From Derik J Green on Youtube: We recently toured the Homer Laughlin China Co. in Newell, WV, where they manufacture Fiesta dishes, among many other lines. It was pretty interesting to see. In this video clip, the plates come off the conveyor, the vacuum hose puts the plate in place, it gets back-stamped on the bottom of the plate, and the vacuum then lifts the plate away and into a pile before the process starts again.