# Who are 3M Company's customers? Who does 3M Company earn revenue from?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/3m · Facet: customers · Updated: 2026-09-11T22:25:34.396925+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: 3M Company's confirmed revenue counterparties include Walmart Inc, Microsoft, Fastenal Company. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 revenue edges, backed by 6 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).

### Walmart Inc (mid)  → /walmart.md
- note: Walmart is a retail customer that buys air-cleaning filters made at a 3M plant in the United States for sale in its stores. Neither the transaction value nor its share of 3M revenue is disclosed.
- [mentions] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-03) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674026000014/mmm-20251231.htm: "3M products are sold through numerous distribution channels, including directly to users and through e-commerce and traditional wholesalers and retailers."
- [confirms] Walmart (EN, ir, published 2019-10-29) https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2019/10/29/how-were-working-with-suppliers-to-showcase-u-s-manufacturing: "We are proud to stock these products on Walmart shelves."

### 마이크로소프트 (mid)  → /microsoft.md
- note: Microsoft is the first publicly announced hyperscale customer to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical technology in Azure data centers. Sales or licensing value was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Electronic Times (KO, news, published 2026-07-16) https://www.etnews.com/20260716000008: "Microsoft will become the first publicly announced hyperscale cloud provider to adopt 3M EBO technology."
- [confirms] 3M Investor Relations (EN, ir, published 2026-07-15) https://investors.3m.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1937/3m-and-microsoft-announce-strategic-partnership-to-advance: "Microsoft's Azure Cloud and AI Infrastructure will become the first announced hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical technology."
- [mentions] Grand View Research (EN, research, published 2026-07-01) https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/fiber-optic-connectors-foc-industry: "SENKO Advanced Products collaborated with 3M and Molex to launch the MPO EBO EZ-WAY connector."

### 패스널 (mid)  → /fastenal.md
- note: 3M maps its global product IDs to Fastenal part numbers in an official product catalog, confirming that its filtration products move through Fastenal's distribution channel, while Fastenal does not disclose its purchases from 3M or their share of total inventory purchases.
- [confirms] 3M (EN, ir, published 2023-07-20) https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1770228O/fastenal-product-catalog.pdf: "Model, Fastenal Part Number, 3M Global ID, UPC, Full Product Description."

Reverse side: https://valuechain.wiki/3m/suppliers.md · Ripple: https://valuechain.wiki/3m/ripple.md

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