Worthington Industries

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Coordinates: 40°06′38″N 83°01′17″W / 40.110655, -83.021396

Worthington Industries, Inc.
Type	Public
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 metal processing company with annual sales of approximately $3 billion. The company is based in Columbus, Ohio, and produces metal framing, pressure cylinders, automotive past model service stampings, metal ceiling grid systems, steel pallets and laser welded blanks. Worthington employes more than 8,000 people and operates 63 facilities in 10 countries.

Worthington Industries has three primary business units (steel processing, metal framing and pressure cylinders) and several joint ventures. Its divisions and joint ventures include:

Accelerated Building Technologies, a Dietrich-Nova Chemicals JV
Aegis Metal Framing
Dietrich Metal Framing
Gerstenslager Company
Spartan Steel Coating
Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB Company)
Viking & Worthington Steel Enterprise
Worthington Armstrong Venture
Worthington Cylinders
Worthington Integrated Building Systems
Worthington Machine Technology
Worthington Specialty Processing
Worthington Steel
Worthington SteelPac

Worthington Industries was founded in 1955 by John H. McConnell, who purchased his first load of steel by borrowing $600 against his 1952 Oldsmobile.

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[edit] Dietrich Industries

Dietrich Industries is a company that manufactures steel framing and finishing products, such as materials for plaster and stucco. It is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States and has many factories located throughout the United States and Canada.