Article: Fife, Wash., Candy-and-Nut Company Thrives under CEO's Vision.

By C.R. Roberts, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 11--If India had log cabins, that's where the humble-boy-makes-his-mark story of George Paulose would have begun.

Sixty-two years later, the path of the president and CEO of Ames International Inc. has led to Fife.

Paulose's candy-and-nut company keeps growing. It's up to 50 employees, processing 2 million pounds of nuts annually. Next on the menu: tea, then coffee and cookies.

Then, a bigger plant, expansion to China and Japan, and booming sales.

The dream began thousands of miles from the Northwest.

Paulose was born in a ...

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