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EXHIBIT 21
WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
AN OHIO CORPORATION
The following is a list of subsidiaries owned, directly or indirectly, by
Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, together with their
respective jurisdictions of organization.
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Worthington Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados
Worthington Industries Incorporated Ohio
Worthington Industries Medical Center, Inc. Ohio
Worthington Steel of Michigan, Inc. (d/b/a The Worthington Steel Company) Michigan
Dietrich Industries, Inc. Pennsylvania
Dietrich Design Group, Inc. Pennsylvania
The Gerstenslager Company Michigan
Gerstenslager Co. Ohio
Worthington-Buckeye, Inc. Ohio
Buckeye Energy Company, Inc. Ohio
Buckeye International Development, Inc. Ohio
WI Products, Inc. Ohio
Worthington Cylinder Corporation Ohio
Brazil
Industrias Worthington Do Brasil Ltda. Brazil
Worthington Tank, Ltda. Alabama
Worthington Acetylene Cylinders, Inc. (d/b/a North American Cylinders, Inc.)
Worthington Industries of Canada, Inc. Canada
Worthington Cylinders of Canada Corp. (d/b/a Steel Canada
Cylinder Manufacturing)
Worthington Heiser Cylinders GmbH Austria
Worthington Cylinders-Embalagens Industriais de Gas, S.A. Portugal
Worthington Industries of Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
The Worthington Steel Company Delaware
Delaware
Worthington Steelpac Systems, L.L.C.
The Worthington Steel Company North Carolina
The Worthington Steel Company Ohio
Worthington Steel Company of Kentucky, L.L.C. Kentucky
BeamAlloy Corporation Delaware
Newman Crosby Steel, Incorporated Ohio
Worthington Steel Company of Decatur, L.L.C. Alabama
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Worthington OEG Company Michigan
Worthington Steel Company of Alabama, Inc. & Co. OEG Austria
The Worthington Steel Company of Decatur, Inc. Michigan
JOINT VENTURES
Spartan Steel Coating, LLC (1) Michigan
TWB Company, LLC (2) Michigan
TWB of Ohio, Inc. Ohio
Worthington Armstrong Venture (WAVE) (3) Delaware
Worthington Specialty Processing, Inc. (WSP) (4) Michigan
Acerex, S.A. de C.V. (5) Mexico
Worthington S.A. (6) Brazil
Worthington Gastec a.s. (7) Czech Republic
MINOR/INACTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
ACT International Ohio
BI Plastics, Inc. Ohio
Dietrich Rolling Mills, Inc. Canada
Little Pal, Inc. Ohio
MowSafe Products, Inc. Ohio
NRM Trucking Company Delaware
Rapport Insurance, Ltd. Bermuda
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(1) Consolidated joint venture with 52% owned by Worthington Steel of
Michigan, Inc. and 48% by QS Steel Inc.
(2) Unconsolidated joint venture with 33.33% owned by Worthington Steel of
Michigan, Inc. and the remaining interests owned by Thyssen Inc.,
Bethlehem Blank Welding, Inc., LTV Steel and Rouge Steel.
(3) Unconsolidated joint venture with 50% owned by The Worthington Steel
Company (Delaware) and 50% owned by Armstrong Ventures, Inc.
(4) Unconsolidated joint venture with 50% owned by Worthington Steel of
Michigan, Inc. and 50% owned by USX Corporation.
(5) Unconsolidated joint venture with 50% owned by Worthington Industries
Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and 50% owned by Hylsa S.A. de C.V.
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(6) Consolidated joint venture with 52% owned by Industrias Worthington Do
Brasil Ltda. and the remaining interests owned by three Brazilian propane
producers.
(7) Consolidated joint venture with 51% owned by Worthington Heiser Cylinders
GmbH with a local Czech Republic entrepreneur in Hustopece, Czech
Republic.
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