ITW Illinois Tool Works
ITW Construction Products is part of the ITW Inc. group, a multi-billion dollar company with almost 100 years of experience in the design, development and manufacture of fasteners and components, and equipment and consumable systems, as well as a variety of speciality products for customers all around the world.
With a gross revenue of $US16.2bn ITW are ranked 175th in the Fortune 500 2007 listing, 385th in Forbes Global 500 listing, and 308th in the 2007 FT Global 500* . In 2006 ITW was graded as "Most Admired Company" in the Industrial and Farm Equipment category by Fortune and are ranked on the Fortune's list of the world's largest companies ahead of such household names as Colgate-Palmolive, Oracle and Heinz.
Throughout our history, solid base revenue growth coupled with strategic acquisitions has been a formula for success at ITW. Acquisitions, have allowed growth into new markets and geographic areas. Since 1997 ITW have completed close to 370 acquisitions totalling nearly $11 billion of acquired revenues. Marketplace experience, coupled with insights gleaned from partnerships with customers, helps to drive the acquisition process. ITW evaluate, and ultimately buy, companies with products that allow it to exceed customer expectations.
(*The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States public corporations as measured by gross revenue.
The Forbes Global 500 is an annual ranking of the top 500 corporations in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: Sales, Profit, Assets and Market Value. The FT Global 500 ranks corporations by market value.)
