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3M to Pay $10.3 Billion for PFAS Claims Resolution

27.06.2023 -

3M has agreed to pay $10.3 billion to resolve legal challenges brought against the company by US public water systems over its discharges of polyfluoroalkyl substances...

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3M Ramps Up Biopharma Filtration Capabilities

05.06.2023 -

Science and technology group 3M has announced plans to invest $146 million to expand its biopharma filtration capabilities at manufacturing facilities in Europe. The...

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Chip Makers Alarmed over PFAS Phaseout Proposals

09.02.2023 -

Across the US and Europe, health and environment NGOs are putting pressure on national authorities to curb contamination from poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)...

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3M Announces Exit from PFAAS

23.12.2022 -

US consumer products giant 3M has announced it will discontinue production and use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) across its products by the end...

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US Chemical Producers Sue EPA over new PFAS Limits

24.08.2022 -

American Chemistry Council (ACC), the industry association representing US chemical producers, is suing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Lifetime...

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3M to Separate Healthcare Business

02.08.2022 -

US conglomerate 3M is to spin off its healthcare business in a move that chairman and CEO Mike Roman said will result in “two well-capitalized, world-class public...

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3M Agrees PFAS Clean-up with Flemish Government

13.07.2022 -

US conglomerate 3M has agreed with the Flemish government to spend more than €571 million on cleaning up PFAS-contamination at its site in Belgium. The Flemish government...

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Arkema Completes Permoseal Acquisition

05.07.2022 -

Arkema has closed its acquisition of South Africa’s Permoseal, a move designed to strengthen and complete the portfolio of its adhesives subsidiary Bostik.