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J.C. Whitlam Manufacturing company history timeline

1900

Established in 1900, J.C. Whitlam Manufacturing Company is one of those classic independent family businesses of the coatings industry, a breed whose numbers, alas, have sorely decreased over the past thirty years, especially among the manufacturers.

J.C. Whitlam Manufacturing Company was founded in 1900 on a single product, Tyte-Unyte® Pipe Joint Compound, and for the first thirty-eight years, it was the company's only product.

1920

With the collapse of the construction industry in the late 1920's, the company's fortunes started to deteriorate.

1932

Then, woe on woe, in 1932 came the banking moratorium and the state banking commission took over the bank; which meant that all purchases, payments and actions now had to be approved by a bureaucracy.

1965

He has been with the company since 1965 and is now Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer.

1967

He has been with the company since 1967 and is now Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer.

1980

In 1980, Whitlam also added a complete line of specialties for joining copper pipe and tubing.

1987

The office remained vacant until 1987 when Jack C. Whitlam IV was appointed as president.

Building expansion began in 1987 with the addition of a new shipping and warehousing facility.

1988

Additional laboratory and office facilities were completed in 1988.

1995

The company's facility expansion continued into 1995 with a 12,000-square-foot addition, which doubled the size of the shipping and receiving department.

was purchased in 1995 and its production equipment and inventory were relocated to the parent firm's location in Wadsworth.

2001

Sean M. Whitlam, also a fourth-generation member of the business, joined the company in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ohio University.

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