Multinational manufacturing conglomerate 3M has entered into a partnership with Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship.
3M will serve as an official innovation partner of the series for the 2017 season.
The partnership begins with the Bathurst Supercheap Auto 1000 event on October 5-8, and also covers the Vodafone GC600, ITM Auckland SuperSprint and Coates Hire Newcastle 500.
David Duguid, chief managing officer of 3M ANZ, said: “Bringing the science of racing together is the perfect match for Supercars and 3M’s five major business groups.
“In particular, our automotive, industrial, safety and graphics businesses where we innovate and work tirelessly with Australia and New Zealand’s leading industry bodies and customers to bring the most innovative science based technologies to life.”
3M has supplied various Supercars teams with products in the past, and also served as a partner of the Stone Brothers Racing and Erebus Motorsport teams.