White Knight was established in 1995 to market ultra high purity chemical handling components and devices designed by the Simmons family in their days of owning a machine shop which specialized in the machining of exotic plastics and fluoropolymers. Over the years, White Knight has become the recognized leader in the design and manufacture of zero metal, ultra high purity chemical pumps and continues to lead the industry in product and innovation.

White Knight is a highly technical corporation which relies heavily on patented and proprietary intellectual properties including patents, know-how, and trade and manufacturing secrets. White Knight products are protected by no less than 11 patents, all received since the inception of the company in 1995. The owners of White Knight currently have other intellectual properties in various stages of patents pending.

We maintain a state of the art design and manufacturing facility reliant on highly advanced Solid Modeling software, CAM software, CNC Machining and Turning Centers and computer controlled presses and ovens.

While we stress technology in design, manufacture and product, White Knight also realizes that success can only be achieved by people. We rely on our employees and realize that their dedication and commitment are no small part of our success.

White Knight® pumps are the heartbeat of the systems that they operate within and they provide the critical fluids necessary for the processes required. We do not take this reference to a heartbeat lightly. Our customers bank on our pumps to keep their production lines running. Because of this we place very high emphasis on the reliability of our products and our strong customer service.

PTFE (a fluoropolymer which Dupont trade names Teflon®) is the critical material in our products. For this reason we control the manufacture of PTFE through all phases of manufacture beyond its resin state. White Knight presses, sinters, and machines all of the molded PTFE used in our products. Molding and Pressing of basic PTFE shapes is done in a clean room environment to assure the ultra high level of cleanliness that our products require. Molding, pressing and sintering of PTFE is still considered by many to be a “black art.”

This is due to the many variables that exist in the various processes, each variable affecting different aspects, properties and qualities of the finished PTFE shape. Enhancing one property of the finished PTFE shape often comes at the expense of another. Some of our basic shapes depend on low levels of inherent stress. Others depend on improved elasticity, while still others require maximum density. Our molding, pressing and sintering processes have all been specifically developed around the part that the basic shape is to make and the properties that it requires. These processes are highly developed and are closely guarded trade secrets.

Machining of PTFE is in and of itself a difficult task due to its soft and fluid nature. We pride ourselves in the proprietary processes and tooling that we have developed to ensure that our PTFE shapes are not degraded in cleanliness or other desired properties during the machining process and that critical tolerances are met and maintained.

White Knight pumps and other components are assembled, tested (with true de-ionized water) and double bagged in a class 100 clean room to ensure that their high level of cleanliness is maintained.

While the downturn spanning 2001 through 2003 was brutal to billings in the industry, White Knight is on schedule to bill for more in 2004 than we did in 2000. This is amazing and far ahead of the industry when measured as a whole. Due to lean manufacturing implementations begun in late 2001, we have been able to significantly reduce manufacturing time per pump. This has helped to improve profits in times of low orders but it has also set us in an excellent position as the market continues to increase. While the first 5 months of 2004 have us on schedule to better our peak billings of 2000, we have only been required to work one forty hour shift per week with less manufacturing personnel than we carried during 2000. Our billings in 2000 not only required more personnel, but significant amounts of overtime were required. This puts White Knight in a favorable position. White Knight could triple output from its peak in 2000, (and current) billing levels by simply adding two more shifts, still leaving room for expansion into weekends. With the degree of automation that we have reached, and with the level of our current employees being ready and able to move into supervisory positions, this is not only entirely possible, but it has been planned for. What this means is that even with unforeseen enormous growth in orders, which this industry is not only capable of, but famous for, White Knight will be able to keep up with customer orders and will be there to pick up the customers as competitors who are unprepared cannot deliver within reasonable lead times. This industry has been all but impossible for even the best of the best analysts to predict. So while we have planned for growth, we have also prepared for future drops in billings. Our debt has been significantly reduced since 2001, and what is left has been restructured and based on the lower interest rates of the day. White Knight could have billings inferior to what we had during any year of the downturn without experiencing a loss. White Knight re mains agile in an industry which has become stiff.

We continue to live by the words on the banner at the bottom of our coat of arms: Honor, Purity Integrity and Strength. Adherence to these words and our mission statement has made us the world leader in Zero Metal Ultra High Purity Pumps. Continued adherence will keep us there.