prior years by apparently unimpaired claimants. The Company attributes this decline to several factors, including certain changes enacted in several states in recent years of the law governing asbestos-related claims, and the highly-publicized decision in mid-2005 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas that identified and criticized abuses by certain attorneys, doctors and x-ray screening companies on behalf of claimants. The Company expects the filing of claims by unimpaired claimants in the future to continue at much lower levels than in the past. The Company believes that due to this change in the type and volume of incoming claims, it is likely that the number of claims alleging more serious injuries, including mesothelioma and other malignancies, while remaining relatively constant, will represent a greater percentage of total claims than in the past. The Company has demonstrated in past trial proceedings that its respiratory protection products are effective as claimed when used in the intended manner and in the intended circumstances. Consequently the Company believes that claimants are unable to establish that their medical conditions, even if significant, are attributable to the Company's respiratory protection products. Nonetheless the Company's litigation experience indicates that such claims are costlier to resolve than the claims of unimpaired persons, and it therefore anticipates an increase in the average cost of resolving pending and future claims on a per-claim basis than it experienced in prior periods when the vast majority of claims were asserted by the unimpaired.

Plaintiffs have asserted specific dollar claims for damages in approximately 66% of the 3,979 lawsuits that were pending against the Company at the end of 2007 in all jurisdictions. A majority of states restrict or prohibit specifying damages in tort cases such as these, and most of the remaining jurisdictions do not require such specification. In those cases in which plaintiffs choose to assert specific dollar amounts in their complaints, brought in states that permit such pleading, the amounts claimed are typically not meaningful as an indicator of the Company's potential liability. This is because (a) the amounts claimed typically bear no relation to the extent of the plaintiff's injury, if any; (b) the complaints nearly always assert claims against multiple defendants with the typical complaint asserting claims against as few as a dozen different defendants to upwards of 275 different defendants, the damages alleged are not attributed to individual defendants, and a defendant's share of liability may turn on the law of joint and several liability, which can vary by state, and by the amount of fault a jury allocates to each defendant if a case is ultimately tried before a jury; (c) many cases are filed against the Company even though the plaintiffs did not use any of the Company's products and, ultimately, are withdrawn or dismissed without any payment; and (d) many cases are brought on behalf of plaintiffs who have not suffered any medical injury, and, ultimately, are resolved without any payment or a payment that is a small fraction of the damages initially claimed. Of the 2,629 pending cases in which purported damage amounts are specified in the complaints, 860 cases involve claims of $100,000 or less, (one (1) of them also alleges punitive damages of $15,000, nine (9) of them also allege punitive damages of $30,000, and three (3) of them also allege punitive damages of $1,000,000); 186 cases involve claims between $100,000 and $3 million (thirty-three (33) of them also allege punitive damages of $250,000, one (1) of them also alleges punitive damages of $1 million, forty-three (43) of them also allege punitive damages of $1.5 million, and 106 of them also allege punitive damages of $2 million); two (2) cases involve claims of $3 million to $7.5 million (one (1) also alleges punitive damages of $350,000 and one (1) of them also alleges punitive damages of $5 million); 21 cases involve claims of $7.5 million; four (4) cases involve claims of $7.5 million to $10 million (four (4) of them also allege damages of $21 million); 1,540 cases involve claims of $10 million (two (2) of them also allege punitive damages of $350,000, 1,531 of them also allege punitive damages of $10 million, and one (1) of them also alleges punitive damages of $15 million); 13 cases involve claims of $10 million to $50 million (one (1) of them also allege punitive damages of $15 million, five (5) of them also allege punitive damages of $15.5 million, and three (3) of them also allege punitive damages of $20 million); and three (3) cases involve claims of $50 million (two (2) of them also alleges punitive damages of $50 million). Some complaints allege that the compensatory and punitive damages are at least the amounts specified. As stated, the Company's experience and the other reasons cited indicate that the damage amounts specified in complaints are not a meaningful factor in any assessment of the Company's potential liability.

