| Companies, which manufacture some or other | | | | companies are Boeing Co, Kraft Foods Inc., Motorola |
| products, are called as manufacturing companies. A | | | | Inc. Caterpillar Inc., Sara Lee Corp, Deere & Co, |
| firm that converts raw materials and component parts | | | | Baxter International Inc, Newell Rubbermaid Inc., |
| into consumer and industrial goods is termed as a | | | | Tenneco Automotive Inc, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co, IMC |
| manufacturing company. They are the producers of | | | | Global Inc., Packaging Corp. of America,, Federal Signal |
| many items you use directly or indirectly. Their | | | | Corp., Richardson Electronics Ltd., Zebra Technologies |
| influence on your life is so big that you will not be bale | | | | Corp. and many more. |
| to live without them and their products. | | | | Some of the companies are like- |
| Manufacturing may be from a radio, television, and | | | | Boeing Co. - Manufactures commercial airplanes, |
| computer to aeroplane and war equipments. It may be | | | | military aircraft and satellites |
| pharmaceutical, agricultural, car, equipments, foods, | | | | Motorola Inc. - Manufactures electronic systems and |
| metals and many of the items available under the sun. | | | | components for worldwide markets |
| Manufacturing companies need big investments and | | | | Caterpillar Inc. - Manufactures and market |
| strategic planning to perform. Economic condition of a | | | | earth-moving, construction and material-handling |
| country may influence manufacturing in another | | | | equipment |
| country. They use the factors of production and | | | | Abbott Laboratories - Manufactures and distributes |
| convert them to some useful item for personal or | | | | health care products |
| industrial use. | | | | Deere & Co. - Manufactures, distributes and |
| Manufacturing in Chicago | | | | finances the sale of agricultural, construction and |
| Chicago started with the major meat companies. They | | | | consumer equipment |
| grew in Chicago. Companies such as Armour created | | | | Newell Rubbermaid Inc. - Manufactures and markets |
| global enterprises. Though the meatpacking industry | | | | housewares, hardware, tools, home furnishings and |
| currently plays a lesser role in the city's economy, | | | | office products |
| Chicago continues to be a major transportation and | | | | Navistar International Corp. - Manufactures and |
| distribution center. Chicago is the third busiest | | | | markets medium and heavy trucks and mid-range |
| intermodal port in the world after Hong Kong and | | | | diesel engines |
| Singapore. It is the financial and business capital of the | | | | Pactiv Corp - Manufactures and markets plastic and |
| Midwest. | | | | paper-based consumer products and food-service |
| Today, Chicago is home to 12 Fortune 500 companies | | | | packaging |
| and is considered to be a prime-manufacturing centre. | | | | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. - Manufactures chewing gum |
| Manufacturing, printing and publishing, and food | | | | Federal Signal Corp. - Manufactures safety, signaling |
| processing also play major roles in the city's economy. | | | | and communications equipment and machinery |
| Although Chicago failed to attract the | | | | components |
| automobile-manufacturing dominance it sought, its other | | | | Impact on the economy of Chicago |
| industries thrived through much of the 20th century. | | | | These manufacturing companies helped Chicago to |
| Chicago is a major radio and electronics centre. Like all | | | | get a big name in the field of business and |
| manufacturing cities, the Great Depression also | | | | manufacturing. They are the main tools in the upliftment |
| devastated Chicago. But it emerged safe after a while. | | | | of the economy of the place, sate and the country. |
| Where will you find about manufacturing companies in | | | | They bring more and more money to the country and |
| Chicago? Search for them in the business directories. | | | | increase the status of the city. They are helping the |
| They will be listed in such directories available locally | | | | city grow bigger and bigger. Manufacturing companies |
| and globally. Find out the advertisements available | | | | are offering better scope for growth to the economy. |
| about their products. Search in the Internet to find out, | | | | They are providing employment opportunities for |
| who are they and what they do. Newspapers often | | | | thousands of people. United states economy is |
| publish articles on these manufacturing companies. | | | | dependent on the performance of such companies. |
| What types of manufacturing companies are there in | | | | When they perform well, then the economy rises and |
| Chicago? There are different types of manufacturing | | | | the NASDAQ soars. When they are hit by some or |
| companies present in Chicago. Some of the | | | | other factor, the US economy also gets hit. |