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| Rank |
Company Name |
Industry | Revenue (Millions) | Revenue Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 / 42 | 3M Co. | Chemicals | $29,611 | 11.06 |
| 343 / 393 | A. Schulman Inc. | Chemicals | $2,193 | 37.88 |
| 401 / 407 | A.O. Smith Corp. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $1,711 | 14.85 |
| 35 / 29 | Abbott Laboratories | Pharmaceuticals | $38,851 | 10.48 |
| 466 / NA | Acco Brands Corp. | Instruments | $1,318 | (0.91) |
| 206 / 192 | Activision Blizzard Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $4,755 | 6.93 |
| 441 / 465 | Actuant Corp. | Machinery | $1,445 | 24.54 |
| 389 / 385 | Acuity Brands Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $1,796 | 10.38 |
| 257 / 316 | Adams Resources & Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $3,214 | 45.32 |
| 157 / 141 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $6,568 | 1.14 |
| 114 / 132 | AGCO Corp. | Machinery | $8,773 | 27.21 |
| 154 / 169 | Agilent Technologies Inc. | Instruments | $6,615 | 21.51 |
| 107 / 107 | Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Chemicals | $10,082 | 11.7 |
| 161 / 153 | AK Steel Holding Corp. | Primary Metals | $6,468 | 8.37 |
| 277 / 297 | Albemarle Corp. | Chemicals | $2,869 | 21.43 |
| 48 / 51 | Alcoa Inc. | Primary Metals | $24,951 | 18.74 |
| 328 / 320 | Alere Inc. | Instruments | $2,387 | 10.73 |
| 196 / 209 | Allegheny Technologies Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $5,183 | 28.04 |
| 187 / 178 | Allergan Inc. | Pharmaceuticals | $5,419 | 10.16 |
| 353 / 301 | Alliance One International Inc. | Tobacco | $2,094 | (9.28) |
| 202 / 183 | Alliant Techsystems Inc. | Aerospace & Defense | $4,842 | 0.72 |
| 344 / NA | Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $2,163 | 12.28 |
| 144 / 211 | Alon USA Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $7,186 | 78.29 |
| 355 / 344 | Altera Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $2,064 | 5.63 |
| 53 / 46 | Altria Group Inc. | Tobacco | $23,800 | (2.31) |
| 310 / 306 | American Axle & Mfg. Holdings Inc. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $2,585 | 13.23 |
| 404 / NA | American Greetings Corp. | Publishing & Printing | $1,695 | 6.44 |
| 271 / 289 | AMETEK Inc. | Instruments | $2,990 | 21 |
| 74 / 68 | Amgen Inc. | Pharmaceuticals | $15,582 | 3.51 |
| 288 / 255 | Amkor Technology Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $2,776 | (5.55) |
| 230 / 228 | Amphenol Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $3,940 | 10.85 |
| 85 / 91 | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $13,967 | 27.16 |
| 270 / 265 | Analog Devices Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $2,993 | 8.39 |
| 212 / 235 | Andersons Inc. | Chemicals | $4,576 | 34.84 |
| 66 / 84 | Apache Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $16,888 | 39.66 |
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Computers & Other Electronic Products | $108,249 | 65.96 |
| 104 / 105 | Applied Materials Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $10,517 | 10.14 |
| 331 / 328 | AptarGroup Inc. | Plastics | $2,337 | 12.54 |
| 12 / 17 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Food | $80,676 | 30.79 |
| 279 / 264 | Armstrong World Industry Inc. | Rubber Products | $2,860 | 3.37 |
| 160 / 108 | Ashland Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $6,502 | (27.85) |
| 386 / 381 | Atmel Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $1,803 | 9.67 |
| 172 / 140 | Avery Dennison Corp. | Paper | $6,026 | (7.47) |
| 99 / 92 | Avon Products Inc. | Chemicals | $11,292 | 3.95 |
| 408 / 378 | AVX Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $1,653 | 26.68 |
| 62 / 70 | Baker Hughes Inc. | Machinery | $19,831 | 37.58 |
| 118 / 121 | Ball Corp. | Fabricated Metal Products | $8,631 | 13.12 |
| 492 / 469 | Barnes Group Inc. | Fabricated Metal Products | $1,169 | 3.19 |
| 87 / 79 | Baxter International Inc. | Medical Instruments & Equipment | $13,893 | 8.18 |
| 320 / 341 | BE Aerospace Inc. | Aerospace & Defense | $2,500 | 25.99 |
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