NPMA PestWorld 2014 releases call for speakers
FAIRFAX, VA—The National Pest Management Association is looking for your help to identify the most innovative and exciting speakers for PestWorld 2014. PestWorld, the premier event in the professional...
View ArticleEnsystex: Focus Termite Attractant
Introducing Focus, the new granular termite attractant from Thor. The technology in FOCUS is based on the discovery by scientists at Colorado State University that termites are attracted to carbon...
View ArticleBug Doctor makes the cover of Business Fleet
PARAMUS, NJ—Stuart Aust, president and CEO of Bug Doctor Termite and Pest Control/Bird Doctor Nationwide, has announced that the company is featured as the cover story in the January/February 2014...
View ArticlePestWest USA: Resource Guide
PestWest’s 2014 Resource Guide provides product information on everything from the company’s professional grade insect light trap systems to glue boards, replacement parts to Bio-Gel cleaning products,...
View ArticleSelect Insurance Agency: Industry coverage
With more than 4,000 pest management professional accounts, the team at Select is accustomed to assessing the unique risks and exposures of this specialized industry. In fact, both Phillis and Frank...
View ArticleNPMA announces 2014-15 Board nominees
FAIRFAX, VA—The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) Board of Directors has ratified the candidates recommended by the NPMA Nominating Committee for the national offices of the Board of...
View ArticleService Pro.net: ServSuite Mobile
ServSuite Mobile is now available to all Windows 8-based devices. With this update, the company says, ServSuite Mobile is the one and only pest control management software application to be available...
View ArticleWhitson named Zoëcon salesman of the year
SCHAUMBURG, IL—Central Life Sciences has selected Mel Whitson as the recipient of the “Salesman of the Year” award for the Zoëcon Professional Products division. Whitson is the Florida region manager,...
View ArticleBrownyard Group: PCOpro
PCOpro from Brownyard Group is an admitted insurance solution designed just for pest control operators. Recognized as an industry leader, this specialty insurance program features broad general and...
View ArticlePeck memorial set for April 11
LONDON—Jonathan Peck, the late Chairman and majority shareholder of Killgerm Group Ltd, pioneered many of the initiatives that have shaped and continue to affect the pest management Industry. Thus, a...
View ArticleGPCA raises $1 million for leukemia/lymphoma research
GPCA President Manuel Snipes, presents a check to Emily Kallos at the GPCA Winter Conference, representing a decade of fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. NORCROSS, GA—After 10 years...
View ArticleCentral Life Sciences: Gentrol IGR
Gentrol IGR (insect growth regulator) allows pest management professionals (PMPs) to be more profitable in their protocols with the active ingredient (S)-hydroprene, which translocates from treated...
View ArticleBell Laboratories: Protecta EVO Circuit
The Protecta EVO Circuit is the ultimate in bait station discretion. To aid in its disguise, simulated connectors slide into the sides of the station, making it appear as an electrical box. Designed...
View ArticleMakhteshim-Again to transition to ADAMA
PASADENA, TEXAS—Makhteshim Agan Industries, a partner of Control Solutions, Inc., will transition to a new global brand, ADAMA, beginning in April 2014. To support the initiative, MAI changed its legal...
View ArticleJurecic joins Liphatech as Southeast district sales manager
MILWAUKEE—Liphatech, Inc. welcomes Sean Jurecic to the Pest Management Division as Southeast district sales manager. Jurecic will represent Liphatech’s full line of rodenticides, including the wax-free...
View ArticleRockwell Labs: BorActin Insecticide Powder
BorActin Insecticide Powder, the original non-repellent dust, just got better with a new and improved label. The new label now allows a wider choice of application methods such as a liquid spray, foam,...
View ArticleIndustry loses a legend: Vern Walter
LEAKEY, TEXAS — Pest Management Professional Hall of Famer Vern Walter passed away Jan. 25. He was 86. The San Antonio, Texas, native was the son of biologists who relocated to West Lafayette, Ind.,...
View ArticleLG Life Science
In addition to cockroach and other insect control, brown marmorated stink bugs and kudzu bugs were recently added to the label for LambdaStar 9.7% CS with EcoCap Technology. The product can be used...
View ArticleNPMA celebrates sulfuryl fluoride win
FAIRFAX, VA — The following is a letter from Gene Harrington, vice president of Government Affairs for the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), to association members: On Feb. 4, the U.S....
View ArticleSenate Passes Legislation Retaining SF’s Food Tolerances
The U.S. Senate today approved legislation retaining the food uses for the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride. The measure is contained in the much larger, 950-page plus Farm Bill Conference Report, which...
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