Total sales grew 13.7% in Safety and Industrial, 13.1% in Transportation and Electronics, 9.8% in Consumer, and 6.8% in Health Care.
3M recently reported its results for the first quarter of 2021. Sales grew 9.6% year-on-year to $8.9 billion. Organic local-currency sales increased 8%, while divestitures decreased sales by 1.4%. Foreign currency translation increased sales by 3% compared to the 2020 first quarter.
Total sales grew 13.7% in Safety and Industrial, 13.1% in Transportation and Electronics, 9.8% in Consumer, and 6.8% in Health Care. Organic local-currency sales increased 10.3% in Safety and Industrial, 9.8% in Transportation and Electronics, 9.3% in Health Care, and 7.8% in Consumer.