Founded in 1928, the John Tillman Company was formed to provide personal protection solutions for welders and other industrial workers. Since the company s inception in the southern California oil district of Signal Hill, Tillman quickly rose to the be known as the top manufacturer of quality welding gloves and leather protective garments. Tillmans 750, the original pipeliners glove is still in the product line to this day. What was once a handful of products now encompasses more than 1,000 different items. John Tillman s product lines include gloves (Arc, MIG, TIG, drivers, work, specialty, high heat), clothing (leather, lightweight fire retardant, high heat), welding blankets, curtains/screens, and accessories. It has both domestic (CA,AZ) and international (Mexico, China) production as well as distribution facilities in California, Georgia and Illinois. One of its offices is in Compton, Calif.