BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231018T160000Z DTEND:20231018T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:RIBBON CUTTING: Doonan Specialized Trailer LLC 50th Anniversary DESCRIPTION:Doonans Specialized Trailer Celebrates Two Milestone Anniversaries. \n\n Tours from 11:00am - 3:00pm\n Chamber Ribbon Cutting at 11:00am\n\nDoonan to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with an open house on Wednesday\, October 18\, 2023. Doonan Trailer Corporation was incorporated on October 17\, 1973\, by its founder Wendell Doonan. Mr. Doonan started out building grain trailers for local farmers in an outdated service station in downtown Great Bend\, Kansas. "These doubles [hopper bottom grain trailers] can still be spotted in the fields throughout central Kansas"\, stated Kelly Zecha\, National Dealer Manager\, Doonan Specialized Trailer.\n\n\n\nOver the years\, Doonan Trailer Corporation produced numerous configurations of grain trailers\, but it was not until the early 1990s that the Company found its true calling. On August 3\, 1993\, the Company completed production of its first 48' x 102" all steel tandem drop deck trailer (unit #8001) which was sold to Southwest Peterbilt. Southwest Peterbilt had 5 dealership locations throughout Arizona and New Mexico\, and eventually\, became a part of Rush Enterprises\, Inc. in 1999. "We are happy to have played a small part in Doonan's history\," Gary Willis\, Vice President of Marketing and Communications\, Rush Enterprises\, Inc.\n\n\n\nSince then Doonan Specialized Trailer\, LLC has developed a market niche in the specialty segments of the flatbed\, drop deck\, and lowbed trailer industries\, by providing highly customized products to satisfy the consumer's ever changing needs. "We wish Mr. Doonan was still here to celebrate these two milestone\n\nanniversaries\, but I am certain he would be proud of what his legacy has become"\, Mike Ruddle\, Vice President of Operations\, Doonan Specialized Trailer.\n\n\n\nTo mark the accomplishment\, the Company will be installing honorary mudflaps on all new trailers produced for the next year starting October 18\, 2023. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Doonans Specialized Trailer Celebrates Two Milestone Anniversaries. \;\n\nDoonan to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with an open house on Wednesday\, October 18\, 2023. Doonan Trailer Corporation was incorporated on October 17\, 1973\, by its founder Wendell Doonan. Mr. Doonan started out building grain trailers for local farmers in an outdated service station in downtown Great Bend\, Kansas. &ldquo\;These doubles [hopper bottom grain trailers] can still be spotted in the fields throughout central Kansas&rdquo\;\, stated Kelly Zecha\, National Dealer Manager\, Doonan Specialized Trailer.
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\nOver the years\, Doonan Trailer Corporation produced numerous configurations of grain trailers\, but it was not until the early 1990s that the Company found its true calling. On August 3\, 1993\, the Company completed production of its first 48&rsquo\; x 102&rdquo\; all‐\;steel tandem drop deck trailer (unit #8001) which was sold to Southwest Peterbilt. Southwest Peterbilt had 5 dealership locations throughout Arizona and New Mexico\, and eventually\, became a part of Rush Enterprises\, Inc. in 1999. &ldquo\;We are happy to have played a small part in Doonan&rsquo\;s history\,&rdquo\; \;Gary Willis\, Vice President of Marketing and Communications\, Rush Enterprises\, Inc.
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\nSince then Doonan Specialized Trailer\, LLC has developed a market niche in the specialty segments of the flatbed\, drop deck\, and lowbed trailer industries\, by providing highly customized products to satisfy the consumer&rsquo\;s ever‐\;changing needs. &ldquo\;We wish Mr. Doonan was still here to celebrate these two milestone
\nanniversaries\, but I am certain he would be proud of what his legacy has become&rdquo\;\, Mike Ruddle\, Vice President of Operations\, Doonan Specialized Trailer.
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\nTo mark the accomplishment\, the Company will be installing honorary mudflaps on all new trailers produced for the next year starting October 18\, 2023. LOCATION:36 NE Highway 156 UID:e.2303.12890 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260501T004323Z URL:https://members.greatbend.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-doonan-specialized-trailer-llc-50th-anniversary-12890 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR