Architecture
Numbers Matter
Founding Father
Grab Bag
100

The now vacant building at 138 W. Clark Street in Stevens Point, WI was the original home of this world renown tackle component company.

What is The Worth Company?

100

This number represents the number of square feet the entire Worth Company building occupies.  

What is 70,000?

100

He was the founder of The Worth Company and originated from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Who is Joseph Worth?

100

The third home of The Worth Company on Union Street was the first to have this amenity for its factory employees in Portage County.

What is air conditioning?

200

The second location of the Worth Company was located at 145 Main St.  The building was sold and later become the equivalent of this drunken ungulate.

What is the Moose Bar?

200

This is the number of years that the Worth Company has been in business.

What is 79?

200

The founder of The Worth Company originally started his business career in Stevens Point by forming this scrubbed air company.

What is Kleenaire?

200

The Worth Company houses this type of operation, which offers a full plate of opportunity and is the only one to be found in Portage County.

What is electroplating?

300

The third home of The Worth Company was located at 220 Union Street.  The current occupant of that building likes to proclaim "Live United!"

What is the United Way?

300

6,146 is the current number of this extremely important group to The Worth Company.

What is the number of customers we have?

300

The Worth Company has its origins from this bait company which was purchased and relocated in 1941 by our founder.

What was Olsen Bait Company of Chippewa Falls?

300

Johnny Carson once promoted this device made by the Worth Company on the Tonight Show.

What is an electric fish scaler?

400

The main building of the present Worth Company building was built by this group of workers who were sometimes referred to as hoggers, hostlers, ash cats, and pin pullers.

Who were railroad workers?

400

Over 200 women were employed at The Worth Company during the 1950's performing this task.

What is fly tying?

400

Our founder was the 1st of this many generations to work at The Worth Company?

What is 4?

400

The number 96813 represents this common part when found in its raw state.

What is a 2 1/2 plain steel split ring?

500

The present site of The Worth Company was once the home of this playground substrate material manufacturer.

What was the Whiting Sand Pit?

500

Defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilized resources, transportation, inventory, motion and excess processing are referred to as this.

What are the 8 wastes of Lean Manufacturing?

500

The four maple trees (now three) that stand at the entrance to The Worth Company were planted by our founding father during this year, which happens to be the same year that Pizza Hut was founded.

What is 1958?

500

We refer to the organization of the workplace as 5S.  There is a 6th S, that is silent, yet is built into fabric of a good 5S program.

What is Safety.