[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 52 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E451-E452]
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                                COORSTEK

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 13, 2015

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and applaud CoorsTek 
for their community leadership and economic contribution to Jefferson 
County.
   CoorsTek develops, manufactures and sells engineered solutions for a 
multitude of industrial and commercial applications that incorporate 
advanced materials such as technical ceramics, engineered components, 
assemblies and systems.
   CoorsTek origins lie in cookware and pottery when in 1910, Adolph 
Coors, a board

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member of the original company, assumed ownership and eventually 
renamed it Coors Porcelain Company. During WWI, the US government 
sought out ceramic companies to assume the manufacture of critical 
products such as chemical and scientific lab ware, which had been 
supplied by Germany. Coors Porcelain answered the call and began making 
critical components in a variety of ceramic materials. In 1986, the 
company name was changed to Coors Ceramics Company to better reflect 
its core competencies in a variety of technical ceramics. In 1992, 
Coors Ceramics was one of four subsidiaries spun-off from the brewery 
family of companies and became part of ACX Technologies, a new holding 
company.
   CoorsTek recently purchased a 300,000 sq. ft. facility in the Coors 
Technology Center to expand its manufacturing operations. In 2014, the 
company announced the opening of its new plant in the Coors Technology 
Center to produce premium lightweight ceramic proppants, sand-sized 
solid materials used to keep induced hydraulic fractures open allowing 
oil and gas to flow.
   I extend my deepest congratulations to CoorsTek for their well-
deserved Business Recognition Award.

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