Worthington Cylinders

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Worthington Cylinders is a US company based in Columbus , Ohio. It manufactures various types of compressed gas containers, such as gas cylinders for industrial gases, camping gas or compressed air cylinders for the vehicle industry. Worthington Cylinders belongs to the mainly steel processing group Worthington Industries .

Worthington Cylinders operates 13 plants in the United States, two in Poland in Europe and one each in Austria, Portugal and Turkey.

history

Worthington Cylinders was founded in the United States in 1971 when Worthington Industries acquired the pressurized gas cylinder division of Lennox Industries .

The Group Worthington Industries was founded in the year 1955 by John H. McConnell. In 2007 the group had a turnover of more than 3 billion US $ with around 8,000 employees. Worthington has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2001.

Worthington Cylinders Austria

Worthington Cylinders Austria (WCA) is located in Kienberg in Lower Austria, following the takeover of Heiser in 1998 . Around 350 employees manufacture seamless steel cylinders there, which are exported to 70 countries around the world.

The factory was founded in 1817 when Anton Winter bought three blacksmiths whose roots go back to the 16th century. In 1849 this first company was taken over by Josef Heiser and in 1911 by the Reitlinger brothers.

The first steel bottle was made in 1920. However, the foundry and axle production were not stopped. After the Second World War, the company was confiscated as German property and placed under USIA administration and was only returned after 1955.

The axle forge was closed in 1974 and the foundry in 1987. The absorption compound for filling acetylene bottles has also been produced in the factory since 1967, and asbestos-free since 1992. Light steel bottles made of high-strength steel have been produced since 1986. In addition, composite bottles (fiber material over metal liners) have been manufactured in Kienberg since 1995, which are often used for breathing apparatus .

In 1998 the factory was taken over by Worthington Cylinders. Until then it was known as Jos. Hoarse in front of J. Winters Sohn Aktiengesellschaft and bottles were stamped with the manufacturer's stamp of a superimposed "J" and a smaller "H" on the shoulder. Then the stamp of the Worthington brand, an italic W with an additional square above it, was used.

The company has received numerous awards over the years. WCA was among the best employers in Austria in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015 . In 2007 and 2008 WCA was Austria-wide winner among Austria's Leading Companies in the Big Player category . In 2008 and 2011 the company received the State Prize for Corporate Quality from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and in 2009 the Austrian coat of arms.

In August 2013 a fire destroyed the plant for the production of the storage mass for acetylene bottles. The newly built mass plant went back into operation in July 2014 with modern processes.

For decades, light steel bottles from Kienberg - at that time still under the Heiser brand - have been known for their particularly low weight and a large standing circle around the concave base. In July 2014, the production of the seamless ISO 9809-2 steel bottles was converted to a new design - in-house: New Age . The masses of the 50-liter bottles in the 200 and 300 bar versions fell from 46.5 to 44 kg and from 64 to 62 kg, i.e. by 5 and 3 percent, respectively. They are accordingly easier to transport and are approved for a maximum temperature of 40 ° C. With Longlife Powercoat, a powder coating for steel bottles has been offered since 2016. Since 2018, these have been available in single-layer versions with and without a conversion layer (single layer SL or SL +) and two-layer versions only with (double layer DL +). In June 2018, Worthington reported that it had improved the internal cleanliness of the bottles: from 100 to 50 mg / m 2 hydrocarbons and from 100 to 20 mg / m 2 particles. For particularly demanding applications, these limit values ​​can be reduced to 10 mg / m 2 or 5 mg / m 2 with additional treatments .


Worthington Gastec as in the Czech Republic (1999–2012)

From 1999 to 2012 Worthington Cylinders also operated a plant in Hustopeče in the Czech Republic, which produces compressed air tanks for trucks and buses. The factory was founded in 1881 by Edmund Wessely in Hustopeče. Under the company names Jihokov (since 1954), Plynokov (since 1958) and Gastec (since 1992) liquefied gas cylinders and other welded pressurized gas containers were manufactured. In 2012 the plant was taken over by the Austrian group Frauenthal Holding and operates under the name Frauenthal Automotive Hustopeče .

Plant in Poland

Worthington bought a plant in Slupsk , Poland that manufactures welded liquefied gas cylinders and expanded in 2015 to include Type III composite cylinders for the European market.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pressure Cylinder Facilities ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Status: 2013), accessed on May 16, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / worthingtonindustries.com
  2. ↑ Worthington Cylinders: Our History ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 16, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worthingtoncylinders.com
  3. ^ Worthington Cylinders Austria: The History of the location , accessed on May 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 8, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.greatplacetowork.at
  5. ↑ Österreichische Staatswappenträger ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 13, 2010.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatswappen.at
  6. ^ Worthington in Kienberg: New lightweight steel bottle noen.at, June 23, 2014, accessed February 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ Worthington Makes Steel Bottles Live Longer press-n-relations.com, October 4, 2016, accessed February 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ Worthington Industries increases surface quality and internal cleanliness of its steel bottles press-n-relations.com, June 11, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ Frauenthal Holding: History of the Frauenthal Group , accessed on May 16, 2014.

Web links

literature

  • From axles to steel bottles , commemorative publication for the 200th anniversary of the site, WCA, 2017