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3M acquisitions, on the record
The businesses 3M bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
fused silica businessWord for word“In June 2025, 3M completed the sale of its fused silica business, formerly part of the Transportation and Electronics business, for immaterial proceeds slightly below the business's book value.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | In June 2025 | — |
precision grinding and finishing businessWord for word“In September 2025, 3M agreed to sell its precision grinding and finishing business, within the Safety and Industrial business.” 10-K for 2025 | agreed divestiture | In September 2025 | — |
Health Care business (Solventum Corporation)Word for word“On April 1, 2024, 3M completed the separation of its Health Care business (the Separation) through a pro rata distribution of 80.1 % of the outstanding shares of Solventum Corporation (Solventum) to 3M stockholders.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | On April 1, 2024 | — |
dental local anesthetic businessWord for word“In 2023, 3M completed the sale of its dental local anesthetic business, formerly part of Corporate and Other, for approximately $ 60 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | In 2023 | approximately $ 60 million in cash |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $16 million | $142 million | $53 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $2.02 billion | $1.06 billion | $1.3 billion |
| 2018-12-31 | −$13 million | $846 million | $7 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $4.98 billion | $236 million | $3.47 billion |
| 2020-12-31 | $25 million | $576 million | $0 |
| 2021-12-31 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2022-12-31 | $0 | $13 million | $0 |
| 2023-12-31 | — | $60 million | — |
| 2024-12-31 | — | $0 | — |
| 2025-12-31 | — | $5 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-08-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-04-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2024-04-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-01-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-11-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-09-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-08-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-07-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-06-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-05-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-11-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-11-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-11-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-10-11 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-03-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from 3M’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-03. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.