headquarters greenville pennsylvania united states divisions werner green bull keller knaack weather guard website corporate site werner co. is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of aluminum and fiberglass ladders . the company also supplies other climbing equipment access products and fall protection equipment . a privately owned company werner co. corporate headquarters is at 93 werner road greenville pa 16125 9499 history edit werner co. was founded in 1922 by richard d. werner as r. d. werner co. inc. a small business selling materials for floors carpets and walls . the company quickly began to specialize in metal moldings including a patented brand of metal kitchen trim called chromtrimtm . r. d. werner co. inc. became a leader in plastics extrusion during the world war ii restrictions on civilian metal usage . after the war werner started working with aluminum and developed the various types of aluminum ladders for which it is best known . werner began production of fiberglass ladders in 1963 and in 1981 developed the glas mark process to personalize fiberglass ladder rails with embedded customer graphics . in 1997 the company restructured and sold a majority holding to the international investment group investcorp s.a. . in december 2005 the extruded products division formerly wxp inc. was sold to hig capital . 1 werner reported audited net sales of 472.3 million for the year ending dec. 31 2005 . as of march 31 2006 werner reported assets of 201 million and liabilities of 473.4 million . 2 werner co. filed for chapter 11 protection under the bankruptcy code in delaware on june 12 2006 primarily due to excessive leverage significant increases in raw material costs and the loss of one of its largest customers . on june 8 2007 a new company was formed by the major creditors to purchase substantially all the assets of the old company . werner co. operates as an international subsidiary of new werner holding co. inc. with manufacturing warehousing sales and distribution facilities in the united states mexico canada china the united kingdom and australia . 3 4 5 6 references edit werner co. seeks chapter 11 protection . the herald sharon pa . werner co. files for ch . 11 bankruptcy protection . modern distribution management . company overview of werner co. . businessweek . werner ladder buys green bull . modern distribution management . emerson sells knaack to werner for 115 million . st louis business journal . werner access products uk holdings ltd. completes acquisition of youngman group ltd. . finanznachrichten.de . external links edit corporate site werner ladders site green bull site keller site knaack site weather guard site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title werner co. & oldid 744155911 categories manufacturing companies based in pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 1922privately held companies based in pennsylvaniamanufacturing companies established in 19221922 establishments in pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 2007manufacturing companies established in 20072007 establishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 13 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view