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Browse the top 10 companies in the information technology sector from the IndustryWeek U.S. 500.
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A single chemicals manufacturer on the 2025 IW U.S. 500 achieved double-digit revenue growth.
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IW U.S. 50 Best Manufacturers

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The Pennsylvania-based maker of ceiling tiles and engineering architectural installations for buildings took a multi-year approach to targeting stability and adaptability, making...
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Allison Transmission's plant in Indianapolis is a top-performing facility and was the site of factory tours for IndustryWeek's 2024 Operations Leadership Summit. The company improved to No. 1 on the IndustryWeek 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers List for 2025, up from No. 2 in 2024.
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Many new faces join the top manufacturers list, most notably building materials company Armstrong World Industries Inc.
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June 20, 2023

Best Plants

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Celebrate manufacturing excellence with the 35th class of IW Best Plants honorees, models of what is possible with the right combination of teamwork, leadership and a “we will...
Sept. 30, 2025
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IndustryWeek Best Plants Award winner Hoffer Plastics is thriving with the grandchildren of founders in charge, as is Rocheleau Tool & Die.
June 30, 2025
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Although the finalists differ in size, production processes deployed and technologies employed, they are united in their efforts to do great and be better.
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Co-hosts Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer delve into four aspects of this often-overlooked leadership characteristic.
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“This is probably one of the areas most leaders fall short in,” podcast co-host John Dyer says. … “but without the vision, then you're just treading water.”
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The shifts we are seeing in technology and work are not temporary.
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The event galvanized leaders and saved the industry from becoming irrelevant to a new generation.
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Technology

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The technology won't save your lean transformation, but it can supercharge it.
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Five out of 16 manufacturing industries reported growth last month.
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Gemba-focused leaders go to the action and engage with the workforce, learn what the problems are and remove obstacles to resolving those problems.
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Supply Chain

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“I don’t believe a large-scale [reshoring] shift will happen,” says West Monroe’s Brian Pacula.
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With factors like trade volatility and crushing cost surges, cost optimization is no longer the end-all, be-all.
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You don't know from one day to the next what the tariff news will bring. How do you find any kind of business stability?
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The scramble for critical minerals leaves the U.S. vulnerable to geopolitical pressure in ways that many executives are only beginning to understand.
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