As previously reported, the State of West Virginia, through its Attorney General, filed a complaint in 2003 against the Company and two other manufacturers of respiratory protection products in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, West Virginia and amended it in 2005. The amended complaint seeks substantial, but unspecified, compensatory damages primarily for reimbursement of the costs allegedly incurred by the State for worker's compensation and healthcare benefits provided to all workers with occupational pneumoconiosis and unspecified punitive damages.

Employment Litigation
As previously reported, one current and one former employee of the Company filed a purported class action in the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, in December 2004, seeking to represent a class of all current and certain former salaried employees employed by 3M in Minnesota below a certain salary grade who were age 46 or older at any time during the applicable period to be determined by the Court. The complaint alleges the plaintiffs suffered various forms of employment discrimination on the basis of age in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act and seeks injunctive relief, unspecified compensatory damages (which they seek to treble under the statute), including back and front pay, punitive damages (limited by statute to $8,500 per claimant) and attorneys' fees. In January 2006, the plaintiffs filed a motion to join four additional named plaintiffs. This motion was unopposed by the Company and the four plaintiffs were joined in the case, although one claim has been dismissed following an individual settlement. The class certification hearing was held in December 2007. The Company expects a ruling on the class certification in the first half of 2008.

A similar age discrimination purported class action was filed against the Company in November 2005 in the Superior Court of Essex County, New Jersey, on behalf of a class of New Jersey-based employees of the Company. The Company removed this case to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. On June 29, 2007, the attorneys for the plaintiff amended their complaint and dropped the class action allegations.

In addition, three former employees filed age discrimination charges against the Company with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the pertinent state agencies in Minnesota and California during 2005; two of these charges were amended in 2006. Such filings include allegations that the release of claims signed by certain former employees in the purported class defined in the charges is invalid for various reasons and assert age discrimination claims on behalf of certain current and former salaried employees in states other than Minnesota and New Jersey. In 2006, one current employee filed an age discrimination charge against the Company with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the pertinent state agency in Missouri, asserting claims on behalf of a class of all current and certain former salaried employees who worked in Missouri and other states other than Minnesota and New Jersey. The same law firm represents the plaintiffs and claimants in each of these proceedings.

Environmental Matters and Litigation
The Company's operations are subject to environmental laws and regulations including those pertaining to air emissions, wastewater discharges, toxic substances, and the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes enforceable by national, state, and local authorities around the world, and private parties in the United States and abroad. These laws and regulations provide, under certain circumstances, a basis for the remediation of contamination and for personal injury and property damage claims. The Company has incurred, and will continue to incur, costs and capital expenditures in complying with these laws and regulations, defending personal injury and property damage claims, and modifying its business operations in light of its environmental responsibilities. In its effort to satisfy its environmental responsibilities and comply with environmental laws and regulations, the Company has established, and periodically updates, policies relating to environmental standards of performance for its operations worldwide.

Remediation: 
Under certain environmental laws, including the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state laws, the Company may be jointly and severally liable, typically with other companies, for the costs of environmental contamination at current or former facilities and at off-site locations. The Company has identified numerous locations, most of which are in the United States, at which it may have some liability. Please refer to the following section, "Accrued Liabilities and Insurance Receivables Related to Legal Proceedings" for more information on this subject.

Regulatory Activities: 
As previously reported, the Company has been voluntarily cooperating with ongoing reviews by local, state, national (primarily the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)), and international agencies of possible environmental and health effects of perfluorooctanyl compounds (perflurooctanoic acid or "PFOA" and perfluorooctane sulfonate or "PFOS") and related compounds. As a result of its phase-out decision in May 2000, the Company no longer manufactures perfluorooctanyl compounds, except that a subsidiary recovers and recycles PFOA in Gendorf, Germany, for internal use in production processes and has agreed to a product stewardship initiative with the EPA to work toward elimination of its use of PFOA by 2015.

Regulatory activities concerning PFOA and/or PFOS continue in Europe and elsewhere, and before certain international bodies. These activities include gathering of exposure and use information, risk assessment, and consideration of regulatory approaches.

