3M Taiwan 50th anniversary kicks off five core strategic focus (Left to right)
Managing Director, Veronica Acurio, Greater China Area President,
Wei Moline, Taiwan Technical Leader, Jack Chen
Taipei,
Taiwan -- 3M, a U.S. company with a century-long history, celebrates its
50th anniversary of doing business in Taiwan this year. Driven
by its brand spirit of "Science Applied to Life," 3M is committed to
delivering a sustainable lifestyle by bringing innovations to life. 3M held its
grand 50th anniversary celebration on April 12th in
Taipei, during which the company highlighted its five core strategic focus
areas: life-long health care, connected safety, energy management, digitalized
infrastructure, and environmental sustainability. These focus areas fall under
the theme of "Imagine the Future." During the event, 3M Taiwan
also announced its intention to assist Taiwanese industries in their efforts to
transform to intelligent manufacturing and smart living. Additionally, 3M
leadership announced the relocation of 3M Taiwan headquarters into Nankang
Software Park – offering closer proximity to
customers and future commercial trends.
Wei Moline, President of Greater China Area at 3M, said, "Taiwan has
been a prominent overseas market for 3M due to its strong technology
foundation, high flexibility, and competitive international talents. Out of the
company’s 70 subsidiaries worldwide, 3M Taiwan has maintained its top-10 spot
in terms of revenue contribution." Looking back over the past 50
years, 3M has been well known not only for its consumer and healthcare
solutions, but it has also made significant investments to assist Taiwan in the
development of telecommunication and power infrastructure. 3M has also been
active in helping Taiwanese industries upgrade production technology from
textile, optical materials, and semiconductors to energy; making it one of the
most significant contributors to Taiwan's industrial development. In the
future, 3M expects to continue to invest resources into its growing presence in
Taiwan.
Veronica Acurio, Vice President and Managing Director of 3M Taiwan, said,
"Science and innovation have been core to our corporate spirit. We see
great innovative capacity and solution development potential in Taiwan. We
engage with Taiwan customers, and we understand their processes, their problems,
and their promises to their customers. “
Veronica Acurio also said,” Our science not only impacts our customers,
it makes a difference in the way we work. When people grow, our company grows.
We invest in their success and foster engagement on many levels, including
networking, collaboration, and diversity and inclusion. We really believe in
hiring good people and leaving them alone to do what they do best – that,
combined with 3M’s unique “15% Culture” encourages employees to proactively pursue
innovative ideas that personally excite them. In addition, our strong ethical
culture and commitment to do business the right way builds trust with Taiwan
customers.”
3M Taiwan applies science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily.
With more than half a century of engagement with Taiwan, 3M is proud of the
achievements and solutions that influences almost everything around us- in ways
people may not realize. You find it in the transportation that moves us, our
homes, offices, hospitals and buildings. It’s in our smartphones and
stationery, the energy that lights a room, even the clothes we wear, the water
we drink and the air we breathe. 3M Taiwan developed local solutions including
anti-mite bedding, an air purifying dehumidifier, acne absorbing covers, and
disposable flosser. Those products were all inspired by demands of the
Taiwanese customers and made possible by the 3M team in Taiwan.
In
terms of industrial electronics, 3M continues to invest manpower and resources
into semiconductor material solution to grow alongside its semiconductor
partners in Taiwan. Meanwhile, 3M is also targeting new technologies and
applications such as intelligent manufacturing, automated materials, IoT, cloud
computing, auto electronics, Internet of vehicles, robotics, VR and AR for
future growth.
3M Taiwan develops
five core strategic focus areas
Life-long Healthcare –
Preventative care designed to support life-long health
Taiwan's
healthcare system is undergoing rapid changes from modification to National
Health Insurance benefits, increasing demand for healthcare services with the
increase of new long-term care practices. 3M is well-positioned to respond as
it has relevant experience in supplying healthcare and personal care solutions
to accommodate those changes. In the healthcare segment, 3M offers reliable and
high-quality healthcare supplies at reasonable cost to the benefit of patients,
and thereby contributes to the healthcare system. In terms of personal care, 3M
continues making improvement to solutions in ways that would enable more
convenient self-treatment at home.
Connected Safety –
Delivering trustworthy safety solutions for workplace and transportation
Safety is the foundation for any kind of progress, and 3M's safety
protection solutions cover a broad range from food safety, work
site/factory/worker safety to traffic safety. In addition to introducing
solutions that offer world-class comprehensive protections, 3M is constantly
seeking breakthroughs by incorporating new technologies into its solutions. The
use of VR technology in factory fall-prevention equipment, for example, is an
attempt to escalate safety from the solution level to the experience level for
more advanced protection.
Digitalized
Infrastructure – Bring new efficient solutions to future digital world
As the era of 5G and IoT approaches, 3M has invested enormous resources to
promote digitalization and application of automated solutions in Taiwan.
Through the supply of critical materials for the semiconductor industry,
offering energy-efficient and environment-friendly immersion-cooling technology
(3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluid) for corporate data centers,
and connection of consumer solutions (e.g. air purifiers) to IoT, 3M
takes part in the development of digital infrastructure in Taiwan. 3M is also
committed in the development of advanced solution technologies and the supply
of materials needed for automation to improve solution efficiency and support
industry upgrades. From new abrasive materials for robotic arms, glues and
tapes for automated solution to 3D printing materials, 3M continues to find
ways to assist customers and help them reduce the need for labor while
increasing solution efficiency at the same time.
Energy Management – To
improve energy efficiency and solve energy shortage issues
Green energy is the key to energy transformation and has been a major
issue for government and industries. 3M has been active in this area by
developing proprietary energy solutions that assist in the solution of green
energy while achieve energy-saving benefits at the same time. Among the many
solutions are 3M's innovative materials, which are being applied to solar
power, wind power and green energy generators, and thermal films that are
commonly used by the public for energy conservation.
Environmental
Sustainability - Focused on providing clean air and water
3M's
sustainability efforts began in 1975, following the launch of the 3P (Pollution
Prevention Pays) program. Scope of the 3P program has been escalated in Taiwan
in recent years as a result of growing attention around energy and carbon
reduction from the world and the local government, and 3M was able to turn in
exceptional results for 2018, including: 65.0 % reduction in VOC release, 18.7
% reduction in waste, and 26.7 % improvement in energy efficiency. These
accomplishments translated into more than (US) $700,000 (or NT$21 million) of
savings in corporate and environmental cost.
From those humble beginnings in 1969, 3M has grown from a small, dedicated team
of 15 to a large family of over 1000 today; marketing over 30,000 products
here and recognized and awarded for being one of the Most Sustainable Foreign Corporations
in Taiwan. In March, 3M Taiwan headquarters officially moved to
Nangang Software Park for closer proximity to customers and future commercial
trends. Next, 3M Taiwan will strive to apply its five strategic focus areas
mentioned above to further create a sustainable living environment and
lifestyle alongside its customers, suppliers, the authority and stakeholders in
Taiwan. 3M will continue to advance into the future to meet the
fast-moving needs of our customers.