3M announced today it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Articulos de Papel DMS Chile, a Santiago, Chile-based manufacturer of disposable surgical packs, drapes, gowns and kits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition builds on 3M’s core medical business and expands its full-line of disposable drapes for infection prevention in […]

3M announced an innovative new material that enables the design of the first truly transparent, fully ATM-functioning payment cards. 3M says the infrared (IR) Vikuitiâ„¢ Clear Card Filter is one of the biggest developments in payment card design since plastic, creating a powerful new marketing and business opportunity for banks and financial service providers worldwide.

LG-Nortel, the LG Electronics and Nortel joint venture, is unveiling three new innovative unified communications (UC) devices compatible with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. The devices are designed to help enterprises drive increased productivity by simplifying the way employees communicate. LG-Nortel’s new family of UC devices enable unified communications with