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Outsourcing the management of bulk containers is a hot trend that is saving companies' big money. Some companies like Dial Corp. (Scottsdale) use containers owned and maintained by transporters like Union Pacific (Omaha).
Dial Corp. needed a better way to transport AES surfactant, a liquid ingredient for its top-selling Purex liquid laundry detergent from St. Louis to its manufacturing plant in southern California. Dial teamed with Ventura Transfer Co. (VTC, Long Beach, Calif.) and Union Pacific, to create a more efficient and less expensive method to transport the temperature-sensitive AES. The...