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3M Delivers Record Third-Quarter Sales and EPS

Sales of $8.2 billion, up 6% year-on-year, with operating margins of 25%.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

3M reported third-quarter earnings of $2.33 per share, an increase of 8.4% versus the third quarter of 2016. Sales were $8.2 billion, up 6.0% year-on-year in dollar terms. Organic local-currency sales increased 6.6% while divestitures reduced sales by 1.2%.   Third quarter operating income was $2.0 billion and operating income margin was 25.0%, up 0.3 percentage points year-on-year. Third-quarter net income was $1.4 billion, up 7.5%.   The company’s operating cash flow was $1.8 billion, cont...

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