| 1959 |
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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. |
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| 1973 |
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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. |
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| 1974 |
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Koch joins Monetti and his partners at Artisan Dental Lab as president. He grows the company at a rate of 20 percent per year. |
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| 1976 |
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Artisan moves to rented space at 41st and Hawthorne. |
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| 1979 |
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Artisan buys the building at 41st and Hawthorne. |
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| 1986 |
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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. |
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| 1986 |
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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. |
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| 1990 |
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Denticon files for bankruptcy. Koch and Monetti buy Artisan-Dahlin back from Denticon. |
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| 1996 |
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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. |
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| 1997 |
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Koch's children, Justan Koch and Kristan Stark, join Artisan. |
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| 2003 |
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Justan Koch becomes president of Artisan. Karl Koch shifts to serving as chairman of the board. |
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