10880 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California 90024 United States The Whittaker Corporation grew from a manufacturer of aircraft valves in the 1940's to a conglomerate of nearly 140 widely diversified businesses. Until Joseph F. Alibrandi stepped in as president in 1970, the company faced impending bankruptcy. Although it is now much smaller and more manageable in size, nevertheless. Whittaker …
1101 Wheaton Avenue Millville, New Jersey 08332 U.S.A. With origins in glass production dating to 1888, Wheaton Industries is known as the largest family-owned producer of glassware in the world. From furnishing laboratory glassware, the company moved into design and production of general laboratory supplies and innovative research equipment ranging from centrifuges to micro-processor controlled …
3501 Algonquin Road Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008 U.S.A. Whitman Corporation, known until 1988 as IC Industries, is a Chicago-based firm that owns and operates the largest independent Pepsi bottler company, the largest franchise for car services, and one of the leading manufacturers of refrigerators in the world, along with several other manufacturing divisions. Pepsi General, with factories lo…
2000 North M-63 Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022-2692 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Whirlpool, we believe that innovative thinking comes from anyone and anywhere within our company. That's why, in 1999, we launched a worldwide effort to instill innovation as a core competency throughout our organization. Since then, Whirlpool people worldwide have participated in and contributed to innovation-rela…
11760 Berea Road Cleveland, Ohio 44111 U.S.A. White Consolidated Industries Inc. (WCI), part of the Electrolux Group since 1986, manufactures and markets a wide variety of appliances for Electrolux's North American operations. Perhaps most recognized in the United States among WCI's holdings are the brand names of Viking and White sewing machines, Eureka vacuum cleaners, appliances under the Phil…
3375 Mitchell Lane Boulder, Colorado 80301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We promise to provide our customers with the best selection of natural foods and health care products in an atmosphere of friendliness, eagerness to serve and readiness to educate. We are committed to making our stores a pleasant and exciting place to shop and work, and to be active, responsible contributors to the lives of o…
CityPoint One Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9HX United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our business is focused on growth sectors of the UK leisure market--lodging, eating out and active leisure. Our priorities, on behalf of our shareholders, are to grow our business and to achieve annual improvements in the return on their capital. We are doing this by: Growing the profitability, scale and market sh…
228 St. Charles Avenue P.O. Box 61260 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission at the Whitney is to be the leading financial institution in the markets we serve. To achieve superior results, we provide quality, comprehensive banking services that emphasize soundness, profitability and growth while providing excellence in customer service, shareholder value and employm…
5050 Edgewood Court Jacksonville, Florida 32254-3699 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our efforts are focused on delivering total customer satisfaction and low price leadership. And this goal, we believe, is the key to gaining new customers and increasing sales and profit. We will accomplish this by being flexible and responsive to the ever-changing needs of our customers. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is …
2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, New York 10460 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Wildlife Conservation Society's mission is to save wildlife, to teach ecology, and to inspire care for nature. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is an organization dedicated to saving wildlife and natural environments; in 1999 it boasted about 85,000 members and 140,000 subscribers to its Wildlife Conservation ma…
1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: One of Willamette's strengths is its ability to make products literally from the ground up, assuring customers of quality and reliability at reasonable prices. Willamette Industries, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a medium-sized, diversified forest-products company. The company owns and operates more than 100 …
One Williams Center Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We recognize and enthusiastically accept our responsibility to the communities we serve, through acting as a good neighbor and through involvement and support for community activities. We are committed to protecting the public, the environment and our natural resources by operating in a safe, reliable manner. We maintain a cor…
650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be a strategic business partner with each of our clients by leveraging our expertise and experience to provide innovative, responsive, and cost-effective legal solutions. We understand that the law is a means to accomplish our clients' business objectives, not an end in itself. Our clients are business p…
1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036-2787 U.S.A. White & Case LLP is one of the largest law firms in the world and in November 1999 ranked fifth among the International Financial Law Review list of fastest growing firms in the world, based on its annual growth rate of about 20 percent. Unlike most American-based law firms, White & Case operates numerous overseas offices to meet it…
35 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601-9703 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since before the Civil War, Winston & Strawn has attracted and produced some of the country's ablest and most influential lawyers. Founders Frederick H. Winston and Silas H. Strawn played vital roles in Chicago's emergence as a powerful business and financial center. As former four-term governor of Illinois and chairma…
9540 Washington Boulevard Culver City, California 90232 U.S.A. The second largest producer and distributor of radio programs in the United States, Westwood One, Inc. generates revenue by delivering programs to local radio stations in exchange for airtime the company sells to national advertisers. During the late 1990s Westwood supplied nationally sponsored music, news, entertainment, sports, weat…
151 El Camino Drive Beverly Hills, California 90212 U.S.A. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1998, the William Morris Agency, Inc. is America's oldest and largest talent brokerage. Over the decades, the agency established and nurtured the careers of some of the entertainment industry's brightest stars. The Morris stable has included vaudevillians George Burns and Gracie Allen, movie industry p…