As previously reported, the Company, in cooperation with state agencies, tested soil and groundwater beneath three former waste disposal sites in Washington County, Minnesota, used many years ago by the Company to dispose lawfully of waste containing perfluorinated compounds. In addition, subsequent testing of water from certain municipal wells in Oakdale, Minnesota and some private wells in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, indicated the presence of low levels of PFOS and PFOA that, in some cases, were slightly above guidelines established by the Minnesota Department of Health ("MDH").  As previously reported, the Company addressed the presence of these compounds in the water by treating certain municipal wells in Oakdale and by providing a grant to the City of Lake Elmo to extend city water to certain residents with these compounds in their private wells. In March 2007 the MDH lowered the Health-Based Values (HBVs) (i.e., the amount of a chemical in drinking water considered by the MDH staff to be safe for people to drink for a lifetime) for PFOA from 7 parts per billion (ppb) to 0.5 ppb and for PFOS from 1 ppb to 0.3 ppb. In August 2007 the MDH established these same levels as Health Risk Limits ("HRL") (i.e., the amount of a chemical in drinking water determined by the MDH to be safe for people to drink for a lifetime) through an expedited rule-making process. In a final report issued on January 15, 2008, the MDH proposed a draft value to lower the HRL for PFOA from 0.5 ppb to 0.3 ppb in anticipation of HRL rule-making in 2008.

As previously reported, the MDH has also detected low levels of a perfluorinated compound called perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) in municipal wells (and in private wells as announced by the MDH in June 2007) in six nearby communities (Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, South St. Paul, and Hastings, all communities located southeast of St. Paul), some of which slightly exceed the MDH's well guidance for PFBA, currently at 1 ppb. The Company is working with the MDH and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in assessing the source of PFBA in these wells and is supplying data that could be used in determining an appropriate drinking water guideline level. The MDH has not issued an HBV for PFBA, but the Company expects the MDH to issue further guidance in the first quarter of 2008. The Company has advised the affected communities that it will assist them in assuring their drinking water falls below the HBV for PFBA when such value is finally determined.

On May 22, 2007, the MPCA Citizen's Board approved the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order to address the presence of perfluorinated compounds in the soil and groundwater at former disposal sites in Washington County Minnesota and at the Company's manufacturing facility at Cottage Grove Minnesota. Under this agreement, the Company agreed to (i) evaluate releases of perfluorinated compounds from these sites and propose response actions; (ii) provide alternative drinking water if and when an HBV or HRL is exceeded for any perfluorinated compounds as a result of contamination from these sites; (iii) share information with the MPCA about perfluorinated compounds; (iv) reimburse the MPCA future costs of research that are connected to releases from the Company's operations in Minnesota (the Company agreed to reimburse the MPCA for past research costs and provided a grant up to $5 million over the next four years for the purpose of investigating and assessing the presence and effects of perflouronated compounds in the environment and biota); and (v) pay the MPCA up to $8 million towards the implementation of remedial actions at the Washington County Landfill.  The Company is working with the MPCA under the terms of the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order to propose alternatives that the MPCA will consider to address the presence of perfluorinated compounds in the soil and groundwater at these sites.

The Company cannot predict what regulatory actions arising from the foregoing proceedings and activities, if any, may be taken regarding such compounds or the consequences of any such actions.

In February 2008, the EPA notified the Company that it is seeking $173,000 in penalties due to alleged past violations of certain monitoring and record keeping requirements under federal air pollution regulations at the Company's manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. The Company had been operating under a monitoring and record keeping approach that had been approved by the MPCA. The EPA has now approved the Company's alternative monitoring and record keeping approach.

Litigation: 
As previously reported, a former employee filed a purported class action lawsuit in 2002 in the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, involving perfluorooctanyl chemistry, alleging that the plaintiffs suffered fear, increased risk, subclinical injuries, and property damage from exposure to perfluorooctanyl chemistry at or near the Company's Decatur, Alabama, manufacturing facility. The Circuit Court in 2005 granted the Company's motion to dismiss the named plaintiff's personal injury-related claims on the basis that such claims are barred by the exclusivity provisions of the state's Workers Compensation Act. The plaintiffs' counsel filed an amended complaint in November 2006, limiting the case to property damage claims on behalf of a purported class of residents and property owners in the vicinity of the Decatur plant. Also in 2005, the judge in a second purported class action lawsuit (filed by three residents of Morgan County, Alabama, seeking unstated compensatory and punitive damages involving alleged damage to their property from emissions of perfluorooctanyl compounds from the Company's Decatur, Alabama, manufacturing facility that formerly manufactured those compounds) granted the Company's motion to abate the case, effectively putting the case on hold pending the resolution of class certification issues in the action described above filed in the same court in 2002. Despite the stay, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint seeking damages for alleged personal injuries and property damage on behalf of the named plaintiffs and the members of a purported class. No further action in the case is expected unless and until the stay is lifted.

