About UsDuring its nearly 100 years of existence, ITW's recipe for success has been focused on creating value-added products for key customers around the world. We do this by growing our business and making acquisitions that provide additional product solutions to our customers. We invite you to learn more about the history of our company. In 1912, on the eve of World War I, Chicago financier Byron L. Smith placed an ad seeking an investment opportunity for ¿a growing manufacturing business.¿ Four men answered: Frank W. England, Paul B. Goddard, Oscar T. Hogg and Carl G. Olson. Together, these forward-thinking businessmen formed a company to manufacture and sell metal-cutting tools. The company expands its original metal cutting tool products to include truck transmissions, pumps and other items for America¿s World War I effort. The genesis of Signode, which later joins ITW, begins with John (Jack) W. Leslie¿s investment in a company that incorporates coil steel strap and seals for packaging containers and products. The DeVilbiss family works diligently to combine an adjustable atomizer with a spray gun. Their innovation results in the development of spray finishing for the application of paint. DeVilbiss later becomes a significant portion of ITW¿s business. C.C. Hobart and his sons, Edward A. and William H., incorporate Hobart Brothers Company, another business that will later be acquired by ITW. Initially, the company will market a battery charger. | 
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