3M Company (MMM) recently announced the launch of its first Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate, which uses a simple procedure to detect aerobic bacteria counts accurately and easily in just 24 hours for most food matrices.
The 3M Petrifilm Plate enjoys a competitive advantage compared to other traditional methods of bacteria testing used by the manufacturers. The sample-ready system uses an easy three-step process of Inoculation, Incubation and Enumeration. Leveraging a dual-sensing indicator technology that helps to accurately and efficiently enumerate aerobic bacteria, it aids manufacturers to take time-sensitive decisions. Maintaining product quality and stability of the manufacturing processes is an important parameter for the food manufacturers. This new Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate by 3M is designed to increase productivity and reliability in order to reduce operational costs.
3M remains focused on inventing new products and maintaining its competitive advantage worldwide. The rise in demand for such innovative 3M product services is likely to augment its overall revenue. 3M Food Safety provides innovative solutions for the food and beverage industries to optimize the quality and safety of their products.
3M, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified technology company with manufacturing operations spread over 70 countries. The company aims to deliver innovative security solutions to businesses and governments worldwide, thus ensuring the security of people and documents. Moving ahead, 3M continues to exploit dynamic growth opportunities in a broad range of sectors with its flexible product lines, ensuring a continually expanding global footprint.
3M currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Other stocks that look promising in the industry include Middleby Corp (MIDD), Ingersoll-Rand Plc (IR), and Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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