ITW Named One of Fortune Magazine's Most Admired - Monday, March 22, 2010
Fortune™ Magazine, famous for the Fortune™ 500 list of companies ranked by revenue, recently released one of its other famous lists - the Fortune™ Magazine World's Most Admired Companies list. In the Industrial Sector, Fortune™ ranked ITW as number 3 close behind Deere (2) and Caterpillar (1). Companies on this list are ranked 1 to 10 in categories such as Innovation, Social Responsibility, Financial Soundness, Quality of Products, Global Competitiveness, and more. ITW's score averages out at 6.35 behind Deere at 6.92 and Caterpillar at 7.06. With products like the ActiveMetal Ultra-Rugged Switches and Keypads, it's easy to see why ITW is one of the most admired companies in the world for industrial manufacturing.