Ten children ages eight to fourteen were in New York recently for the finals of this year's Discovery/3M Young Scientist Challenge.

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"We are coming to the party late, " says Andrews, 57, of 3M's push into telecom and electronics.

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David Lee, e-business manager in 3M's automotive aftermarket division, saw Kathryn's story, and thought he could help, too.

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Now 3M's goal is to ramp up production much faster when it has a hit product and avoid "disjointed supply chains, " Mr. Welsh says.

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