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PVS Chemicals company history timeline

1960

In the 1960's the company ventured into sulfuric acid manufacturing by acquiring a manufacturing plant, and the rest is history.

1968

In 1968, Pressure Vessel Service acquires its first sulfuric acid manufacturing plant and joins the organization that is now known as the American Chemistry Council.

1974

In 1974, Waste Acid Services, a new division of PVS, begins hauling and disposal services.

1975

PVS becomes an international concern in 1975 with the formation of a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Fanchem Ltd.

1981

In 1981, Pressure Vessel Service, Inc. begins doing business as PVS Chemicals, Inc.

1987

In 1987, PVS acquires Detroit based Nolwood Chemical, and forms PVS-Nolwood, a full line distributor of industrial chemicals.

1996

In 1996, PVS builds another ferric chloride facility in Augusta, Georgia.

1997

In 1997, PVS acquires a sulfuric acid manufacturing plant in Gent, Belgium.

2000

In 2000, recognizing the increasingly national scope of its business, PVS combines its regional sulfur products and hydrochloric acid businesses in Illinois, New York and Ohio, to form PVS Chemical Solutions.

2003

In 2003, PVS Technologies forms California Water Technologies, a joint venture in Santa Fe Springs, California.

2010

In December 2010, PVS-Nolwood Chemicals, Inc. acquired Young Chemical in Twinsburg, Ohio.

2012

In March 2012, PVS acquired Ineos Asiatic Chemical Co.

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