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Many large companies, from Boeing to Caterpillar, are in the capital goods field.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the companies in this field.
10 Companies in the Capital Goods Field
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Headquarters: Omaha, NE
Size: 8,900 employeesTD Ameritrade is a broker that offers an electronic trading platform for the trade of financial assets including common stocks, preferred stocks, futures contracts, exchange-traded funds, forex, options, cryptocurrency, mutual funds, and fixed income investments.
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Headquarters: Boston, MA
Size: 283,000 employeesGeneral Electric Company offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide. It operates in various segments, including power and water, oil and gas, energy management, aviation, healthcare, transportation, appliances and lighting, GE capital, and more.
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Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Size: 141,000 employeesBoeing is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services.
Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the third-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2020 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.
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Headquarters: Westerville, OH
Size: 105,000 employeesABB is a multinational corporation headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, and Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden’s Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland’s Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to create ASEA Brown Boveri, later simplified to the initials ABB.
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Headquarters: Deerfield, IL
Size: 97,300 employeesCaterpillar Inc., is an American corporation which designs, manufactures, markets and sells machinery and engines and sells financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network.
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.
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Headquarters: Omaha, NE
Size: 30,960 employees
The Union Pacific Railroad reporting mark UP is a Class I line haul freight railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 31,800 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad network is the largest in the United States.
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Headquarters: Charlotte, NC
Size: 103,000 employeesHoneywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
It offers aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; specialty chemicals; electronic and advanced materials; process technology for refining and petrochemicals; and energy efficient products and solutions.
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Headquarters: Saint Paul, MN
Size: 94,000 employees3M Company operates as a diversified technology company worldwide.
The company’s Industrial segment offers tapes; coated, non-woven, and bonded abrasives; adhesives; advanced ceramics; sealants; specialty materials; separation and purification products; closure systems for personal hygiene products; acoustic systems products; automotive components; and abrasion-resistant films, and paint finishing and detailing products.
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Headquarters: Dearborn, MI
Size: 186,000 employeesFord is an American multinational automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford and incorporated in 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln luxury brand.
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Headquarters: Bethesda, MD
Size: 115,000 employeesLockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services.
The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services, and Space Systems.
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Matthew Zane is the lead editor of Zippia's How To Get A Job Guides. He is a teacher, writer, and world-traveler that wants to help people at every stage of the career life cycle. He completed his masters in American Literature from Trinity College Dublin and BA in English from the University of Connecticut.
