Top 10 Manufacturing Companies
 Company  Product/ Service  HQ City  SIC Code  Date Est. in Area  Employment
Ford Motor Company (2 plants) Superduty pickup trucks, stamp parts for superduty, Explorers, Mountaineers, Escapes and Sport-Trac Dearborn, MI 3711 1913 8745
GE Consumer Products Large home appliances, lighting Fairfield, CT 3632 1953 5000
Publishers Printing Co. Trade publications Shepherdsville, KY 2752 1866 1674
Swift & Co. Pork products Greeley, CO 2011 1875 1250
Brown-Forman Co. Diversified producer and marketer of fine quality consumer goods Louisville, KY 2085 1870 1264
The Courier-Journal Newspaper publishing McLean, VA 2711 1868 1025
ThyssenKrupp Budd Shelbyville Automotive body stampings/ assemblies Troy, MI 3465 1988 560
Jeffboat LLC Inland river barges and towboats Jeffersonville, IN 3731 1939 1009
Beach Mold & Tool Inc. Plastic injected molded parts and assemblies New Albany, IN 3089 1972 625
Discount Labels Pressure sensitive custom labels Englewood, CO 2679 1965 576

Source:
Business First, October 2005
Greater Louisville Inc. 2005-06 Major Employers Directory
Kentucky Directory of Labor Organizations, August 2005