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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2006, 08:46:50 AM »
Oh, how some people are soooo gonna hate that!  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2006, 10:08:38 AM »
But it will not be the Fenton shareholders, who will applaud this action. Fenton's profitability keeps its US glasshouse alive too!

Of course there will be losers, the smaller companies that specialise is in design and marketting glass for florists will certainly not be benefitting.

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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2006, 12:27:23 PM »
Fenton only has one glasshouse. That is the factory in Williamstown, West Virginia which celebrated its centenary last year. Fenton is very much a family run concern.

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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2006, 12:29:26 PM »
Thanks Glen, small then but large in name.

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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2006, 12:33:55 PM »
That would describe them perfectly, Frank. Williamstown is very much the home of Fenton - collectors come from all over the US - indeed the world - to tour the factory. They are close to my heart in many ways.

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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2006, 12:36:26 PM »
Carmen lived there for a while, teaching. But never got interested in glass until she met me - then had no choice :)

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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2006, 12:42:14 PM »
Do you mean she lived in Williamstown, or the USA? Apologies in advance for being a bit thick  :oops:

If anyone wants to take a look at the inside of the Fenton factory in Williamstown, just follow the process through the pages in this feature about "The Artistry of the Mould Makers".

http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/MouldMakers.html

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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2006, 01:54:26 PM »
Williamstown

 

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