3M, a Fortune 500 company that is known for its innovative products, has opened its new regional headquarters in Dubai Internet City including an expanded and enhanced innovation center and several sustainability features.
The new headquarters will reduce carbon emissions while also emphasising the company’s expertise in science and innovation. It offers solutions for the future of work by utilising 3M’s trust-based approach, Work Your Way, which allows employees to create a schedule that allows them to work when and where they can most effectively.
The new office features a self-standing natural green wall and is completely equipped with wireless technology, demonstrating 3M’s continued commitment towards protecting the environment.
Commenting on the new regional headquarters, Laszlo Svinger, Vice President and Managing Director at 3M Middle East & Africa, said: “Over the last couple of years, office space has evolved considerably. Today, we must consider the needs of our employees as well as the needs of the environment, especially as we take urgent action to combat climate change and its consequences.
“At 3M, we strive to provide an exceptional employee experience and business performance while also doing our part to protect the environment for a more sustainable future for all.”
The company also unveiled its expanded and enhanced innovation center, which showcases a number of cost-effective technological solutions created specifically for the region and how 3M’s technologies and innovations can be used by customers in the UAE and the wider region.
The innovation center, the first of its kind in the Middle East region, will allow potential customers, business partners and research & development experts to put a variety of 3M’s ground-breaking innovations to the test. The 20,400sqft center will showcase all of 3M’s technology platforms, which are leveraged across four businesses and products for the Middle East market. Its 51 technology platforms include adhesives and abrasives, microreplication and nonwovens, computer vision, data science and analytics, and others.
It also features a creative mural, The Sand Mural, made entirely from 3M materials including printable film with Reflective Overlaminate, Cubitron II and 3M sandpaper applications.
With the UAE’s vision to become a world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2031, the 3M M*Modal Fluency Direct, which is the latest speech and AI-powered technology, will be of particular interest to the region. It enables physicians of any medical specialty to verbally create, review, edit and sign clinical notes directly within electronic health records.
Adopted across Emirates Health Services facilities in the UAE, this technology will ensure standardisation and acceleration of clinical documentation processes and will reduce the administrative burden on healthcare professionals.
3M is working with the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its partnership network to drive collective action on climate change, social and environmental responsibility, and the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) as part of a three-year agreement signed in 2021.
Dubai Internet City is part of the TECOM Group, and the largest technology hub in the MENA region.
On behalf of Dubai Internet City, Ammar Al Malik, Executive Vice President of Commercial Leasing, TECOM Group, said: “For more than 20 years, Dubai’s integrated business ecosystem and attractive environment have succeeded in attracting tech giants from around the globe.
“Today, the inauguration of 3M’s new headquarters reinforces the impact TECOM Group and Dubai Internet City have had in sustaining Dubai’s position as an international technology hub. We are pleased that an industry leader like 3M is strengthening its innovation footprint in our community to introduce greater innovations and technological solutions to the region.”
The facility was inaugurated by Meghan Gregonis, the United States Consul General in Dubai, TECOM’s Al Malik and 3M’s senior leaders including Gayle Schueller, Senior Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer and Svinger.
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