New York-Potash Import & Chemical Corp., a unit of K+S Kali Gmbh, will become a part of K+S North America, effective Jan. 1, 2008. K+S North America will offer potassium products from K+S Kali, as well as nitrogen products from K+S owned fertiva. Mark Roberts will be responsible for running the K+S Kali division, while Matthias Schwind will head the fertiva division. The fertiva unit has been active in the U.S. since May 2007, and has sold initial quantities of calcium ammonium nitrate in Florida and Georgia. Its goal is to intensify customer contacts in 2008 and increase its penetration into the U.S. market. PICC, a K+S unit since 1954, distributes natural mineral fertilizers, industrial salts, ice-melt, and health-care product ingredients to agricultural and manufacturing customers throughout the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean. It has U.S. warehouse locations in California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington. The K+S Group count about 12,000 employees worldwide and more than E$3 billion in annual revenues.
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