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Article: Tucson dinnerware experts: Local company creates custom work for Hilton, Beyond Bread, has No. 1 spot for Western sales.
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- AZ Daily Star
- Article date:
- March 11, 2007
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Byline: Levi J. Long
Mar. 11--Arranged on stainless steel shelves sit hundreds of glossy and colorful plates, bowls, mugs and platters.
The dishes, made locally by Tucson-based H.F. Coors China Co., will soon leave the dusty 33,000-square-foot warehouse on the city's South Side and be sent to some of the biggest companies in the hospitality industry.
"We take the greatest care with everything we make. We have a tradition to uphold," said Dirck Schou, 64, president of the 82-year-old company at 1600 S. Cherrybell Stravenue. The company was founded by Herman F. Coors, son of Adolph Coors, who founded the namesake brewery.
In 2003, Schou ...