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| History of Artisan Dental Laboratory 1959—Karl Koch delivers dentures after school and during summers for Dahlin Dental Laboratory. He accepts a job with Dahlin after graduating from the University of Oregon in 1965. 1973—Luciano Monetti founds Artisan Dental Laboratory with two other technicians. Dahlin Dental Laboratory moves to 25th and Hawthorne; Artisan is located at 102nd and Washington. 1974—Koch joins Monetti and his partners at Artisan Dental Lab as president. He grows the company at a rate of 20 percent per year. 1976—Artisan moves to rented space at 41st and Hawthorne. 1979—Artisan buys the building at 41st and Hawthorne. 1986—Monetti establishes a teaching relationship with OHSU. Artisan provides most of the prosthetic work. Koch and Monetti build a strong lab with good technicians. They buy out their other two partners. 1986—Denticon offers to buy Artisan; Koch and Monetti sell 80 percent of the company to Denticon, which also owns Dahlin. Artisan and Dahlin merge to form Artisan-Dahlin Dental Laboratory at 25th and Hawthorne. 1990—Denticon files for bankruptcy. Koch and Monetti buy Artisan-Dahlin back from Denticon. 1996—Koch and Monetti decide to take the company back to its roots. It once again becomes Artisan Dental Laboratory. Monetti retires; Koch becomes sole owner. 1997—Koch’s children, Justan Koch and Kristan Stark, join Artisan. 2003—Justan Koch becomes president of Artisan. Karl Koch shifts to serving as chairman of the board. |
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