History
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| 1936 | Company founded by the Nichols brothers who owned the Daniels Office Supply Co. First Nichols office located in Muskegon Hotel, downtown Muskegon. H.K. (Ken) Olthoff was the first Manager. |
| 1937 | Company relocates to new facility in Muskegon at Pine & Apple Streets in Muskegon |
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| 1957 | Ken Olthoff and George Cayo purchase Nichols Paper and Supply. |
| 1970 | Jim Olthoff purchases the interest of George Cayo |
| 1974 | Mike Olthoff purchases the interest of Ken Olthoff. Company achieves one million in sales. |
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| 1979 | Company relocated to Port City Industrial Park in Muskegon MI with 70,000 square feet. |
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| 1988 | Nichols acquires Marvin Albers Co. of Holland. |
| 1992 | Nichols acquires Van Wood Chemical of Grand Rapids. |
| 1995 | Jim Olthoff retires |
| 1998 | MQA - "Muskegon County Quality Award" |
| 2000 | Sales reach twenty five million in sales. |
| 2004 | Network - "Growth Incentive Program Top Performer" |
| 2004 | NPTA - "Industry Builder Award" |
| 2004 | Nichols acquires the sanitary supply business of Great Lakes Air Gas |
| 2005 | Kimberly-Clark Professional - "Distributor of the Year" |
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| 2005 | Nichols relocates to 104,000 square foot facility on Judson Rd. in Spring Lake. Company achieves forty five million dollars in sales. |
| 2006 | The Ashkin Group, LLC - "Green Cleaning Champion" |
| 2006 | Rubbermaid Commercial Products - "Partnership for Performance" |
| 2007 | Rubbermaid Commercial Products - "Partnership for Performance" |
| 2007 | LK Plastics - "President's Distinquished Distributor Sales Performance Award" |
| 2007 | Goodwill Industries - "Vendor of the Year" |
| 2007 | Spartan Chemical Company, Inc. - "$1.8 Million In Purchases" |
| 2008 | Spartan Chemical Company, Inc. - "$1.9 Million in Purchases" |
| 2008 | Haworth - "Supplier Excellence Award" |
| 2008 | Windsor - "Partnership Award" |
| 2008 | Corp! - "Michigan's Going Green Award" |
| 2008 | NETWORK - "Outstanding Performance Award" |
| 2008 | Nichols receives supplier excellence award from Haworth. |
| 2009-2010 | Michigan Recycling Coalition - "Four Star Certified Recycler" |
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2010 |
EPA Energy Star Certification - Corporate Office, Spring Lake, MI |
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2010 |
LEED-EB Certification - Gold Status - Corporate Office, Spring Lake, MI |
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2011 |
Nichols celebrates 75 years of You first service. |
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2011 |
Nichols receives the Detroit Free Press Michigan Green Leader Award |
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2011 |
Nichols receives Haworth's 2011 Supplier Excellence Award |
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| 2012 Nichols named preferred distributor of Procter & Gamble Products | |
