Illinois Tool Works Inc

Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is a 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.

Today, it employs approximately 50,000 people^[3] in hundreds of businesses across 57 countries,^[4] and is based in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.