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• Stuck on health costs; Efforts to slow growth stalled at 6 percent a year, local survey says.(News)

  - 2007-05-14

  Byline: Bill Shea Progress by Southeast Michigan employers in their effort to control health care costs has slowed, a survey scheduled to be released today shows. The average cost for employer-provided group health benefits increased by 6 percent for the second...

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• James M. Nicholson, 39.(PVS Chemicals Inc.)(Brief article)(Biography)

  - 2006-09-25

  Byline: Sheena Harrison Vice president PVS Chemicals Inc. Detroit Biggest achievement: Working to diversify PVS Chemicals' business as the economy has caused other industrial-chemical companies to close. Current goal: To begin his term...

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• Most connected Part 1 of 3.(Focus)(W. Frank Fountain president of DaimlerChrysler Corp.)(Tarik Daoud chairman of Al Long Ford Inc.)(James Nicholson president and cheif executive officer of PVS Chemicals Inc.)

  - 2006-03-20

  1. W. Frank Fountain, 61 President DaimlerChrysler Corp. Fund, Auburn Hills Senior vice president, external affairs/public policy DaimlerChrysler Corp., Auburn Hills Assets: $53.6 million Civic and corporate involvement: Chairman, Hampton University; vice...

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• Kilpatrick gets money help; PVS Chemicals CEO offers to raise $1m.(News)(Kwame Kilpatrick)

  - 2005-10-03

  Byline: Robert Ankeny One of Detroit's leading businessmen and a prominent Republican has stepped up to raise $1 million in campaign funds for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the waning days of what has become a tough race for re-election. Jim Nicholson,...

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• SULFUR DIOXIDE.(PVS Chemicals Solutions Inc. to raise prices)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-07-30

  PVS Chemical Solutions Inc. will increase the price of sulfur dioxide by $20 per ton, effective September 1, or as contract terms permit. The change is effective for all production facilities and terminal locations, and all other terms and conditions will remain in effect.

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• PVS takes on Akzo's sulphur ops.(PVS Chemicals)(Brief Article)

  - 1999-11-01

  The Belgian subsidiary of US-based PVS Chemicals has signed a letter of intent to buy Akzo Nobel's European sulphur products business. The eventual acquisition would bring one of the healthcare and chemicals giant's non-core businesses into an organisation specialising in inorganic chemicals production and marketing. ...

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• PVS to Buy Akzo's Sulfur Products.(PVS Chemicals Inc., Akzo Nobel)(Brief Article)

  - 1999-11-01

  PVS CHEMICALS INC., Detroit, Mich., is continuing its expansion into Europe's sulfuric acid market through a provisional agreement to take over Akzo Nobel's sub fur products business. The companies have signed a letter of intent for the sale of the operation,...

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• PVS CHEMICALS PLANS 3 NEW PLANTS.

  - 1999-07-19

  PVS Chemicals Inc. soon may expand its global presence by opening three plants, adding between $9 million and $15 million in annual revenue. The company wants to build plants in Ghent, Belgium; Chicago; and Kelheim, Germany, said CEO James Nicholson. The plants in...

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• PVS Buys Sulfuric Acid Plant

  - 1998-09-14

  PVS CHEMICALS GMBH, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of PVS Chemicals Inc., has acquired a 100,000-ton-per-year sulfuric acid plant in Kelheim, Germany, from Sud-Chemie AG. PVS says the transaction is a key step in the company's overseas expansion. The facility produces several...

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• PVS finds challenges, opportunities in Thailand. (PVS Chemicals Inc.)

  - 1998-07-20

  BANGKOK, Thailand - While many U.S. companies are pulling back in Southeast Asia amid a tumultuous regional economy, Detroit-based PVS Chemicals Inc. sees challenges and long-term opportunities by remaining aggressive. For now, its 3-year-old liquid ferric chloride plant south of Bangkok operates at only 35...

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