3M India eyes defence foray in the country

With $30.8 bn in sales, operations in more than 70 countries, 3M sells more than 55,000 products

3M India Limited, the Indian subsidiary of 3M Corporation and maker of over 8,000 products in industrial, health care, safety and graphics, consumer and energy among others, is now eyeing a foray in India's defence sector. The company claims it has wide experience in this sector globally, which it can extend to India as well.

"Defence is a market for us in India. We can make products for soldiers from the 46 technology platforms we have. We have wide experience in the US and all these technologies can be adopted, modified for India and then we can build on it, in