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eMedia audience overview and demographics

Users come to IndustryWeek.com for manufacturing news, opinion, knowledge, and community

Job title

  • 55% senior management

    • 28% president/C-level

    • 20% VP

    • 7% owner/partner

    • 27% director

    • 19% general manager

  • 21% line-of-business management

  • 19% manager

  • 5% analyst

74% use IW to research business practices

 

76% use the Internet at work at least 5 hours per week, and 18% use it more than 20 hours per week

Industry involvement

  • 14% aerospace
  • 27% automotive

  • 19% chemicals

  • 17% consumer durables

  • 15% consumer packaged goods

  • 22% high-tech

  • 32% industrial machinery and equipment

  • 31% metal products

  • 13% paper mfg, printing and publishing

  • 10% pharmaceuticals and biotech

Annual revenues

  • 37% large manufacturers
    ($1 billion or more)

  • 34% mid-size manufacturers
    ($50 million-$999 million)

  • 29% small manufacturers
    (Less than $50 million)

91% of IndustryWeek.com users have purchasing decision-making authority

Purchase involvement:

  • 62% determine need

  • 61% evaluate product features

  • 52% select supplier

  • 60% approve purchases

When you're looking for information on manufacturing, which sources do you use?

  • 91% websites

  • 83% industry trade magazines

  • 82% Internet search engines

  • 40% general business magazines

  • 39% e-mail newsletters

  • 17% newspapers

  • 3% TV

  • 2% radio

  • 1% none of the above

 

Source: IndustryWeek.com user survey, October 2007.  Sample size = 846

   

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