ITW Announces Plans to Webcast Presentation for Baird's 2009 Industrial Conference

November 3, 2009

GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today announced plans to webcast its presentation at Robert W. Baird's upcoming 2009 Industrial Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. ITW's presentation, featuring Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David B. Speer, will take place Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 12:40 - 1:10 p.m. CT. The URL for the presentation is:

http://www.wsw.com/webcast/baird10/itw/

With $17.1 billion in 2008 revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 895 business units in 54 countries and employs some 59,000 people.

SOURCE Illinois Tool Works Inc.