Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR) is a global company that processes steel for use in the automotive, construction, hardware, aerospace and many other industries. Their family of 8,000 employees in 68 facilities throughout 10 countries has helped them earn the respect of their customers, their communities and their industry. With systems developed to conform to international standards for quality, environmental management and occupational health and safety, Worthington Industries consistently rank at the top of the Jacobson & Associates Survey, which ranks customer satisfaction among major steel suppliers.With sales of approximately $3 billion annually, Worthington Industries is North America's premier value-added steel processor 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.
Since 1955, Worthington Industries and its employees have lived a customer-centered philosophy, based on the Golden Rule. Worthington Industries often describe their company as "stability in motion," meaning their customers can trust them for old-fashioned quality, reliability and superior service, but also can look to them for dynamic innovation.
This attitude toward their customers, their employees and their shareholders has earned them the honor of being named one of the Most Admired Companies in their industry by Fortune magazine. In 2003, Worthington Industries were honored as one of the 30 best performing stocks of the past 30 years by Money magazine. Fortune magazine has listed them as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America four times and Forbes magazine named them one of America's Best Big Companies in 2001 and 2004 and one of America's Best Managed Companies in 2005.
