May 25, ITBusiness.ca: By Randy Frank’s own admission, Minnesota-based 3M Co. is best known as the company behind Scotch tape and Post-It notes. But as Frank, the executive director of research and development with 3M Canada’s quality and regulatory affairs division, joked during a Thursday appearance at the Canadian Printable Electronics Industry Association (CPEIA)’s 2017 Canadian Printable, Flexible, Flexible, Wearable Electronics Symposium (CPES2017), you’re never more than 10 feet away from one of the company’s products – especially if you own a smartphone.