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IW U.S. 500

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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...
July 1, 2025
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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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June 30, 2025
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With money-losing 2020 further behind them, several new companies rise in IndustryWeek's annual rankings of the financially best-performing manufacturers.
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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Hosts Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer discuss four styles of decision-making, and the art of balancing speed, facts and empowerment.
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Podcast hosts Dr. Mohamed Saleh and Dyer discuss corporate cultures that throw roadblocks in the way of leaders who are strategic thinkers with a systems perspective.
Oct. 9, 2025
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Oct. 6, 2025

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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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Sept. 30, 2025
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Operations

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Oct. 10, 2025
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“The company has helped me support my own family and provided me with the opportunity to learn and grow.”
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Leadership

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A notable change from recent quarters: Leaders are more upbeat about AI projects’ payoff—and less shy about saying that means their organizations will need fewer people.
Oct. 9, 2025
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The transaction is expected to close in mid- to late-2026 pending regulatory approval.
Oct. 8, 2025
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Oct. 3, 2025
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If you’re not growing, you’re standing still or worse—and that goes for leaders as well as the organizations they helm.
Oct. 2, 2025

Supply Chain

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President Donald Trump says the tariffs will support domestic manufacturing and national security.
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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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