Illinois Tool Works
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Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith.
Today, it employs nearly 60,000 people in 825 business units across 52 countries, and is based in Glenview, Illinois
, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
In 2007, ITW had more than 20,000 unexpired patent
s and pending patent
applications worldwide, including 2,900 U.S. patents and 1,116 pending U.S. applications. The company typically ranks in the top 100 of patent issuers in the U.S.
processes were amended to have a reduced environmental impact.The company took another look at the possibilities of reducing and recycling waste, maximizing the efficient use of natural resources, and delivering environmental awareness training to the whole of the work force. This last activity led to the creation of an Environmental Team comprising seven volunteers from the workforce to further environmental improvements and in March 2004 the Company received Green Dragon Level 5 Standard.
The Political Economy Research Institute ranks ITW 100th among corporations emitting airborne pollutants in the United States. The ranking is based on the quantity (0.9 million pounds in 2005) and toxicity of the emissions.
imposed a $142,000 civil penalty
on Illinois Tool Works in 2000, to settle allegations that the company illegally exported chemicals to Brazil on seven occasions between March 1994 and October 1997 without the required licenses and making false or misleading statements on Shipper's Export Declarations. Illinois Tool Works agreed to pay the penalty. $37,000 was suspended as part of the settlement. The chemicals exported can be used for commercial purposes and in the making of chemical weapons as well.
, DUO-FAST fasteners, the Space Bag
company, Foster Refrigerator, and the Wolf Range Company.
The following is a list of ITW companies:
Today, it employs nearly 60,000 people in 825 business units across 52 countries, and is based in Glenview, Illinois
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois
Glenview is a suburban village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847...
, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
In 2007, ITW had more than 20,000 unexpired patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s and pending patent
Patent pending
The expressions "patent pending" or "patent applied for" refer to a warning that inventors are entitled to use in reference to their product or process once a patent application has been filed, but prior to the patent being issued or the application abandoned...
applications worldwide, including 2,900 U.S. patents and 1,116 pending U.S. applications. The company typically ranks in the top 100 of patent issuers in the U.S.
Environmental record
Illinois Tool Works Ring carriers produce about 47% less emissions released into the atmosphere than paperboard cartons and about 36% less than shrink-film 6-pack packages. From taking a look at their activities, environmental coordinators were able to have certain products reformulated to less environmentally damaging products. Also, certainprocesses were amended to have a reduced environmental impact.The company took another look at the possibilities of reducing and recycling waste, maximizing the efficient use of natural resources, and delivering environmental awareness training to the whole of the work force. This last activity led to the creation of an Environmental Team comprising seven volunteers from the workforce to further environmental improvements and in March 2004 the Company received Green Dragon Level 5 Standard.
The Political Economy Research Institute ranks ITW 100th among corporations emitting airborne pollutants in the United States. The ranking is based on the quantity (0.9 million pounds in 2005) and toxicity of the emissions.
Illegal exports
The United States Department of CommerceUnited States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
imposed a $142,000 civil penalty
Civil penalty
A civil penalty or civil fine is a term used to describe when a state entity, government agency, or private party seeks monetary relief against an individual as restitution for wrongdoing by the individual. The wrongdoing is typically defined by a codification of legislation, regulations, and decrees...
on Illinois Tool Works in 2000, to settle allegations that the company illegally exported chemicals to Brazil on seven occasions between March 1994 and October 1997 without the required licenses and making false or misleading statements on Shipper's Export Declarations. Illinois Tool Works agreed to pay the penalty. $37,000 was suspended as part of the settlement. The chemicals exported can be used for commercial purposes and in the making of chemical weapons as well.
ITW companies
ITW comprises a number of companies and divisions. Notable brands include Miller ElectricMiller Electric
Miller Electric is an arc welding and cutting equipment manufacturing company based in Appleton, WI. Miller Electric has grown from a one-man operation selling products in Northeast Wisconsin, to what is today one of the world's largest manufacturers of arc welding and cutting equipment...
, DUO-FAST fasteners, the Space Bag
Space Bag
The Space Bag line of products are reusable vacuum-seal storage packs produced by ITW Space Bag. The Space Bag Brand is often promoted on television, utilizing two minute DRTV Spots demonstrating their ability to compress, protect, and organize one's bulkiest items through vacuum sealing.Recently,...
company, Foster Refrigerator, and the Wolf Range Company.
The following is a list of ITW companies:
- ITW Chemin
- ACME Packaging Systems
- ITW Alma
- American Safety Technologies
- ITW Amp
- Anaerobicos do Brasil
- ITW Angleboard
- ITW Appliance Europe
- ITW Auto-Sleeve
- ITW Automotive Group
- ITW Automotive Products
- Avery Weigh-Tronix
- ITW Balance Engineering
- Bates Cargo-Pak
- ITW Bee Leitzke
- Bernard
- ITW BCG Equipment
- ITW BGK
- ITW Binks
- ITW Brands
- ITW Buildex
- ITW Building Components Group
- ITW California Industrial Products
- ITW CargoSafe
- ITW Chemical Products Scandinavia
- ITW Chemical Products LTDA - BRAZIL
- ITW Chemtronics
- ITW Chronomatic
- ITW ChronoTherm
- Click CommerceClick CommerceClick Commerce, Inc. is a researching solutions company based in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Incorporated in 1996 as Click Interactive, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, the company historically supplied business application software and related services....
- ITW Coding Products
- ITW Compular
- Colged
- Crane Carrier CorporationCrane Carrier CorporationCrane Carrier Company is a manufacturer that specializes in construction truck and garbage truck chassis. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was established by Samuel Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. The primary design of CCC's trucks are Cab-Beside-Engine or half-cabs,...
