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Elaine Salazar and her classmates from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business won a national business contest with that plan, and it allowed them to launch Ampersand with Charles and Barbara Ewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDriven by a commitment to quality and archival principles, Ampersand has since developed eleven surfaces that support every medium, from oils to watercolour, along with a range of Floaterframes designed specifically for panels. 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