As previously reported, two residents of Washington County, Minnesota, filed in October 2004 a purported class action in the District Court of Washington County on behalf of Washington county residents who have allegedly suffered personal injuries and property damage from alleged emissions from the former perfluorooctanyl production facility at Cottage Grove, Minnesota, and from historic waste disposal sites in the vicinity of that facility. After the District Court granted the Company's motion to dismiss the claims for medical monitoring and public nuisance in April 2005, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding additional allegations involving other perfluorinated compounds manufactured by the Company, alleging additional legal theories in support of their claims, adding four plaintiffs, and seeking relief based on alleged contamination of the City of Oakdale municipal water supply and certain private wells in the vicinity of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. In April 2006, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint adding two additional plaintiffs. The two original plaintiffs thereafter dismissed their claims against the Company. After a hearing on the plaintiffs' motion to certify the case as a class action at the end of March 2007, the Court on June 19, 2007 denied the plaintiffs' motion to certify the litigation as a class action. The trial of the individual cases is scheduled for January 2009.

Several hundred plaintiffs who claim to have lived in the vicinity of the ACME Barrel Company's storage drum reconditioning facility in Chicago, Illinois, filed a lawsuit in the third quarter of 2003 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, against 3M and a number of other companies that allegedly were customers of ACME Barrel. Since the Court rejected plaintiffs' attempt to have this litigation proceed as a class action, 71 individuals have asserted claims against the Company and several other defendants for damages allegedly caused by emissions of hazardous materials from the ACME Barrel drum reconditioning facility.

In the second quarter of 2006, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection served a lawsuit that was filed in New Jersey state court against the Company and several other companies seeking cleanup and removal costs and damages to natural resources allegedly caused by the discharge of hazardous substances from two former waste disposal sites in New Jersey. During the fourth quarter, the Company negotiated a settlement of New Jersey's claims.  Under the terms of the settlement, the company will transfer to the State of New Jersey 150 acres of undeveloped land with groundwater recharge potential, which the Company acquired for purposes of the settlement, and will pay the state's attorneys' fees. Notice of the settlement was published for public comment in December 2007, and no objections were received. As a result, the Company and the State of New Jersey have signed the formal settlement agreement pursuant to which the Company will transfer title to the property and will be dismissed from the lawsuit, which will continue against the codefendants.

Accrued Liabilities and Insurance Receivables Related to Legal Proceedings
The Company complies with the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies," and related guidance, and records liabilities for legal proceedings in those instances where it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss and where liability is probable. Where the reasonable estimate of the probable loss is a range, the Company records the most likely estimate of the loss, or the low end of the range if there is no one best estimate. The Company either discloses the amount of a possible loss or range of loss in excess of established reserves if estimable, or states that such an estimate cannot be made. For those insured matters where the Company has taken a reserve, the Company also records receivables for the amount of insurance that it expects to recover under the Company's insurance program. For those insured matters where the Company has not taken a reserve because the liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, but where the Company has incurred an expense in defending itself, the Company records receivables for the amount of insurance that it expects to recover for the expense incurred. The Company discloses significant legal proceedings even where liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, if the Company believes there is at least a reasonable possibility that a loss may be incurred.

