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brownies, cakes and cupcakes and cheesecakes, all destined for tables at restaurants, hospitals and other organizations in Kansas, Missouri, Nebras ka, Iowa, and western Illinois. Jayhawk Plastics From cutting sticks to paper knives and other tools for manufacturers, Jay hawk Plastics has been on the cutting edge (nyuk, nyuk) for 50 years. One rea son for that endurance is the 90-day guarantee that its products are free from manufacturing defects and workmanship—under normal operating use and service, of course. Based in Olathe, the company also turns out jogger blocks, knife pads and clamp pads used in production of paper-based products. Olathe Ford Lincoln The Olathe Ford Lincoln dealership we know today began with the pur chase of a dealership by Dee Bradley and Don Maddux before ownership tran sitioned to long-time employees Marc McEver and Sam Mansker. McEver took the reins on his own with his partner’s 2021 retirement, and he oversees a staff that has grown to more than 300, selling roughly 25,000 units each year and earning recognition as Ford’s No. 1 dealer in Kansas City. That growth has come by adding new departments selling RVs, fleet and commercial vehicles, the Lincoln model line and other options for customers. Worlds of Fun This one needs no introduction: If you grew up in Kansas City, chances are you spent some of your youth double-dog-daring your friends to take on the Schussboomer, the Finnish Fling or the late, great Zambezi Zinger. And when you heard those terms, you knew someone was talking about Worlds of Fun, Kansas City’s answer to amusement parks that came into vogue after Disneyland opened in 1955. Those rides are long gone, replaced by newer, bigger thrills that still keep ’em coming to the Northland Park. 45 years (founded 1978) Terracon It operates within an niche as a specialist in environmental engineer ing, but Olathe-based Terracon is no niche company: It’s a national power house with more than 5,000 employees at 175 locations in every U.S. state. They’re not just employees, they’re employee-owners, as the firm is 100 per cent ESOP. One of the region’s most-active companies with acquisitions of practices nationwide, Terracon offers services in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials design. It posted revenues of more than $900 million in 2021. Methodology Ingram’s 2023 edition of Milestones-Corporate Anniversaries is a data dive that requires deep and intensive research by our team. But we can only work with data as it exists, and frankly, the states of Missouri and Kansas have business databases shot through with inaccuracies. Even after years of refinement, there’s still a chance we’ve missed some companies celebrating a milestone anniversary this year. If yours is one of them, please let us know by emailing Editorial@Ingrams.com, calling us at 816.842.9994, and regis tering your firm on www.Ingrams.com.

The Havens Construction Co. Valpak of Greater Kansas City Young’s K.C. Mower Center 50 Years (founded 1973) A&A Air Conditioning Plumbing A.C. Printing Co. Agrex Air-O-Lator Corp. Amark Packaging Systems American Roofing American Stones Us Angel Berry Realtors Associated Mechanical Barnett Law Firm Beemer Construction Co. Ben Kisner Construction Co. Broderson Manufacturing Corp.

Cates Service Co. Heating & Air Conditioning CDI Industrial & Mechanical Contractors Crown Realty Douglas Pump Service E.L. Crawford Construction EIP Corp. Elite Gymnastics & Aquatics Fishman Commercial Real Estate Fun Services of Kansas City George King Bio-Medical Golden Boy Pies Gray & Co. Hedlund and Associates Locke Equipment Sales Co. Maple Hill Funeral Home Mid-Land Management Mission Pet Mart Modern Air of Topeka O’Donnell & Sons Construction Co. Olathe Ford Lincoln Package Development Corporation R.F. Fisher Electric Co. RC’s Chicken Restoration & Waterproofing Contractors SFS Architecture Hedrick Construction Industrial Sales Co. Jayhawk Plastics Johnson County Pediatrics Lees Printing Co.

Sharp Honda Swim Things Terminal Consolidation Co. The Belmont School White Chapel Funeral Home Worlds of Fun Young Management Corporation

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