Industry Week's IW 1,000 List

Here is a great online company database you should use for industry and business prospecting. The IW 1000 is IndustryWeek's unique report on the world's 1,000 largest publicly held manufacturing companies based on revenue.

The IW 1000 includes:

* Manufacturing companies with a majority of their business in a manufacturing industry.

* Companies that generated less than 50% of revenues from manufacturing, but more revenue from manufacturing than the lowest-revenue-producing companies on this year's list.

* Software companies whose primary business is the manufacture of software programs.

* Oil and gas companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from the refining of oil and gas products.

* Companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from the manufacture of mined materials.