Anixter International is a company based in Glenview, Illinois, United States and founded in 1957. The company supplies communications and security products and electrical and electronic wire and cable. Anixter is a Fortune 500 company.[2] In 2011, the company had $6.15 billion in revenue, operating in 260 cities in 50 countries.[1][3][4] The company operates with three major divisions: Network & Security Solutions, Electrical and Electronic Solutions, and Utility Power Solutions. Aerospace Hardware, once considered the fourth division, was sold by Anixter in 2011 to Greenbriar Equity, which formed Align Aerospace.[5][6] In 2002 Anixter was named as a Forbes “Platinum 400” company.[7] In 2013, Fortune ranked Anixter 405 in the Fortune 500 list.