ITW Announces Conference Call Information For 2001 First Quarter Earnings

    GLENVIEW, Ill., April 2 Illinois Tool Works Inc.
today announced that it will hold its 2001 first quarter
conference call on Thursday, April 19, 2001.  The conference call will begin
at 1 p.m. central time and will follow the company's release of first quarter
earnings at 7 a.m. central time on that same day.
    The conference call can be accessed by dialing 847-619-6054.  No pass code
is necessary.  Participants are asked to dial in 15 minutes prior to the start
of the call.  Open to the public, interested participants should contact Karen
Biesiada at 847-657-4062 or kbiesiada@itw.com to reserve a line.  The company
also has made available a playback number for the conference call.  The
playback telephone number is 630-652-3000; the pass code is 3802760.  The
playback number will be available until 12 midnight on May 3, 2001.
    ITW is a $10 billion diversified manufacturer of highly engineered
components and industrial systems.  The company consists of approximately 600
decentralized operations in 43 countries and employs approximately 55,300
people.