The Industryweek 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers is IW's exclusive annual ranking of America's top-performing public manufacturers.
IW compiles the list by ranking the IW U.S. 500 companies based on their financial performance in six key areas over a three-year period. This includes inventory turns, profit margin, asset turns, return on assets, return on equity, and revenue growth. The most recent year accounts for 50% of the calculation, while 2009 is weighted at 30% and 2008 contributes 20%.
This list was published in the July 2011 issue of IndustryWeek.
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Rank |
Company Name | Industry | Revenue (Millions) | Revenue Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Digital Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $9,850 | 32.16 |
| 2 | Apple Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $65,225 | 78.52 |
| 3 | Lorillard Inc.* | Tobacco | $5,932 | 13.36 |
| 4 | Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | $67,713 | 9.07 |
| 5 | Tempur-Pedic International Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,105 | 33 |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $62,484 | 6.93 |
| 7 | Polaris Industries Inc. | Railcars, Ships, & Other Trans. Equip. | $1,991 | 27.16 |
| 8 | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | Apparel | $1,001 | 23.1 |
| 9 | PepsiCo Inc. | Beverages | $57,838 | 33.79 |
| 10 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $372,544 | 22.77 |
| 11 | Guess Inc. | Apparel | $2,487 | 16.86 |
| 12 | Hansen Natural Corp. | Beverages | $1,304 | 14.05 |
| 13 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Chemicals | $15,564 | 1.55 |
| 14 | NewMarket Corp. | Chemicals | $1,797 | 17.47 |
| 15 | Coach Inc. | Apparel | $3,608 | 11.68 |
| 16 | First Solar Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $2,564 | 24.07 |
| 17 | IBM Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $99,870 | 4.29 |
| 18 | Hershey Co. | Food | $5,671 | 7.03 |
| 19 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | Aerospace & Defense | $45,803 | 1.36 |
| 20 | Sanderson Farms Inc. | Food | $1,925 | 7.6 |
| 21 | Walter Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $1,588 | 64.22 |
| 22 | Lancaster Colony Corp. | Food | $1,057 | 0.49 |
| 23 | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | Chemicals | $1,103 | 6.96 |
| 24 | CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Chemicals | $3,965 | 52.01 |
| 25 | Flowers Foods Inc. | Food | $2,574 | (1.04) |
| 26 | Campbell Soup Co. | Food | $7,676 | 1.19 |
| 27 | Dell Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $61,494 | 16.24 |
| 28 | Chevron Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $199,291 | 18.4 |
| 29 | Kellogg Co. | Food | $12,397 | (1.42) |
| 30 | Alliant Techsystems Inc. | Aerospace & Defense | $4,808 | 4.9 |
| 31 | Altera Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $1,954 | 63.49 |
| 32 | Stepan Co. | Chemicals | $1,431 | 12.12 |
| 33 | Cubic Corp. | Instruments | $1,194 | 17.46 |
| 34 | Impax Laboratories Inc. | Pharmaceuticals | $880 | 145.39 |
| 35 | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Medical Instruments & Equipment | $1,413 | 34.29 |
| 36 | Packaging Corp. of America | Paper | $2,436 | 13.41 |
| 37 | Hormel Foods Corp. | Food | $7,221 | 10.52 |
| 38 | Loral Space & Communications Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $1,159 | 16.67 |
| 39 | Fossil Inc. | Apparel | $2,031 | 31.17 |
| 40 | Varian Medical Systems Inc. | Machinery | $2,357 | 6.44 |
| 41 | Hewlett-Packard Co. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $126,033 | 10.02 |
| 42 | Amphenol Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $3,554 | 26.03 |
| 43 | Coca-Cola Co. | Beverages | $35,119 | 13.32 |
| 44 | Mattel Inc. | Miscellaneous | $5,856 | 7.83 |
| 45 | Joy Global Inc. | Machinery | $3,524 | (2.06) |
| 46 | Murphy Oil Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $23,345 | 22.79 |
| 47 | Carter's Inc. | Apparel | $1,749 | 10.04 |
| 48 | Texas Instruments Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $13,966 | 33.94 |
| 49 | G-III Apparel Group Ltd. | Apparel | $1,063 | 32.78 |
| 50 | Raytheon Co. | Aerospace & Defense | $25,183 | 1.21 |
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