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PPMA prepares for Rodent Awareness Week

The Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) is launching a campaign to educate the public about the diseases and dangers associated with rats...

Anticimex buys Bug Doctor, enters US market

Bug Doctor, the Paramus, New Jersey-based pest management company founded by President and CEO Stuart Aust, has been acquired by...

Bayer promotes Braness, Broaddus

The Professional Pest Management and Vector Control business of Bayer, within the company’s Environmental Science Unit, has promoted two sales...

Terminix offers $87 million settlement in USVI case

According to parent company ServiceMaster Global Holdings’ second-quarter 2016 financial press release, there has been update to Terminix’s 2015 fumigation...

O’Brien joins Pest Control Insulation

Nathan O’Brien has joined Pest Control Insulation LLC as director of sales and client support. “Nathan brings an energy and...

BREAKING: Florida governor holds Zika press conference

Florida Gov. Rick Scott held a press conference in Orlando this morning to confirm that the Sunshine State “likely has...

Merger a go for Dow, DuPont

As reported by Pest Management Professional’s sister magazine, Landscape Management, stockholders at both DuPont and Dow Chemical have voted to approve...

NPMA launches MentorMatch

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has launched MentorMatch, an online mentoring program designed to provide its members with the...

Rollins announces operational leadership changes

Rollins Inc. has announced leadership changes at its Atlanta headquarters: Gene Iarocci, president of Orkin North America, will retire at...

Mosquito Shield holds Facebook wedding contest

Mosquito Shield, a North Attleboro, Mass.-based mosquito control franchise company, will award one lucky couple free mosquito control service for...

VPMA redesigns website

The Virginia Pest Management Association (VPMA), the nearly 70-year-old trade association for pest management companies in Virginia, has relaunched VPMAOnline.com....

Rentokil debuts public health campaign

Rentokil Steritech, Ehrlich, Presto-X and Western Exterminator, launched a new campaign, “Join Our World of Mosquito and Tick Prevention,” focused on helping...

SenSci products now available in Canada

After recently expanding into the European markets, Lawrenceville, N.J.-based BedBug Central’s is pleased to announce that Gardex Chemicals and Univar Environmental...

Study: Bed bugs seek shed skin scent

Researchers at the University of California-Riverside have discovered the shed skins of bed bugs retain the “obnoxious sweetness” smell often...

Sheffield becomes Truly Nolen manager

Chris Sheffield has been promoted to manager of Truly Nolen Pest Control’s Pinellas Park, Fla. service office. Sheffield joined the...