In total, Trump said 3M would produce 166.5 million masks – nearly all N95s. “Mostly that’s going to be for our front line health care workers,” he said.

3M has agreed to import millions of protective masks for U.S. health-care workers after falling into a dispute with the Trump administration about shortages of the critical protective wear ...

It started with the company 3M ramping up its own fraud detection unit after the coronavirus pandemic wiped out its supplies of medical-grade N95 masks, creating a market for profiteers.

3M's legal battle to keep price gougers from profiting on sales of its N95 face masks during the coronavirus pandemic grew on two new fronts in recent days. On Monday, Maplewood-based 3M targeted ...

The N95 masks are highly coveted because they filter out 95% of all particulates, and 3M makes the majority of them. The FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued fraud ...

Roman also said 3M is working with federal and state authorities to curb counterfeiting and price gouging of its products and devices, including the masks. “We are in the process of working with ...

In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker. Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized ...

A large manufacturer of protective N95 masks for medical workers said it is shipping half a million masks to New York and Seattle, with arrivals starting Monday. 3M said it is ready to rush ...

3M Co. on Tuesday said it was working with authorities worldwide and e-commerce marketplaces to curb price gouging, fraud, and the selling of counterfeit masks and its other healthcare supplies ...