- Cyclone Industries Pty Ltd
- ITW Dacro
- Dahti
- ITW Decorating Co
- ITW Delpro
- ITW Devcon
- Densit ApS
- ITW DeVilbiss
- Diagraph
- Diagraph MSP
- ITW Drawform
- DUO-FAST
- Elettrobar
- ITW Dykem/Dymon
- ITW Dynatec
- EH Wachs
- Electro Static Technology
- Electrocal
- ITW Electronic Component Packaging Systems (ECPS)
- ITW Elettrogibi
- Eltex Elektrostatik GmbH
- ITW Envopak
- ITW Erg Components
- ITW Fastex - Distribution Business
- ITW Fastex France
- ITW Fastex New Zealand
- ITW Fibre Glass-Evercoat
- ITW Filtertek
- ITW Fuel Products
- ITW Foamseal
- ITW Foils
- ITW Foils Plastics & Securities
- ITW Formex
- Foster Refrigerator of Canada
- Foster Refrigerator UK
- FoxJet
- Fleetwood/Signode
- Gamko Holding BV
- ITW Gema
- ITW Gema AG
- ITW Global PDC
- ITW Heartland
- ITW Heartland Standard Machines Division
- ITW Heller GmbH
- ITW Herbert Static Control
- ITW Hi-Cone
- ITW Highland
- HobartHobart CorporationThe Hobart Corporation is a manufacturer of commercial equipment used in the foodservice and grocery industry. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing, cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems, and weighing, wrapping...
- Hobart Brothers
- Hobart GmbH
- Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT)
- ITW Holographics
- Houchin Aerospace
- Hycote
- I.KELA Company
- ITW Imtran
- Inatec GmbH
- Insta-Bulk
- InstronInstronInstron is a manufacturer of test equipment designed to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and components.In 1946, Harold Hindman and George Burr, who worked together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , teamed up to determine the properties of new materials to be used in...
- ITW Industrial Components
- ITW Insulation Systems
- ITW Ispracontrols
- James Briggs
- ITW Jemco
- ITW Jetline Engineering
- KaiRak
- Kiwiplan
- ITW Laminations
- ITW Linx
- Loma Systems
- ITW Loveshaw
- Loveshaw Europe
- LPS Laboratories
- ITW Magna
- Magnaflux
- ITW McMurdo
- Meyercord Revenue
- Meyercord Tax Stamping Equipment
- Mezger Heftsysteme GmbH
- Midwest Industrial Packaging, Inc.
- ITW Military GSE
- ITW MillerMiller ElectricMiller Electric is an arc welding and cutting equipment manufacturing company based in Appleton, WI. Miller Electric has grown from a one-man operation selling products in Northeast Wisconsin, to what is today one of the world's largest manufacturers of arc welding and cutting equipment...
- ITW Mima
- ITW MIma Packaging SystemsITW MIma Packaging SystemsITW Mima Packaging Systems is the European marketing division of ITW's Specialty Systems businesses, manufacturing fully automatic stretch wrapping machines in Finland, semi-automatic and automatic machines in Bulgaria and manufacturing film in Belgium and Ireland.- Overview :Mima was founded in...
http://www.itwmima.eu/ - Minigrip
- Mollart Universal Joints
- Mumm Products
- National Service Center (NSC)
- ITW Nexus
- ITW Norwood Marking Systems
- ITW NOVADAN Group
- ORGAPACK
- ITW Packaging Brands
- ITW Paktron
- ITW Pancon
- ITW Paslode
- Paxton Products
- Puls Electronic
- Puls Electronic
- ITW Performance Polymers
- ITW Performance Polymers Consumer Division
- Permatex
- ITW Philadelphia Resins
- Pillar Technologies
- ITW Plastic Packaging Systems
- ITW Plastiglide
- ITW Plexus
- ITW Polymer Castings
- ITW Polymers & Fluids
- PRO/MARK
- ITW Produx
- ITW Proline
- QSA Global Inc.
- Quipp Systems
- PTO Sales Corporation
- ITW Ramset/Red Head
- ITW Ransburg
- ITW Reddi-Pac
- ITW Richmond Technology
- ITW Ride Quality Products
- ITW Rippey
- ITW Reyflex
- ITW ROCOL North America
- ITW ROCOL
- ITW Shakeproof Assembly Components
- ITW Shippers Products
- ITW Signode
- ITW Simco Simco (Nederland) BV
- ITW Simco Static Control and Cleanroom Products
- Six States Distributors, Inc.
- Smith Equipment
- ITW Southland
- Space Bag
- Spartan Computer Services
- ITW Spiroid
- SPIT
- ITW SPRAYTEC (France)
- H. A. SPRINGER GmbH
- Stockvis Tapes
- Strapex
- ITW Stretch Packaging Systems
- ITW Switches
- ITW Switches (UK)
- ITW TACC
- Technographics
- ITW TECHFLOW
- ITW Technology Center
- ITW TechSpray
- ITW TekFast
- Tempil
- The Texwipe Company
- ITW Thermal Films
- ITW Trans Tech America
- Traulsen
- Tregaskiss Welding Products
- Trident
- TRIMARK
- Truck Parts Specialist
- ITW Truswal
- Unipac
- ITW United Silicone
- Valeron Strength Films
- VENETA DECALCOGOMME
- VersaChem Chile, http://www.itwversachem.cl
- Vitronics Soltec
- ITW Vortec
- Vulcan-Hart
- Wachs Subsea, LLC.
- Welding Industries of Australia
- Weldwell New Zealand
- Wilsonart International
- Wolf Range Company
- ITW Workholding
- Zip-Pak