Christopher Pikett

3M Rochford Thompson Ltd. is a world leading manufacturer of passport scanners. Immigration authorities, border police and international airlines need fast, reliable and accurate passport scanners to process Machine Readable Travel Documents. 3M Rochford Thompson has manufactured passport scanners for ICAO format passports since 1986 and in 2006 shipped its 45,000th passport scanner. 3M Rochford Thompson passport scanners automatically read passports, visas, airline tickets and most forms of magnetic stripe cards. Automatic data capture improves accuracy, reduces passenger processing times, enhances security and enables airlines to comply with the APIS requirements of the US and other governments. The latest generation 3M Rochford Thompson full page passport scanners read OCR codelines, capture high resolution images under three different light sources and read RF chip data from the latest generation of ICAO e-Passports in a single operation. In July 2007 Rochford Thompson Equipment Ltd was acquired by 3M.

3M United Kingdom Plc manufactures & markets chemicals and consumer products. The company's products include scotch-brand tape and post-it notes. The company also manufactures abrasives, adhesives and construction products. The company was founded was in 1952 and is headquartered in Bracknell, UK.