Now, in Rapid City, we have that talent base available to us. We're going to be able to produce at a larger scale and be able to do the orders we need to do for these companies. The Sioux City store continue to handle all repairs to jewelry brought in by customers, as well as some in-store manufacturing. In addition to repairs, the store offers cleaning and engraving services. That allows the jeweler to build a library of styles, rather than starting from scratch each time.
Engraving also is done by computer.
In addition to creating more office, storage and production space, the recent expansion allowed the Terra Centre store to expand its lines of fine jewelry, gifts and collectibles. There's a lot of things that are offered to us that are really only available in larger cities throughout the world. Co. Gunderson's jeweler Bill Betz , works on a gem in the Sioux City shop. Gunderson's offers custom design and manufacturing of jewelry, as well as jewelry and watch repairs on the premises. In addition to locally, Gunderson's advertises nationally, regularly buying space in a number of well-known publications.