Roy Applequist
American businessman (born 1946)
Roy Applequist (born June 3, 1946) is an American businessman who owned Great Plains Manufacturing from 1976 to 2016 and Applequist Manufacturing starting in 2018, both farm equipment companies based in Kansas.
Early life
Roy Applequist was born on June 3, 1946, in Salina, Kansas. He attended Salina High School, graduating in 1964. In 1968, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from North Park University in Chicago before returning to Salina. Soon after he returned, the foundry manager of his father's agricultural manufacturing business, Roberts Industries, resigned. Applequist filled the position until the company was sold in to Federal-Mogul in 1976.
Great Plains Manufacturing
The sale of Roberts Industries prompted Applequist to found his own farm equipment business, Great Plains Manufacturing, on April 1, 1976. He originally started it in the same building where his father's business formed, but moved operations to Assaria, Kansas in 1979. In late 1981, Applequist added a new facility in Salina.
In 1982, Applequist started a trucking division of Great Plains Manufacturing to deliver the company's products and transport raw materials.
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