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EXHIBIT 21

WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
A DELAWARE CORPORATION

JURISDICTION OF
SUBSIDIARY (1) INCORPORATION
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Dietrich Industries, Inc. Pennsylvania
The Gerstenslager Company Michigan
I. H. Schlezinger, Inc. Ohio
Worthington Industries of Michigan, Inc. Michigan
SUBSIDIARIES OF WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES OF MICHIGAN, INC.
The Worthington Steel Company Indiana
The Worthington Steel Company Kentucky
The Worthington Steel Company Maryland
The Worthington Steel Company North Carolina
The Worthington Steel Company Delaware
.......NRM Trucking Co. (2) Delaware
Worthington Steel of Michigan, Inc. Michigan
d/b/a The Worthington Steel Company

Worthington Cylinder Corporation Ohio
Worthington Acetylene Cylinders, Inc. (3) Alabama
(d/b/a North American Cylinders, Inc.)
Worthington Cylinders of Canada, Inc. (3) Ontario, Canada
Steel Cylinder Manufacturing, Inc. (4) Ontario, Canada

Buckeye Steel Castings Company Ohio
Buckeye Energy Company, Inc. (5) Ohio
B-I Sales, Inc. (5) Michigan
GSI Engineering, Inc. (5) Delaware
Buckeye International Development, Inc.(5) Ohio
Worthington Custom Plastics, Inc. (5) Ohio
Worthington Precision Metals, Inc. (6) Tennessee

Industrias Worthington Do Brasil Ltda Laws / Federative Republic of Brazil
Worthington Industries of Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico

(1) All subsidiaries are 100% owned by the listed parent unless otherwise
noted
Some minor or non-functioning corporations are not listed
(2) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Worthington Steel Company(DE)
(3) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Worthington Cylinder Corporation
(4) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Worthington Cylinders of Canada, Inc.
(5) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Buckeye Steel Castings Company
(6) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Worthington Custom Plastics, Inc.

JOINT VENTURES

Worthington Specialty Processing (7) Michigan

London Industries, Inc. (8) Ohio

TWB Company, L.L.C. (9) Michigan

Worthington Armstrong Venture (10) Delaware

Acerex, S.A. de C.V. (11) Mexico

Worthington S.A. (12) Brazil

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(7) 50% Joint Venture w/USX Corporation - owned by Worthington Steel of
Michigan, Inc.

(8) 60% owned Joint Venture with Nissen, Sumitomo & Sumitomo Corp. of America
-owned by Worthington Custom Plastics, Inc.

(9) 33% Joint Venture - Owned by Worthington Steel of Michigan, Inc.

(10) 50% Joint Venture w/Armstrong Ventures, Inc. - Owned by The Worthington
Steel Company (DE)

(11) 50% Joint Venture with Hylsa S.A. de C.V. Owned by Worthington Industries
Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

(12) 52% Joint Venture - Owned by Worthington, S.A.