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Whitford: winning over the world: Whitford Worldwide mixes the customer dedication and...

By Agosta, Mike
Publication: Coatings World
Date: Tuesday, April 1 2003

Claims such as the largest and most complete line of fluoropolymer coatings in the world and operations in more than 50 countries conjure images of large multinational corporations like Akzo Nobel or DuPont in the minds of most people. A company with no products and no customers formed over lunch in a small Pennsylvania diner by two recently fired workers has the feel of a smaller, local manufacturer.

It would surprise many to find that all of these traits can be ascribed to Whitford Worldwide, a Frazer, PA-based manufacturer of fluoropolymer coatings for the nonstick c

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