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Article: Dial Finds Perfect Fit with Distribution Center Near Pontoon Beach, Ill.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- January 22, 2002
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By David van den Berg, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 22--To Roger McKnight, the location of Dial Corporation's distribution center near Interstate 270 in Madison County is perfect.
"You can go just about any direction very easily," said McKnight, a manager at the distribution center.
From the distribution center -- which is the company's largest -- the Dial Corporation ships more than 40 percent of its volume to an area from Montana and New Mexico in the west to Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee in the east. About 29 million cases of Dial products, including soap and laundry detergent, move through the ...