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Article: The Dial Corp. created in spin-off of consumer products business.
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- Business Wire
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- August 16, 1996
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PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1996--The new Dial Corp., a $1.5 billion consumer products manufacturer and marketer with some of the world's best-known brand names, was listed today on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: DL).
The new Dial was created as a result of the spin-off of the consumer products group from the former Dial Corp. That company, now consisting of a group of services businesses, has been renamed Viad Corp.
Today's Dial is one of the country's leading manufacturers and marketers of personal care, household and laundry products and shelf-stable food. Its quality products have been favorites of American shoppers for more than 100 ...