coors became available in the east in 1977.
coors became available in the east in 1977.
when did coors became available in the east?
1977
william h. wilbanks (1927-2006), tom stuart and frank c. erzen founded wilbanks inc. in 1963 in hillsboro, or, to manufacture ceramic components for the pulp and paper industries. the components included suction box covers, foil sections, forming tables and cleaning cones. the plant was originally located at 26900 s. w. tualatin valley hwy. in hillsboro, before moving to its present site in the hawthorn farm industrial park on 53 ave. coors porcelain acquired 40-employee wilbanks in 1973, and modified its new subsidiary's name to wilbanks international, inc. bill wilbanks remained as president, while coors employees g.g. grimes and shepard sweeney were named vp & gm and secretary-treasurer, respectively. coors president r.d. whiting became the chairman of the executive committee. joe coors jr. was a quality engineer at wilbanks 1973-84 and served as president 1980-84. bill wilbanks, a ceramic engineer at tektronix in portland before he started his namesake firm, managed the 170-employee coban plant in brazil in the mid-1980s until his retirement from coors. erzen, also a former tektronix employee, served as engineering manager of coban beginning in 1981. coorstek sold its paper machine drainage elements operations in hillsboro to the coldwater group in 2017. coldwater moved the equipment to its atlanta facility.
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in 1993, coors became vice chairman and ceo of the company, and in 2002, he was named chairman of coors brewing company and adolph coors company. in 2004, according to the "rocky mountain news", coors "made $332,402 in salary and a $296,917 bonus as chairman of adolph coors. he also received 125,000 stock options with a potential value of $13 million". he stepped down temporarily from these positions in 2004 to run for the us senate. after the 2005 merger with molson, coors became a class a director in the newly formed molson coors brewing company.
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