Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing. Since their founding ITW has become one of the world's leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related service businesses. The company's seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW has more than 50,000 dedicated colleagues in operations around the world who thrive in the company's unique decentralized and entrepreneurial culture. ITW businesses serve local customers and markets around the globe, with a significant presence in developed as well as emerging markets. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to their global leadership in innovation. They are proud of their broad portfolio of more than 17,000 granted and pending patents.