ID NEWS: United nonfoods groups adds members, awards top honors

The United Group, Monroe, LA, a nonfoods distributor sales and marketing group, has added: Baker Paper Co., Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Canaan Trading Co., Medley, FL; Combined Sales Co., Chicago; Packaging Effects, Santa Ana, CA; Royal Disposable Import & Domestic, Maspeth, NY; and Werth Sanitary Supply Co., Inc., El Cajon, CA.

Also, during the group's recent National Conference, held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Dart Container Corp., Mason, MI, was named Supplier of the Year. Industrial Paper Products, Burlington, NC, was honored as Member of the Year.

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