dental and orthodontic practitioners, health information systems, and food manufacturing and testing. Products and services provided to these and other markets include medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products (oral care), health information systems, and food safety products.

 

Year 2013 results:

 

Health Care sales totaled $5.3 billion, an increase of 3.8 percent in U.S. dollars. Organic local-currency sales increased 5.0 percent, acquisitions added 0.1 percent, and foreign currency translation reduced sales by 1.3 percent. Organic local-currency sales growth was led by health information systems, food safety, critical and chronic care, infection prevention, and oral care. Organic local-currency sales declined in drug delivery. Acquisition growth related to the April 2012 acquisition of CodeRyte, Inc., which is discussed further below.

 

On a geographic basis, organic local-currency sales increased 10 percent in Latin America/Canada, 8 percent in Asia Pacific, and 4 percent in both EMEA and the United States.

 

Operating income increased 1.9 percent to $1.7 billion. Operating income margins were 31.3 percent in 2013, compared to 31.9 percent in 2012. Effective January 1, 2013, 3M began to absorb additional costs related to the U.S. medical device excise tax, which decreased operating income margins by 0.4 percentage points. The third-quarter 2013 gain from sale of a non-strategic equity method investment benefited total year 2013 operating income margins by 0.3 percentage points.

 

Year 2012 results:

 

Health Care sales totaled $5.1 billion, an increase of 2.5 percent in U.S. dollars. Organic local-currency sales increased 4.7 percent, led by food safety, health information systems, and critical and chronic care solutions. Sales declined year-on-year in drug delivery systems. Acquisitions added 0.3 percent, as 3M further strengthened its health information systems business in April 2012 by acquiring CodeRyte, Inc., which provides clinical natural language processing technology and computer-assisted coding solutions for outpatient providers. Foreign currency translation reduced sales by 2.5 percent.

 

On a geographic basis, organic local-currency sales increased 12.5 percent in Latin America/Canada, 10 percent in Asia Pacific, 4 percent in the United States, and 1 percent in EMEA.

 

Operating income increased 10.5 percent to $1.6 billion. Operating income margins were 31.9 percent in 2012 compared to 29.6 percent in 2011, driven by strong manufacturing cost control, improved utilization and production efficiencies. Operating income grew in all major geographic areas.



Consumer Business (14.4% of consolidated sales):

  

The Consumer segment serves markets that include consumer retail, office retail, home improvement, building maintenance and other markets. Products in this segment include office supply products, stationery products, construction and home improvement products (do-it-yourself), home care products, protective material products, certain consumer retail personal safety products, and consumer