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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

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Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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316. Sherwin-Williams

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Rank: 316 (Previous rank: 309)
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CEO: Christopher M. Connor
Employees: TK
Address: 101 Prospect Ave. N.W.
Cleveland, OH 44115
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Website: www.sherwin.com

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	8,005.3	2.5
Profits	615.6	6.9
Assets	4,855.3	—
Stockholders' equity	1,785.7	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	7.7
Assets	12.7

Industry: Chemicals

Rank	Company	500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Dow Chemical	42	53,513.0
2	DuPont	81	30,653.0
3	PPG Industries	217	12,299.0


4	Huntsman	249	10,713.4
5	Air Products & Chemicals	258	10,125.0
6	Praxair	278	9,402.0
7	Rohm & Haas	295	8,911.0
8	Monsanto	305	8,607.0
9	Sherwin-Williams	316	8,005.3
10	Ashland	322	7,834.0
11	Eastman Chemical	337	7,372.0
12	Celanese	367	6,641.0
13	Avery Dennison	382	6,307.8
14	Hexion Specialty Chemicals	420	5,810.0
15	Mosaic	422	5,773.7
16	Ecolab	438	5,469.6
17	Lubrizol	505	4,499.0
18	Chemtura	557	3,926.0
19	Nalco Holding	559	3,912.5
20	Solutia	593	3,578.0
21	Cytec Industries	600	3,503.8
22	Rockwood Holdings	618	3,347.2
23	RPM International	619	3,338.8
24	Valspar	634	3,249.3
25	Westlake Chemical	641	3,192.2
26	Georgia Gulf	645	3,176.3
27	W.R. Grace	657	3,115.2
28	Scotts Miracle-Gro	696	2,871.8
29	UAP Holding	699	2,854.1
30	CF Industries Holdings	716	2,756.7
31	PolyOne	743	2,642.7
32	FMC	745	2,632.9
33	Cabot	751	2,616.0
34	Terra Industries	798	2,360.1
35	Albemarle	806	2,336.2
36	International Flavors & Fragrances	821	2,276.6
37	Ferro	836	2,204.8
38	Hercules	858	2,136.2
39	Sigma-Aldrich	882	2,038.7
40	A. Schulman	944	1,787.1

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