private industry manufacturing consumer goods founded 1886 1886 founder major thomas g. beaham headquarters kansas city missouri united states area served worldwide products see list of faultless starch bon ami products number of employees 201 500 website faultless.com bon ami company is a manufacturing business producing laundry household cleaning products air care and lawn and garden products . the company headquarters are located in kansas city missouri usa . contents 1 history 1.1 faultless starch books 2 headquarters 2.1 1800s to 2008 3 references 4 external links 4.1 company websites history edit in 1886 major thomas g. beaham 1842 1909 went to kansas city and bought into a company selling coffee tea and spices which was to become beaham & moffit . later it was renamed to faultless starch company . after adding bon ami products to the line the company again changed its name to faultless starch bon ami company in 1974 . major beaham s first product dry white starch was used widely in the 1880s because it was simple to use and did not require lengthy boiling . faultless starch books edit faultless starch books the faultless starch books were a line of primers that were given to early purchasers of the product from the 1890s . they were used as a marketing technique by john nesbitt . 1 thirty six of the books were published from the 1890s to the 1930s including such children s staples as the abc book little red riding hood and the ant and grasshopper to name a few . 2 headquarters edit faultless starch bon ami is located in kansas city missouri usa . 1800s to 2008 edit the original faultless starch company plant was rebuilt after the flood of 1903 in the west bottoms area of kansas city . as the company grew and required more space the plant was expanded at the existing site at 1025 west eighth street . in 1968 it was apparent that the business had outgrown its office space within the plant building . the new england building constructed in 1887 the year faultless was founded was purchased . the company offices moved into the building at ninth and wyandotte streets in 1978 . in 1991 the company moved its offices to the river market district of kansas city . the company moved to its current headquarters in 2009 . references edit faultless starch history and timeline note titles included 1 . the fairies 2 . trials of mrs. graycoat 3 . mother goose rhymes 4 . the princess bride 5 . six little frogs 6 . four little sunbonnets 7 . a trip to the moon 8 . chin chin and chow 9 . the owl and pussy cat 10 . the indians 11 . the ant and grasshopper 12 . the starch ghosts 13 . conundrums and jokes 14 . proud tommy tilt 15 . old uncle ritts 16 . old granny grak 17 . bin and bun 18 . sallie short and lillie long 19 . abc book 20 . the house that jack built 21 . ten little pickaninnies 22 . upside down land 23 . the reformed pig 24 . three naughty kittens 25 . elisa may 26 . honey 27 . the van troons 28 . gentle jane 29 . mildred and rosa 30 . little jack 31 . the lunch party 32 . hans and gretel 33 . little red riding hood 34 . biddy and paddy 35 . the three wise women 36 . the tuttle s fourth of july . see books of paradise external links edit company websites edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bon ami company & oldid 635503722 categories manufacturing companies based in missouricompanies based in kansas city missouristarch companiescleaning products navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 november 2014 at 12 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view