3M Poland to Acquire Production Operations for Household Cleaning Products

3M Poland announced today ( February 23, 2007) that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Interchemall Sp. z o.o. to acquire its production operations related to household cleaning products. 3M purchased the sales and marketing operations, including the brands and intellectual property, from Interchemall Dom last year. The transaction is expected to close in April subject to closing conditions.

“This acquisition builds on 3M’s activities in Poland to broaden its product portfolio for home care cleaning solutions in Eastern Europe,” said, Jose Del Solar, managing director, 3M Poland.

The household cleaning products manufactured at the plant include bath sponges, kitchen scrubbers and sponges, and wipes and cloths. 3M delivers some of the world’s best-known home care products, such as Scotch-Brite(TM) and O-Cel-O(TM) brand scrub sponges and scouring pads, wipes and cloths, and a variety of mechanical cleaning tools to consumers around the world.

Approximately 60 people at its production operations based in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warszawa, Poland, are affected by this transaction.

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