Because litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or developments could occur, there can be no certainty that the Company may not ultimately incur charges in excess of presently recorded liabilities. A future adverse ruling, settlement, or unfavorable development could result in future charges that could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations or cash flows in the period in which they are recorded. The Company currently believes that such future charges, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of the Company, taking into account its significant available insurance coverage. Based on experience and developments, the Company periodically reexamines its estimates of probable liabilities and associated expenses and receivables, and whether it is able to estimate a liability previously determined to be not estimable and/or not probable. Where appropriate, the Company makes additions to or adjustments of its estimated liabilities. As a result, the current estimates of the potential impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the legal proceedings and claims pending against the Company could change in the future.

The Company estimates insurance receivables based on an analysis of its numerous policies, including their exclusions, pertinent case law interpreting comparable policies, its experience with similar claims, and assessment of the nature of the claim, and records an amount it has concluded is likely to be recovered.

The following table shows the major categories of on-going litigation, environmental remediation and other environmental liabilities for which the Company has been able to estimate its probable liability and for which the Company has taken reserves and the related insurance receivables:

At December 31
(Millions)			2007	2006	2005
Breast implant liabilities		$1	$4	$7
Breast implant receivables		64	93	130
Respirator mask/asbestos liabilities	121	181	210
Respirator mask/asbestos receivables	332	380	447
Environmental remediation liabilities	37	44	30
Environmental remediation receivables	15	15	15
Other environmental liabilities	147	14	8

For those significant pending legal proceedings that do not appear in the table and that are not the subject of pending settlement agreements, the Company has determined that liability is not probable or the amount of the liability is not estimable, or both, and the Company is unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss at this time. The amounts in the preceding table with respect to breast implant and environmental remediation represent the Company's best estimate of the respective liabilities. The Company does not believe that there is any single best estimate of the respirator/mask/asbestos liability or the other environmental liabilities shown above, nor that it can reliably estimate the amount or range of amounts by which those liabilities may exceed the reserves the Company has established.

Breast Implant Insurance Receivables:  
In the breast implant insurance coverage litigation, the District Court in Ramsey County Minnesota entered an order in September 2007 dismissing from the suit the last of the insurers that were still contesting the extent of their coverage for the Company's breast implant product liability claims. The dismissal was pursuant to a settlement the Company reached with those insurers during the third quarter of 2007. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had receivables for insurance recoveries related to the breast implant matter of $64 million. The Company received $29 million in 2007, reducing this receivable by that amount. The Company also received $48 million in January 2008 and expects to receive an additional $10 million by the end of 2008 pursuant to a settlement agreement with three insurers. The Company continues to pursue recovery against its remaining insurers and expects to collect the remaining receivable.

Respirator Mask/Asbestos Liabilities and Insurance Receivables: 
The Company estimates its respirator mask/asbestos liabilities, including the cost to resolve the claim and defense costs, by examining: (i) the Company's experience in resolving claims, (ii) apparent trends, (iii) the apparent quality of claims (e.g., whether the claim has been asserted on behalf of asymptomatic claimants), (iv) changes in the nature and mix of claims (e.g., the proportion of claims asserting usage of the Company's mask or respirator products and alleging exposure to each of asbestos, silica, coal or other occupational dusts, and claims pleading use of asbestos-containing products allegedly manufactured by the Company), (v) the number of current claims and a projection of the number of future asbestos and other claims that may be filed against the Company, (vi) the cost to resolve recently settled claims, and (vii) an estimate of the cost to resolve and defend against current and future claims. Because of the inherent difficulty in projecting the number of claims that have not yet been asserted, particularly with respect to the Company's respiratory products that themselves did not contain any harmful materials (which makes the various published studies that purport to project future asbestos claims substantially removed from the Company's principal experience and which themselves vary widely), the Company does not believe that there is any single best estimate of this liability, nor that it can reliably estimate the amount or range of amounts by which the liability may exceed the reserve the Company has established. No liability has been recorded regarding the pending action brought by the West Virginia Attorney General previously described.

Developments may occur that could affect the Company's estimate of its liabilities. These developments include, but are not limited to, significant changes in (i) the number of future claims, (ii) the average cost of resolving claims, (iii) the legal costs of defending these claims and in maintaining trial readiness, (iv) changes in the mix and nature of claims received, (v) trial and appellate outcomes, (vi) changes in the law and procedure applicable to these claims, and (vii) the financial viability of other co-defendants and insurers.