380 Middlesex Avenue Carteret, New Jersey 07008 U.S.A. White Rose, Inc. is the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the New York City metropolitan area. In 1997 it was supplying more than 18,000 food and nonfood items to more than 1,600 stores from Maryland to New England, especially supermarkets and chains in New York City, Long Island, and northern New Jersey. About 850 grocery, fr…
8700 W. Bryn Mawr Chicago, Illinois 60631 U.S.A. Wilson Sporting Goods Company has the largest market share in the sporting and athletic goods industry, with its strongest competitors such as Anthony Industries, Inc., Johnson Worldwide Associates, and Spalding & Evenflo far behind. Wilson Sporting Goods has maintained the lion's share of the market throughout its history primarily because of its …
Ten Trinity Square London EC3P 3AX England Company Perspectives: Our goal is to meet clients' needs in managing and reducing the cost of risk to the highest attainable standard. Willis Corroon Group plc. is a world-leading provider of insurance and reinsurance brokerage services. Headquartered in London, England, with U.S. headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, Willis Corroon operates more than 25…
Rodney Square North 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19890 U.S.A. Wilmington Trust Corporation is the holding company for the Wilmington Trust Company and its subsidiaries. It is the largest banking company in Delaware, with a market share of more than 40 percent in that state. Wilmington Trust has branches all across Delaware, several in the neighboring states of Pennsylvania and Ma…
605 W. Crystal Lake Road Forest City, Iowa 50436 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: More people are choosing the RV lifestyle than ever before. These are exciting times. Enormous opportunities lie ahead for us. To meet the challenges of the next 40 years and beyond, we will continue to work not only harder, but smarter, to be able to continue to further increase our production capacity, market share, f…
33663 Weyerhaeuser Way South Federal Way, Washington 98003 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To achieve its vision of becoming the best forest products company in the world, Weyerhaeuser must lead the industry in forest management and manufacturing excellence. This vision also includes a commitment to employees, customers and shareholders to support the communities where the company does business, to …
555 West Goodale Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-1171 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: White Castle Pledge: 'Serving the finest products, for the least cost, in the cleanest surroundings, with the most courteous personnel.' Considered the first fast-food hamburger chain and known for its unique steam-grilled patties, White Castle System, Inc. has long since been surpassed by the burger giants--McDonald's…
500 Wind River Way Alameda, California 94501 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Wind River's embedded real-time operating system, VxWorks, introduced in 1987, has become an industry standard for performance and sound operation. The success of VxWorks, now part of the company's revolutionary Tornado environment for embedded development, has made Wind River a premier supplier in this market. Factors that…
4400 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, Florida 33137 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Whitman is a proprietary provider of career-oriented postsecondary education. Our students are predominantly adults seeking graduate, undergraduate and non-degree certificate and diploma programs to facilitate their success in the high-demand job fields of information technology, healthcare and business. Whitman Education G…
Nations House 103 Wigmore Place London W1U 1WH United Kingdom Company Perspectives: WH Smith has a history of innovation and creativity. We were the first to locate shops at points where people gathered to travel. We were also the creator of the "yellow back" book, known today as the paperback. Today we are the UK market leader of books, magazines and, most recently, DVD software. My vision for W…
1990 N. 57th Ct. Boulder, Colorado 80301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Our interest is in promoting the use of foods we consider the world better off with, rather than without." This quote from our president, Steve Demos, really sums up the philosophy of White Wave. As a company, we seek to creatively integrate healthy, natural, vegetarian foods into the American diet. That's it. We're not out to…
Wilson Bowden House Leicester Road Ibstock, Leicester LE67 6WB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The strategic aim of the Group is the maximisation of shareholder value through the long-term achievement of consistent growth in profitability. This will be achieved by the profitable provision of premium quality housing and commercial property. One of the United Kingdom's top home builders, Wilso…
725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-5901 U.S.A. Williams & Connolly LLP is one of the United States' largest law firms. Although it describes itself in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory as having a "Practice in Federal Courts and before Federal Departments and Agencies," it does other work in a variety of legal specialties. The firm is well known for criminal defense, the expertise…
Crawford House 23 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda Company Perspectives: White Mountains' mission is to be an intelligent owner of a premier group of regional or niche property/casualty and specialty underwriters which, with prudent operating and financial leverage, produces for its owners a long-term return of at least 700 basis points over ten-year treasuries after all applicable corporate …
1955 North Surveyor Avenue Simi Valley, California 93063-3369 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Through subsidiary Whittaker, Meggitt strives to consistently increase shareholder value by providing technically superior products in its Aerospace Equipment business segment. Whittaker Corporation, once a $2 billion conglomerate, operates as the parent company of Whittaker Controls Inc. and is a subsidiar…
Greenside House 50 Station Road Wood Green London N22 7TP United Kingdom Company Perspectives: William Hill intends to pursue a strategy aimed at delivering sustainable earnings growth and value for shareholders. The key elements of this strategy are to: Continue to enhance traditional earnings and maximise organic growth opportunities; profitably exploit new platforms; capitalise on opportunitie…
