IW 1000: Leaders of the World's Largest Manufacturers [SLIDESHOW]

Aug. 29, 2013

IW 1000 companies made $21 trillion in 2012, a 5% increase from the previous year, when companies generated $20 trillion in revenue.

Ginger Christ

The oil and coal industry as a whole dominated the IW 1000, IndustryWeek's annual list of the world's top manufacturing companies ranked by revenue, securing eight of the top 10 spots on the list and experiencing an average revenue growth of 11%.

The 133 companies in the sector generated $6.6 trillion in revenue, or 31% of the revenue of the world's top 1,000 companies.

Overall, IW 1000 companies made $21 trillion in 2012, a 5% increase from the previous year, when companies generated $20 trillion in revenue.

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Ginger Christ is an associate editor for EHS Today, a Penton publication.

She has covered business news for the past seven years, working at daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in Ohio, including the Dayton Business Journal and Crain's Cleveland Business.

Most recently, she covered transportation and leadership for IndustryWeek, a sister publication to EHS Today.

She holds a bachelor of arts in English and in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.