Two join executive team at Unicep Packaging

SANDPOINT — Two people have joined the executive team at Unicep Packaging.

They are Marcus Anderson as general manager and Clint Marshall as vice-president of business development, who is also the chief financial officer.

"My goal is to have a world-class contract packaging business in Sandpoint, Idaho, and the only way to do that is with world-class management. That's why I'm excited to have Marcus and Clint with Unicep," said John Snedden, president and chief executive officer for Unicep, who founded the company in 1991.

Unicep employs 110 at its 65,000-square-foot facility. The company plans to add 13 employees in the near future and 30 over the next two to three years.

Anderson and Marshall formerly worked at Telect Inc., a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in Liberty Lake, Wash. Anderson was the director of global operations at Telect and previously director of program management at KeyTronicEMS. Most of his career has been spent moving jobs overseas.

Anderson attended Eastern Washington University, where he studied business administration and mechanical engineering technology. He lives in Newport, Wash.

Marshall has a background in certified public accounting. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1997 with a bachelor's in business; he lives in Rathdrum.

Unicep's management team is projecting 30 to 40 percent annual growth.

Other key staff added include Greg Taylor, director of program management; Mike Stratton, purchasing manager; and Lynda Patalano, marketing manager.

The company started as American Dental Hygienics, specializing in manufacturing tooth-whitening gels, which itcontinues today.

The company in 1998 changed its name to reflect an expansion in contract packaging, specializing in unit-dose delivery systems for dentistry, medicine.

and consumer products.

Snedden is a former dentist who practiced for 10 years before founding American Dental Hygienics. He holds 12 patents and patents pending, and has lectured on tooth whitening in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. He lives in his hometown of Sandpoint.