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 2010 is weighted at 30% and 2009 contributes 20%.
This list was published in the July 2012 issue of IndustryWeek.
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Rank |
Company Name | Industry | Revenue (Millions) | Revenue Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $108,249 | 65.96 |
| 2 | Tempur-Pedic International Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,418 | 28.27 |
| 3 | Polaris Industries Inc. | Railcars, Ships, & Other Trans. Equip. | $2,657 | 33.44 |
| 4 | Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | $76,346 | 12.75 |
| 5 | Monster Beverage Corp. | Beverages | $1,703 | 30.62 |
| 6 | Lorillard Inc. | Tobacco | $6,466 | 9 |
| 7 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $471,140 | 26.47 |
| 8 | NewMarket Corp. | Chemicals | $2,150 | 19.59 |
| 9 | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | Apparel | $1,377 | 37.59 |
| 10 | Microsoft Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $69,943 | 11.94 |
| 11 | IBM Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $106,916 | 7.05 |
| 12 | Coach Inc. | Apparel | $4,159 | 15.27 |
| 13 | Darling International Inc. | Food | $1,797 | 147.93 |
| 14 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Chemicals | $16,734 | 7.52 |
| 15 | CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Chemicals | $6,098 | 53.79 |
| 16 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $16,244 | 12.94 |
| 17 | Walter Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $2,571 | 61.95 |
| 18 | Chevron Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $246,343 | 23.61 |
| 19 | Hershey Co. | Food | $6,081 | 7.23 |
| 20 | HollyFrontier Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $15,440 | 85.51 |
| 21 | Guess Inc. | Apparel | $2,688 | 8.07 |
| 22 | PepsiCo Inc. | Beverages | $66,504 | 14.98 |
| 23 | Cummins Inc. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $18,048 | 36.46 |
| 24 | Deluxe Corp. | Publishing & Printing | $1,418 | 1.1 |
| 25 | Fossil Inc. | Apparel | $2,567 | 26.43 |
| 26 | Stepan Co. | Chemicals | $1,843 | 28.79 |
| 27 | Southern Copper Corp. | Primary Metals | $6,819 | 32.42 |
| 28 | PolyOne Corp. | Plastics | $2,864 | 9.21 |
| 29 | Herman Miller Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,649 | 25.05 |
| 30 | McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. | Publishing & Printing | $6,246 | 1.26 |
| 31 | Sauer-Danfoss Inc. | Machinery | $2,057 | 25.41 |
| 32 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | Rubber Products | $3,927 | 16.85 |
| 33 | Western Digital Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $9,526 | (3.29) |
| 34 | Dell Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $62,071 | 0.94 |
| 35 | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | Chemicals | $1,219 | 10.45 |
| 36 | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Medical Instruments & Equipment | $1,757 | 24.37 |
| 37 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | Aerospace & Defense | $46,499 | 1.52 |
| 38 | FMC Technologies Inc. | Machinery | $5,099 | 23.59 |
| 39 | Donaldson Co. Inc. | Machinery | $2,294 | 22.21 |
| 40 | Intel Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $53,999 | 23.79 |
| 41 | Kellogg Co. | Food | $13,198 | 6.46 |
| 42 | Mattel Inc. | Miscellaneous | $6,266 | 7 |
| 43 | Oracle Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $35,622 | 32.82 |
| 44 | Hormel Foods Corp. | Food | $7,895 | 9.34 |
| 45 | Targa Resources Partners LP | Petroleum & Coal Products | $6,987 | 27.96 |
| 46 | Toro Co. | Machinery | $1,884 | 11.45 |
| 47 | Cubic Corp. | Instruments | $1,285 | 7.62 |
| 48 | Coca-Cola Co. | Beverages | $46,542 | 32.53 |
| 49 | Rockwell Automation Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $6,000 | 23.54 |
| 50 | Campbell Soup Co. | Food | $7,719 | 0.56 |
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