SYCAMORE – Machine production has been in Dan Jensen’s family for a long time. When he was in seventh grade, he built his first go-kart at his dad’s machine shop in Sycamore.

Now the owner of Jensen and Son, which was started by his great-grandfather, Jensen is celebrating 70 years in business. It’s a family business in every sense of the word. Helping Jensen out with running the business is his son, Dan Jensen, his daughter, Nicole, and his wife, Toni.

Both Dan Jensens – customers refer to them as either senior or junior – grew up around family businesses.