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B.R. Amon has had a presence in southeastern Wisconsin since 1924. The grandfather of present president Tom Amon started the company hauling milk and gravel for local farmers. In the 1920s, he bought his first crusher, and in the 1950s, B.R. Amon changed its name when two sons joined the company and started the paving business. Today, B.R. Amon & Sons, Inc. is in its third generation of management, with Tom, his cousin Mike, and brother David running the business.

B.R. Amon employs 200 people. The company is a major aggregate supplier, has three asphalt plants, offers Street Print stamped and colored asphalt, and is a full-service paving contractor, paving anything from the smallest driveways to bike trails to interstate highways. Tom Amon explains that having a reach into different areas and markets of the paving business allows the company to tip over into other sectors if one sector is feeling an economic crunch.

"It's important to be in all areas of the paving business, because you can change depending on the economy," he says. "There aren't a lot of large paving contractors in Wisconsin who stay in the driveway business."

It is logical that B.R. Amon has continued to offer a broad range of paving services, because their location in a growing area of Wisconsin demands a wide variety of paving jobs.

"People who work in Chicago or Milwaukee are moving to this area, and with them comes road expansions and new housing developments," Amon says.