Worldwide Power Products, is an American supplier of
temporary power generation equipment. The company primarily retails
Caterpillar
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As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder ...
and
Cummins
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equipment, but also offers
Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) is an American diesel engine manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. It is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America, which is itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational Daimler Truck AG. ...
and Kohler brands, among others. The company offers generator sets from 10 to 2,500
kW and engines from 150 to 4,000
hp.
In November 2011, WPP was named to
''Forbes'' America's Most Promising Companies list.
History
Will Perry founded Worldwide Power Products in 2008. In 2009, Perry brought in Mark Lum to serve as the company's Executive Vice-President. WPP earned a spot on the 2011 America's Most Promising Companies list. Along with this accolade, Perry has won the
Entrepreneurs' Organization Houston's Entrepreneur of the Year award and was named to the
Houston Business Journal's Top 40 under 40 list.
Operations
Worldwide Power Products bases both the sales and rental departments at its headquarters in Houston, TX. Most deals involve
diesel generators
A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. This is a specific case of an engine generator. A diesel compression ...
and
industrial engines. WPP offers products, such as the Caterpillar 3512C generator pictured at the right, for the manufacturing, industrial, marine, and petroleum industries.
Approximately 70% of all of WPP's business is international. Over the course of the company's life, WPP has made deals in 75 different countries. In particular, after the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46:24 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approx ...
in Japan, WPP shipped out 6,000 kilowatts of power to Japan in 48 hours. And then later that same year, they sent 30 portable generators to the East Coast to help with the recovery from
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth tropical cyclone naming, named storm, first hurricane, and first major ...
.
References
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External links
Official Webpage
Companies based in Houston