2018 IW U.S. 500: The $10 Billion Profit Leaders

Seven members of the 2018 IndustryWeek U.S. 500 earned net income in excess of $10 billion. Meet these select few.

Aug. 27, 2018

While the IndustryWeek U.S. 500 names its top publicly held manufacturing companies based on revenue, there's no question that profit, or net income, is a key financial metric.

Seven companies on the 2018 IW U.S. 500 earned net income of at least $10 billion, and most of them earned significantly more than that.

Not surprisingly, these seven companies also ranked highly on the overall list of manufacturing companies. To earn $10 billion in net income, their revenue must be substantial.

The seven manufacturers who comprise the $10 billion club all hail from the top 50 of the IW U.S. 500 membership list.

Without further ado, meet the profit leaders.

About the Author

Jill Jusko

Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek. She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of world-class results in quality, productivity, cost and other benchmarks by implementing the latest continuous improvement and lean/Six-Sigma strategies. Jill also coordinates IndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America.

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