ITW Announces Plans to Webcast Presentation for Wachovia Securities 15th Annual Nantucket Equity Conference

GLENVIEW, Ill., June 17 -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. today announced plans to webcast its presentation at the upcoming Wachovia Securities 15th Annual Nantucket Equity Conference. ITW's presentation will take place June 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:25 a.m. ET. The URL for the presentation is:

  http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa28/itw/
   
   The presentation will be delivered by David Speer, president.

ITW is an $11.7 billion in revenues diversified manufacturer of highly engineered components and industrial systems and consumables. The company consists of approximately 650 decentralized operations in 45 countries and employs some 49,000 people.