Murphy Tractors & Equipment Co

Berry Companies, Inc. is in the construction and industrial equipment distribution business. Based in Wichita, KS, it has twenty-nine locations in five states, which include Bobcat Compact Equipment, Komatsu and Yale Equipment. It also has a subsidiary, SB Manufacturing, which assembles a self-propelled construction brooms. Total employment is approximately 410.


Berry Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Wichita, KS in the White Star building. We are an administrative support group, which provides accounting, data processing, payroll, insurance, advertising, and financial services to each of its eight operating divisions. Each operating division is operated and managed independently. With the exception of SB Manufacturing, each is engaged in the distribution of construction or material handling equipment, which is purchased from manufacturers and sold or rented to contractors, governments, and industries. Fred Berry is Chairman, Walter Berry is President, Dan Scheer and Steve Meadows Executive Vice Presidents, Judy Worrell is Vice President/Treasurer, Rod Opliger is Controller and Wayne Becker is IT Director.