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3M CEO Inge Thulin in 2013.
Nobel laureates could come to 3M's Maplewood campus to meet with scientists
and researchers under a new partnership.
3M Co. has formed a partnership with the organization behind Nobel Prize
activities in an effort to inspire scientists and educate researchers, students and
innovators worldwide, officials announced Friday during the ribbon-cutting
ceremony of 3M's new $15o million research and development center in
Maplewood.
CEO Inge Thulin said the details of the partnership are still being worked out,but
in addition to laureates coming here, 3M's scientists will attend co-sponsored
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events around the world.
For example, 3M will sponsor the Nobel Prize Series in Dubai on March 20 and 21.
Thulin would not disclose costs involved with the project.
"We are honored to align 3M and everything we stand for with Nobel Media and
the values embodied by the Nobel Prize,"the Sweden-born Thulin said.
Mattias Fyrenius, chief executive of Nobel Media, flew to Minneapolis for the
announcement. He said he was delighted to partner with Thulin and 3M.
"Through science and research we can enlarge the world's knowledge and actually
make the world a better place,"he said.
Nobel Media is the entity that shares news about all Nobel Prize-related
achievements, including lectures by Nobel laureates and all activities related to the
actual prize presentations. The company produces,broadcasts and sponsors
events that reach millions.
"At Nobel Media, our passion is to share that view with the world and to inspire
people to engage in areas close to our heart: science research, education and
peace-related topics and literature," Fyrenius said. "We believe we share all those
values with 3M and we are therefore proud to announce our new partnership with
them."
The partnership will likely cosponsor two or three events a year,he said.
The news was met with strong applause from 150 guests that included Gov. Mark
Dayton, Sen.Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison and
Tom Emmer, as well as state legislators and Maplewood Mayor Nora Slawik.
3M's new 470,000-square-foot research center will house 700 scientists from six of
the company's divisions and officials hope it will enhance collaboration among the
researchers.
"It's impossible to overstate L3M's] importance to Minnesota. If Minnesota is the
brain power state,which it is, then many of those brains are here at 3M," Dayton
said. "I cannot express enough ... how grateful we are that you have chosen
Minnesota"for the site of the new state of the art research center."
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