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Donaldson Company Corporate Office

Donaldson Company

Donaldson Company was incorporated in 1915 by Frank Donaldson as Donaldson Engineering. The company was established to sell the engine air cleaner filter that the founder invented.

Within the first decade the company had acquired an air filter license and introduced a new kind of filter, the Simplex, which was used to prevent damage to engines.

History

Notable events Donaldson Company’s history include expanding to Canada in 1938, expanding to more international markets in 1960, beginning production in China in 1999, and the acquisition of Aerospace Filtration Systems in 2007.

Today the company makes filtration systems that remove contaminants from liquids and air. Donaldson produces air intake and exhaust systems, liquid filtration systems, dust, fume, and mist collectors, air filters used in industrial gas turbines, computer disk drives, and factory clean rooms. The company has 39 manufacturing plants and operations in 40 countries.

Donaldson Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DCI, is a member of the S&P 400, is #858 in the Fortune 1000, has 11,700 employees, and had $2.49 billion in revenue in 2014.

In March 2021, the company introduced a smart dryer for compressed air process filtration devices.

The company maintains a corporate office in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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Sprouts Farmers Market Corporate Office

Sprouts Farmers Market

Henry Boney and his family founded Henry’s Farmers Market when they bought a truckload of peaches in 1943 and sold them on the street in San Diego. The chain had grown into 23 stores when it was bought by Wild Oats Market, which was then acquired by Whole Foods Market.

History

The Henry Boney family’s second venture was Sprouts Farmers Market, which had 150 locations when it was bought by Apollo Global Management and merged with Henry’s Farmers Market and Sun Harvest. The newly formed company operates under the Sprouts Farmers Market brand.

Today Sprouts Farmers Market operates 400 stores in Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah. The stores sell organic and local produce, all-natural seafood and meats, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, and baked goods. Sprouts is #2 in the natural organic retail market, after Whole Foods.

In September 2023, Sprouts opened its 400th store in Haddon Township, New Jersey.

Sprouts Farmers Market trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SFM, is #857 in the Fortune 1000, has 17,000 employees, and had $2.97 billion in revenue in 2014.

Sprouts maintains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Maxim Integrated Products Corporate Office

Maxim Integrated Products

Maxim Integrated Products was founded in 1983 by nine partners who raised $9 million from venture capitalists based on a 2-page business plan. The company originally sold semiconductors.

Maxim acquired many companies in the years that followed to expand product offerings and manufacturing capacity and pace.

Today Maxim Integrated Products designs, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, about 80% of which were invented by Maxim itself. The company’s chips translate data such as temperature and sound into signals for electronic processing.

History

The company’s clients include companies in the automotive, communications, consumer, computing, and industrial industries. Customers in China make up almost 75% of sales.

Maxim Integrated Products trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MXIM, is #856 in the Fortune 1000, has 8,812 employees, and had $2.40 billion in revenue in 2014.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company Corporate Office

Westar Energy

The Kansas Gas & Electric Company was organized by The American Power & Light Company (KG&E) in 1909 to operate utilities in Wichita, Pittsburg, and Frontenac. One year later the company was serving 5,500 customers in the three communities.

Illinois Power & Light Corporation financially backed the creation of Kansas Power & Light Company (KPL) in 1924.

KPL and KG&E merged in 1992 to form Western Resources. In 2002 the company changed its name to Westar Energy.

History

Today Westar Energy serves 700,000 electricity customers in Kansas and operates 35,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. The company also supplies electric power to more than 30 cities in Kansas. Kansas City Power & Light Company is the company’s principal subsidiary.

Westar Energy trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WR, is a member of the S&P 400, is #869 in the Fortune 1000, has 2,400 employees, and had $2.60 billion in revenue in 2014.

MSC Industrial Direct Corporate Office

MSC Industrial Direct

MSC Industrial Direct was founded in 1941 by Sidney Jackson as Sid Tool, Inc. Originally, the company sold cutting tools and accessories to machine shops in New York City.

Today MSC Industrial Direct is one of the largest distributors of industrial products in the United States, stocking 850,000 products from 3,000 suppliers. The company’s master catalog is several thousand pages long and, along with mailings, brochures, telemarketing, and the internet, are how small and mid-sized firms buy the products offered.

MSC Industrial Direct trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MSM, is a member of the S&P 400, is #846 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,500 employees, and had $2.84 billion in revenue in 2014.

History

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