Founded in 1902, 3M has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers in the world. It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, and its products are available in 200 countries. At the end of 2010, 3M had $26.7 billion sales worldwide and a net income of $4.1 billion.

3M’s core business focus is on Consumer and Office, Display and Graphics, Electro and Communications, Health Care, Industrial and Transportation, and Safety, Security and Protection Services. Its technological manufacturing platform includes Adhesives, Abrasives, Light Management, Microreplication, Nonwoven Materials, Nanotechnology, and Surface Modification.

3M’s Consumer and Office product line up include projectors. Projectors make learning fun as students of all abilities are able to learn in a safe, fun, and engaging environment. The projectors help bring learning to life. They can be combined with educational software products to develop children’s essential hand-eye co-ordination and IT skills. The best selling projectors include the SCP712 Super Close Multimedia LCD Digital Projector, SCP716 Super Close Multimedia Projector, and the SCP716W Multimedia Projector.

With a commitment towards excellence and continuous improvement to products, 3M has earned the position of a global leader in the market. With aggressive planning and goal setting, 3M should continue to be a leader in global sales with its excellent line of products.

Digital and multimedia projectors project a video signal on a projection screen. They use a bright lens system for projecting the image. These projectors are used in meeting rooms, conference rooms, classrooms, auditoriums and where ever the need arises.

3M, Boxlight, Elmo and Hitachi specialize in digital and multimedia projectors are. Popular projectors are 3M’s X45, SCP712, SCP716 and X95i, Boxlight’s Seattle X22N, TraveLight3 Ultra and ProjectoWrite2, Elmo’s IP-40SE and IP-750E, and Hitachi’s CP-X5, CP-X2011N, CP-X4 and CP-DW10N.