Cale House Station Road Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9AD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Vision: To be recognised by customers, employees and investors as "best in class," the premier supply chain solutions company for customers, the employer of choice for top industry professionals, the sector preference for investors. Values: Our core values are: Build and maintain close harmony with our CUSTOM…
4490 Von Karmen Avenue Newport Beach, California 92660 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Your home is where memories are made, where dreams are realized and where you feel most at ease. It makes a telling statement about what you value, where you've been and where you're headed. At William Lyon Homes, we keep these thoughts in mind--for your new home is also our reputation. William Lyon Homes designs,…
1501 North Tenth Street Millville, New Jersey 08332 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Through continuous quality improvement, we are dedicated to being incredibly easy to do business with. In meeting the requirements of our customers, we will service them through accurate and timely deliveries as well as strong technical and after-sales support. Wheaton Science Products will pursue these commitments t…
Sword House Totteridge Road, High Wycombe Bucks HP13 6EJ United Kingdom Wilkinson Sword Ltd., formerly known as Schick-Wilkinson Sword in the United States, is the world's second-largest maker of razor blades and shaving accessories and other personal care products, a market that has dominated the brand's focus since the company's invention of the stainless steel blade in the 1950s. However, the …
Phoenix Crescent Strathclyde Bu Bellshill ML4 3AN United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Not much has changed at the Glenfiddich Distillery since the first spirit ran from the stills on Christmas Day, 1887. It is still independent; owned and run by the fifth generation of the same family. Our founder, William Grant, aspired to create "the best dram in the valley". He achieved it, and we maintain it…
650 Armstrong Place Boise, Idaho 83704-0825 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: WinCo has fostered a 35-year tradition of success by focusing on very large stores with a huge selection of national brands at prices below our competition. In addition, the very nature of having employee stockholders that have seen their Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Pension Plan) grow at a 19.3 percent annual compound gro…
1670 Broadway, Suite 2800 Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Westport Resources Corporation is one of the 20 largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Westport operates in North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, trying to strike a balance between lower-risk onshore properties and higher-risk offshore properties. …
8211 Town Center Dr. Baltimore, Maryland 21236 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Williams Scotsman's mission is to exceed our customers' expectations as the quality leader in providing immediate solutions to their relocatable work space needs. Our goal, to ensure this high level of customer service and the company's success, includes a commitment to investing in our people to foster growth, financial …
125 Western Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02134 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives. WGBH Educational Foundation is an umbrella organization overseeing a number of public broadcasting properties. WGBH's properties in…
20 North Broad Street Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Vision: To be an innovator of unique functional ingredients for the food industry. Our Mission: Wilbur will be the preferred formulator of food ingredients by tailoring fats, flavorings and bulking agents. Our products will enable the food industry to meet the challenges of evolving consumer preferences. The second-…
25 Bonnell Street Newnan, Georgia 30263 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Bonnell family of companies is steeped in tradition, a tradition of trust and integrity which accompanies each order to completion. At Bonnell, our focus is on completing orders and making on time deliveries. We strive to understand our customer's needs and use an innovative team approach to solve problems and drive change. …
Post Office Box 357 General Guisan-Strasse 40 CH-8401 Winterthur, Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: The goal of Winterthur is to set the European benchmark for profitability, productivity and quality. Operational efficiency and client service are the most important priorities in this regard. The prospects are good, based on the company's excellent employees and strong brand. Premium growth…
224 NW 13th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Wieden + Kennedy is an independent, creatively led advertising agency that exists to create strong and provocative relationships between g ood companies and their consumers. Wieden + Kennedy was created to be a different type of advertising agency: one where people come to do the best work of their careers. After twenty years …
Broadfield Park Crawley RH11 9RT United Kingdom Company Perspectives William Reed's mission is to be the market leading provider of business media in the food and drink sectors across the UK. Providing our customers with all the quality information they need through our portfolio of magazines, events, exhibitions, directories, online media, newsletters and related activities. William Reed Core Va…
P.O. Box 20 Roebuck Way Manton Wood United Kingdom Company Perspectives At the heart of Wilkinson is a desire to provide the ultimate shopping experience for our customers and a rewarding place to work for our team members. Our Vision for the business is simple: We are committed to providing our customers on the high street with quality products at everyday low prices and friendly service that ex…
1700 Broadway, Suite 2300 Denver Colorado 80290 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Whiting's growth strategy is focused on increasing reserves and production per share through producing property acquisitions, exploitation and exploration. Whiting strives to increase reserves and daily production through complementary acquisitions, efficiently exploiting our undeveloped oil and natural gas reserves and d…
155 North Wacker Drive Chicago Illinois 60606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Whitehall Jewellers combines a unique formula of upscale quality merchandise at a wonderful price with superior customer service to create the ultimate jewelry shopping experience. Whitehall Jewellers, Inc., is a leading American specialty retailer of fine jewelry, primarily gold and diamonds, which owns and operates 386 st…