list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message a basic 16 ounce solo cup the world s largest paper cup in front of what was once the lily tulip manufacturing company later sweetheart cup company 1 which was in turn acquired by solo . actually made of poured concrete the cup stands about 68.1 feet 20.8 m tall . solo cup company is an american manufacturer of disposable consumer products including beverage cups disposable plates and bowls . solo cup company is located in lake forest illinois and in 2006 had sales of 2.4 billion . on may 4 2012 solo cup company was acquired by dart container . 2 contents 1 history 2 management 2.1 founder 2.2 subsequent management 3 customers 4 references 5 external links history edit leo hulseman a former employee of the dixie co. in the 1930s created the solo cup a paper cone he made at his home and sold to bottled water companies . he founded the solo cup company in 1936 and developed other products like wax coated cups and the plastic cozy cup . on 1 march 2004 solo acquired sweetheart cup company for 917.2 million in part with public debt . sweetheart was founded by joseph shapiro and his four brothers emigrants from russia . it became the largest consumer packaging company in the world and was sold several times before being acquired by solo cup . following the acquisition solo cup s finances suffered and standard & poor s lowered their credit rating from b to ccc . 3 in late 2006 solo cup was reported to be 1.1 billion in debt . 4 solo cup company closed its longstanding facility in highland park illinois in december 2009 and relocated to lake forest illinois . on may 4 2012 solo cup company was acquired by dart container . 2 management edit founder edit leo hulseman 1898 1989 was an active polo player . his wife dorothy donahoe hulseman 1900 1988 better known by her stage name dora hall was a singer whose records were given away free of charge through solo promotions . leo hulseman was also the founder and owner of premore inc. premore was a television production company on the culver studios lot for many years in the 1970s and 1980s and later moved to north hollywood . 5 premore produced children s tv shows including tony the pony like the later barney & friends and the clifford avenue kids like our gang . other programs produced at the premore facilities included greystone s the real west and candid camera . citation needed premore s television studio stage remote truck and post production were used for dora hall s shows and rented for television specials and sports . dora hall was most noted and seen on the dora hall tv show 1979 she played rose on broadway with frank sinatra jr. donald o connor and scatman crothers . she also had tv special called once upon a tour . her songs are found on premore and cozy records labels . 6 premore inc. was closed in 1993 four years after the death of leo hulseman . subsequent management edit robert l. hulseman son of the founder leo hulseman became ceo in 1998 . current ceo robert m. korzenski took over from robert hulseman in august 2006 . korzenski had worked for sweetheart cups for over 10 years . 4 customers edit solo cup customers include starbucks dairy queen cos walmart whole foods market einstein bros. bagels and tim hortons as well as many universities . the red plastic cups are notably used in american college and university games such as beer pong and flip cup . 7 8 this usage is referenced in toby keith s country music song red solo cup . 9 the red party cup outsells the blue variety by a wide margin . 8 they are also used by the cannabis growing community as small pots 10 and are also the inspiration and the preferred growing container in alternative online community cannabis growing competitions where the object of the competition is to flower a cannabis plant according to a set group of rules using 16 oz . solo cups as the growing container and then the competitors and in some case sponsors vote on which entrant s plant they find the most appealing according to each voter s own personal criteria . 11 references edit lily tulip cup corporation springfield greene county library springfield missouri a b dart container closes on acquisition of solo cup company pdf press release . dart container . may 4 2012 . retrieved 28 january 2014 . yue lorene ; merrion paul october 20 2006 . s & p cuts solo cup s credit rating . crain s chicago business . retrieved january 28 2014 . a b lambert emily november 17 2006 . party s over . forbes . retrieved january 28 2014 . the culver studios since 1918 dora s world the unofficial dora hall website wilkins ernest october 26 2011 . solo cup love affair . redeye . retrieved january 28 2014 . a b stevenson seth october 10 2011 . red solo cup how solo s disposable drink vessel became an american party staple . . slate . retrieved january 28 2014 . toby keith s red solo cup song stupid or awesome . usa today . 16 november 2011 . retrieved 19 november 2011 . rollitup search results for query solo cup . rollitup search results for query cup vote . external links edit official website company s history timeline cnn money profile dora hall web site culver city studio v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra technologies other major private companies alphabetically ace hardware baker & mckenzie blue cross blue shield association claire s country financial danfoss power solutions dot foods eby brown electro motive diesel flex n gate follett corporation gardner denver grant thornton llp health care service corporation heico cos. hendrickson international hub international jenner & block kirkland & ellis marmon group mayer brown medline industries molex nestl frozen pizza osi group pactiv reyes holdings ryerson inc. sidley austin skidmore owings & merrill solo cup company tellabs transunion true value us foods wirtz corporation related topics breweries in illinois companies in the chicago metropolitan area food manufacturers of chicago newspapers in illinois retailers on the magnificent mile wineries in illinois retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solo cup company & oldid 729825608 categories manufacturing companies based in illinoisprivately held companies based in illinoiscompanies based in lake county illinoishighland park illinoismanufacturing companies established in 1936hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from november 2010all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 july 2016 at 20 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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