Forbes recently released its 2017 Global 2000 list of the world’s biggest public companies. The list features several firms within the automotive glass industry, including Saint-Gobain and Fuyao Glass.
In the report, a company’s sales, profit, assets and market value are weighted equally to create a composite score and overall ranking. According to Forbes, the companies included in the Global 2000 list have a combined total revenue of $35.3 trillion.
Here are where firms in the automotive glass industry—as well as others that supply to the industry within their subsidiaries—stand in the rankings:
Dow Chemical (U.S.) – No. 113
Sales: $48.14 billion
Employees: 56,000
Other rankings: No. 160 in sales; No. 124 in profit; No. 351 in assets; No. 115 in market value.
Saint-Gobain (France) – No. 268
Sales: $43.24 billion
Employees: 172,696
Other rankings: No. 182 in sales; No. 444 in profit; No. 575 in assets; No. 423 in market value.
Corning (U.S.) – 433
Sales: $9.39 billion
Employees: 40,700
Other rankings: No. 965 in sales; No. 155 in profit; No. 881 in assets; No. 493 in market value.
AGC (Japan) – No. 989
Sales: $11.8 billion
Employees: 50,963
Other rankings: No. 766 in sales; No. 1,347 in profit; No. 1,313 in assets; No. 1,285 in market value.
Sika (Switzerland) – No. 1,158
Sales: $5.83 billion
Employees: 17,419
Other rankings: No. 1,460 in sales; No. 1,067 in profit; No. 789 in market value.
LKQ (U.S.) – No. 1,293
Sales: $8.91 billion
Employees: 42,500
Other rankings: No. 1,007 in sales; No. 1,294 in profit; No. 1,365 in market value.
Fuyao Glass Industry Group (China) – No. 1,813
Sales: $2.47 billion
Employees: 26,109
Other rankings: No. 1,258 in profit; No. 1,409 in market value.
