A Tradition of Innovation
More than 40 years ago, W.J. Whatley Inc., introduced a fiberglass filament-wound light pole. The design offered several valuable advantages compared to conventional products. The fiber-reinforced composite pole was non-corrosive for long-life performance and non-conductive for enhanced safety. Its revolutionary low-weight-to-high-strength ratio offered easy, economical installation while delivering exceptional durability.
Today, the Whatley product family is part of Valmont Industries, Inc. Leveraging Valmont's knowledgeable, in-house technical expertise and global resources, Whatley is a leader in supplying composite light poles and lamp posts to municipalities, developers, electrical engineers, landscape architects and governmental agencies from coast to coast.
Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.
Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in over 100 different countries.
That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.
