Maitland, Fla.-Douglass Fertilizer & Chemical Inc. recently announced that it has acquired from PCS Sales the assets related to the Florida Favorite Fertilizer-Clewiston, Fla., liquid fertilizer facility. Although the terms of the sale were not released, Douglass said the purchase would allow it to strengthen its commitment to southern Florida and expand its opportunities to serve the agricultural and turf markets in that area. Douglass also announced that Applied Solutions & Technologies, a division of the company, had reached a distribution and technical support agreement with Agrium Inc., under which Applied Solutions will distribute pHairway® and N-pHuric® water treatment specialty products in the turf, horticultural, and agricultural markets in the U.S., with the exception of California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Idaho. Douglass said Agrium and Applied Solutions will work closely with current and new customers to provide technical support, training, and promotion for this product line. Douglass Fertilizer & Chemical Inc. is a privately held company that serves the retail market, with corporate offices in Maitland and additional locations in Zellwood, Lake Placid, Hastings, and Ft. Myers, Fla. Douglass also provides raw materials to other retailers through its wholesale division, DFC Sales. The company has four liquid production facilities with capacity of more than 250,000 tons annually, as well as storage capacity of 25,000 tons. Douglass is also a basic producer of ammonium polyphosphate.
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