Illinois Tool Works

Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Company typePublic
NYSE: ITW
S&P 500 Component
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1912 (1912)
FounderByron L. Smith
HeadquartersGlenview, Illinois, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • E. Scott Santi (Chairman)
  • Christopher A. O'Herlihy (President & CEO)
Revenue US$15.9 billion (2024)
US$4.26 billion (2024)
US$3.49 billion (2024)
Total assets US$15.1 billion (2024)
Total equity US$3.32 billion (2024)
Number of employees
44,000 (2024)
Websitewww.itw.com
Footnotes / references

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is an American Fortune 500 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith and has built its growth on a "small-wins strategy" based on decentralization, simplicity, customer-focused innovation, and acquisitions.

As of 2024, ITW employed 44,000 employees in 51 countries and held 20,900 granted and pending patent applications worldwide. The company is based in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.