Worthington Industries
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| Worthington Industries, Inc. | |
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| Type of Company | Public |
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| Founded | 1955 (Columbus, Ohio) |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio |
| Key people | John P. McConnell, Chairman & CEO John S. Christie, President & CFO John H. McConnell, Founder |
| Products | Steel |
| Employees | 8,000 |
| Website | www.worthingtonindustries.com |
Worthington Industries, Inc. NYSE: WOR is a global company that processes steel and manufactures steel products for use in automotive, construction, hardware, aerospace and many other industries.
Worthington Industries has annual revenues of more than $3 billion US, and is one of North America's premier value-added steel processors and a leader in manufactured metal products such as metal framing, pressure cylinders, automotive past model service stampings, metal ceiling grid systems and laser welded blanks.
The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio in the United States of America, and employs 8,000 employees in 64 facilities throughout 10 countries. Worthington Industries has three primary business units (steel processing, metal framing and pressure cylinders) and several joint ventures that complement its focus on metals-related markets. Its divisions and joint ventures include:
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- Worthington Steel
- Dietrich Metal Framing
- Worthington Cylinders
- Worthington SteelPac
- Gerstenslager Company
- Dietrich Construction Group
- Worthington Machine Technology
- Aegis Metal Framing
- Spartan Steel Coating
- Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB Company)
- Viking & Worthington Steel Enterprise
- Worthington Armstrong Venture
- Worthington Specialty Processing
Fortune Magazine has listed Worthington Industries as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America three times, most recently in 2006, and it was ranked number 603 in the 2006 Fortune 1000 list.
Worthington Industries was founded in 1955 by John H. McConnell, who purchased his first load of steel by borrowing $600 against his 1952 Oldsmobile.
