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Thulin of 3M Is Elected Vice Chair of Global Business Body
| Source: USCIB
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 1, 2008) - The United States Council for International
Business (USCIB), which represents America's top global companies, has
announced that Inge G. Thulin, executive vice president for international
operations with 3M, has been elected a vice chair of the organization.
"Inge Thulin brings considerable international experience and perspective
to USCIB," said USCIB President Peter M. Robinson. "His participation as a
USCIB vice chair demonstrates 3M's leadership in the global marketplace and
reconfirms the company's valuable role as a cornerstone of support for
USCIB in the Midwest region."
Mr. Thulin, a native of Sweden who joined 3M in 1979, succeeds Ronald
Baukol, 3M's former executive vice president of international operations
and a member of the company's board of directors, who was in turn elected a
senior trustee of USCIB.
"I'm delighted to take on the challenge of helping develop USCIB's
visibility and effectiveness on the global stage," commented Mr. Thulin.
"This is an organization that any company operating in multiple regions of
the world ought to participate in. With a unique network, USCIB enables
companies to play a direct role in key international organizations that
help set the rules of the road for commerce worldwide."
With an MBA degree from Gothenburg University, Sweden, Mr. Thulin has
served in diverse marketing, line management and operational capacities in
Sweden, Western Europe, Russia, the Asia-Pacific region and at 3M
headquarters in Saint Paul, Minn. He was named to his current position
with the company in 2003. Mr. Thulin is a director of the board of the
Toro Company.
USCIB promotes an open system of global commerce in which business can
flourish and contribute to economic growth, human welfare and protection of
the environment. Its membership includes more than 300 U.S. companies,
professional service firms and associations whose combined annual revenues
exceed $3.5 trillion. As American affiliate of the leading international
business and employers organizations, USCIB provides business views to
policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide and works to facilitate
international trade. More information is available at www.uscib.org.