As of December 31, 2007, the Company's receivable for insurance recoveries related to the respirator mask/asbestos litigation was $332 million. Various factors could affect the timing and amount of recovery of this receivable, including (i) delays in or avoidance of payment by insurers; (ii) the extent to which insurers may become insolvent in the future, and (iii) the outcome of negotiations with insurers and legal proceedings with respect to respirator mask/asbestos liability insurance coverage. The difference between the accrued liability and insurance receivable represents in part the time delay between payment of claims on the one hand and receipt of insurance reimbursements on the other hand. Because of the lag time between settlement and payment of a claim, no meaningful conclusions may be drawn from quarterly changes in the amount of receivables for expected insurance recoveries and the quarterly changes in the number of claimants at the end of each quarter.

On January 5, 2007 the Company was served with a declaratory judgment action filed on behalf of two of its insurers (Continental Casualty and Continental Insurance Co.) disclaiming coverage for respirator/mask claims. The action was filed in Hennepin County, Minnesota and names, in addition to the Company, over 60 of the Company's insurers. This action is similar in nature to an action filed in 1994 with respect to breast implant coverage, which ultimately resulted in the Minnesota Supreme Court's ruling of 2003 that was largely in the Company's favor. At the company's request, the case was transferred to Ramsey County, over the objections of the insurers. The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to hear the insurers' appeal of that decision. Oral argument on the appeal is scheduled for March 2008.

Environmental and Other Liabilities and Insurance Receivables: As of December 31, 2007, the Company had recorded liabilities of $37 million for estimated environmental remediation costs based upon an evaluation of currently available facts with respect to each individual site and also recorded related insurance receivables of $15 million. The Company records liabilities for remediation costs on an undiscounted basis when they are probable and reasonably estimable, generally no later than the completion of feasibility studies or the Company's commitment to a plan of action. Liabilities for estimated costs of environmental remediation, depending on the site, are based primarily upon internal or third-party environmental studies, and estimates as to the number, participation level and financial viability of any other potentially responsible parties, the extent of the contamination and the nature of required remedial actions. The Company adjusts recorded liabilities as further information develops or circumstances change. The Company expects that it will pay the amounts recorded over the periods of remediation for the applicable sites, currently ranging up to 30 years.

As of December 31, 2007, the Company had recorded liabilities of $147 million for estimated other environmental liabilities based upon an evaluation of currently available facts. As previously reported, the Company increased its other environmental liabilities by $121 million in the first quarter of 2007 as a result of regulatory developments in Minnesota and the completion of a comprehensive review with environmental consultants regarding its other environmental liabilities which include the estimated costs of addressing trace amounts of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water sources in the City of Oakdale and Lake Elmo, Minnesota, as well as presence in the soil and groundwater at the Company's manufacturing facilities in Decatur, Alabama, and Cottage Grove, Minnesota, and at two former disposal sites in Minnesota. The Company expects that most of the spending will occur over the next three to seven years. While the Company is not able to estimate the total costs of implementing the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order with the MPCA (described above under Environmental Matters and Litigation - Regulatory Matters), the Company increased its other environmental liabilities by an additional $13 million in the second quarter of 2007 to reflect its best estimate of the specific payment obligations under that agreement.

It is difficult to estimate the cost of environmental compliance and remediation given the uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of applicable environmental laws and regulations, the extent of environmental contamination and the existence of alternate cleanup methods. Developments may occur that could affect the Company's current assessment, including, but not limited to: (i) changes in the information available regarding the environmental impact of the Company's operations and products; (ii) changes in environmental regulations, changes in permissible levels of specific compounds in drinking water sources, or changes in enforcement theories and policies, including efforts to recover natural resource damages; (iii) new and evolving analytical and remediation techniques; (iv) success in allocating liability to other potentially responsible parties; and (v) the financial viability of other potentially responsible parties and third-party indemnitors.</us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock>
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NOTE 18.  Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

