Illinois Tool Works Inc. is an American diversified manufacturing company headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, founded in 1912 in Chicago as a maker of cutting tools. It grew, largely through decades of acquisitions, into a broad manufacturer of industrial products and equipment spanning automotive components, welding equipment, food service machinery, construction fasteners and specialty products, organized around a decentralized structure of many operating segments.
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Company Type Founded Year HeadquartersGlenview, Illinois, U.S. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Illinois Tool Works
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was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith
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Public
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Glenview, Illinois, U.S.
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