News – Page 248 – Pest Management Professional

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Congress approves Zika funding

According to the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Sept. 30 policy e-newsletter, the U.S. Congress avoided a government shut-down and...

ESA presents August 2016 group

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Certification Corp. offers two certification programs, the Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) and the Board...

NPMA bridges gap between industry and procurement agencies

In the May issue you learned a lot about the National Pest Management Association (NPMA). But here’s one more tidbit from...

Suburban Exterminating to have a pink October

Smithtown, N.Y.-based Suburban Exterminating is putting its “pink” foot forward this October for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Suburban has...

“Memory of an Icon – Arnold and Me” by Steven Wright

[In light of the passing of golf pro Arnold Palmer, we’d like to republish this article by columnist Steven Wright,...

Anticimex Group acquires American Pest

Anticimex Group, which bills itself as the world’s fourth-largest pest control company, has acquired American Pest Management, Fulton, Md. American...

Updates from RISE 26th Annual Conference

Strength in Numbers — RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) added 15 members in 2016. The national trade association...

Ed Sheehan brings rats to light in horrifying Morgan Spurlock documentary

If the name Morgan Spurlock sounds familiar, you may remember his stomach-churning, diet-inducing documentary “Super Size Me” about the evils...

Arrow hosts Premier Club weekend

Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators recently held the company’s annual Premier Club weekend to celebrate its top-performing sales professionals and managers. The...

Brooks joins Protect-A-Bed

Chicago-based Protect-A-Bed has hired Gary Brooks to serve as key account manager for its industrial division’s pest control channel. In...

NPMA: Support H.R. 5813

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) urges pest management professionals (PMPs) to ask their elected officials to support the Overtime...

Truly Nolen employee celebrates 50th anniversary

Truly Nolen Pest Control Technician Ray Rogers, who started with the company on September 15, 1966 at its Phoenix service...

P.E.S.T. Relief International, CPCO of Georgia help shelters

On Aug. 26-27, Professionals Empowering Sustaining and Transforming (P.E.S.T.) Relief International and the Certified Pest Control Operators of Georgia (CPCO)...

PMP visits RISE’s 26th Annual Conference in Williamsburg, Va.

RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), an organization that promotes the safe use of pesticides to control pests and invasive...

Truly Nolen franchise opens in Amarillo

Excited to be at its new northernmost point in Texas, Truly Nolen Pest Control recently opened at 6515 Storage Dr....