(Millions, except per-share amounts)	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Year		2007	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	2007
Net sales			$5,937	$6,142	$6,177	$6,206	$24,462
Cost of sales			3,022	3,175	3,240	3,298	12,735
Net income			1,368	917	960	851	4,096
Earnings per share - basic	1.88	1.28	1.34	1.20	5.70
Earnings per share - diluted	1.85	1.25	1.32	1.17	5.60

			First	Second	Third	Fourth	Year
		2006	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	2006
Net sales			$5,595	$5,688	$5,858	$5,782	$22,923
Cost of sales			2,721	2,840	2,990	3,162	11,713
Net income			899	882	894	1,176	3,851
Earnings per share - basic	1.19	1.17	1.20	1.60	5.15
Earnings per share - diluted	1.17	1.15	1.18	1.57	5.06

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The impact of stock-based compensation on net income and earnings per share provided below for the year ended December 31, 2005, was recognized over the nominal vesting period, whereby if an employee retired before the end of the vesting period, the Company would recognize any remaining unrecognized compensation cost at the date of retirement. SFAS No. 123R requires recognition under a non-substantive vesting period approach, requiring compensation expense recognition when an employee is eligible to retire. 3M employees in the United States are eligible to retire beginning at age 55 and after having completed five years of service. Approximately 25% of the number of stock-based compensation awards are made to this population. The Company changed to the non-substantive vesting period approach for new stock compensation grants made after the Company's adoption of SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006. Therefore, primarily beginning in May 2006 with the annual MSOP grant, immediate expensing of those stock-based compensation awards granted to employees eligible to retire resulted in higher compensation expense than historically recognized in comparable prior periods. Capitalized stock-based compensation amounts were not material for 2007, 2006 and 2005. The income tax benefits can fluctuate by period due to the amount of Incentive Stock Options (ISO) exercised since the Company receives the ISO tax benefit upon exercise. The Company last granted ISO's in 2002. Amounts recognized in the financial statements with respect to both the MSOP and GESPP are as follows:
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COMPENSATION EXPENSE
            Years ended
            December 31      
(Millions, except per share amounts)           2007           2006           2005      
Cost of sales           $     47           $     42           $     27     
Selling, general and administrative expenses           137           119           96      
Research, development and related expenses           44           39           32      
Operating Income (Loss)           $(228)     $(200)     $(155)
Income tax benefits           $93           $72           $67      
Net Income (Loss)           $     (135)     $     (128)     $     (88)
Earnings per share impact - diluted           $ (0.18)     $(0.17)     $(0.14)
Earnings per share - diluted           $5.60           $5.06           $3.98      
The following table adjusts the revised diluted earnings per share for 2005 from the preceding table to reflect the approximate impact of using the non-substantive vesting period approach for these periods.
Stock-Based Compensation                  
Pro Forma Earnings Per Share - Diluted           2005      
Earnings per share - diluted           $3.98     
Impact of retirement-eligible employees           $(0.02)
Pro forma (adjusted to reflect non-substantive vesting period approach)           $3.96      
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  <mmm:GeographicAreasDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="d-2007">NOTE 17. Geographic Areas 
Geographic area information is used by the Company as a secondary performance measure to manage its businesses. Export sales and certain income and expense items are reported within the geographic area where the final sales to 3M customers are made. 

Net sales to customers 	Operating Income 	Property, plant and equipment, net 
(Millions) 	2007 	2006 	2005 	2007 	2006 	2005 	2007 	2006 	2005 
United States 	$	8,987 	$	8,853 	$	8,267 	$	1,692 	$	1,908 	$	1,200 	$	3,668 	$	3,382 	$	3,291 
Asia Pacific 	6,601 	6,251 	5,744 	2,136 	2,097 	2,085 	1,116 	959 	865 
Europe, Middle East and Africa 	6,503 	5,726 	5,219 	1,705 	1,092 	1,057 	1,308 	1,162 	1,076 
Latin America and Canada 	2,365 	2,080 	1,881 	665 	629 	512 	490 	404 	361 
Other Unallocated 	6 	13 	56 	(5)	(30)	
Total Company 	$	24,462 	$	22,923 	$	21,167 	$	6,193 	$	5,696 	$	4,854 	$	6,582 	$	5,907 	$	5,593 
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