KANSAS CITY, MO — D Thomas + Associates, a leading provider of packaging solutions, has achieved a milestone anniversary — 50 years in business.

The company credits its longevity to its team’s talent for creating and maintaining relationships, as well as its technical expertise and marketplace experience, resulting in the delivery of innovative solutions to packaging challenges.

“We spend time with people, and it’s those connections that have built and maintained so many long-term associations,” said Brad Burris, chairman of D Thomas + Associates. “It’s the collective intelligence of the group that makes a relationship with D Thomas important and successful.”

While acknowledging that technology has offered improvements in packaging, Burris noted that D Thomas + Associates understands it’s still a relationship business above all else.

“Our reputation is everything to us,” Burris said. “Without it we wouldn’t have lasted five years, much less 50. Coupled with our experience, technical innovations and firm belief to fairly represent the buyer and the seller, it is what will keep us going for another 50 years.”