Manufacturers' News

MNI is the nation's oldest and largest compiler and publisher of industrial directories and databases. Their flagship publication, the Illinois Manufacturers Directory, dates back to 1912. Today MNI is the leading source for information profiling U.S. manufacturers, the largest purchasing group in America, spending billions annually on goods and services. MNI's 80-person editorial research team scours trade journals, news portals, financial reports, government data, websites, social media, and hundreds of other sources to pinpoint every manufacturing establishment in the U.S. Each manufacturer is contacted multiple times annually to ensure their information remains up-to-date and complete. In total, more than two million pieces of mail are sent, one million phone calls placed, and three million emails sent to ensure the accuracy of their data.