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Nisus Corp. acquires Blue Diamond Manufacturing

ROCKFORD, TN—Nisus Corp has announced the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of Blue Diamond Manufacturing, including its Magnetic...

Marathon to host ‘Hackathon’ for charity

NEPTUNE, NJ—Marathon Data Systems, which provides a cloud-based business management platform for companies with a mobile workforce, announced its second...

Cancer-Surviving PMP Jones to Throw First Pitch at Dodgers Game

BELLFLOWER, CA—Jeff Jones, co-owner of Admiral Pest Control, has been awarded the American Cancer Society’s 2013 Statewide Patient Courage Award....

Industry Grows to More Than $7 Billion in Revenue for 2013

MENDHAM, NJ—According to Specialty Product Consultants’ Gary Curl, the U.S. structural pest control industry generated an estimated $7.213 billion in total...

NPMA undergoes strategic reorganization

FAIRFAX, VA—In an effort to best serve its membership and take advantage of the organization’s staff assets, the National Pest...

Happy Termite Awareness Week!

FAIRFAX, VA—The Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA), which serves as the public outreach arm of the National Pest Management Association...

FMC, Univar, PMPs help homeless during polar vortex

PHILADELPHIA—In December 2013, temperatures in Ohio dipped painfully low — and then remained in the single digits for weeks. To...

Industry loses a legend: Vern Walter

LEAKEY, TEXAS — Pest Management Professional Hall of Famer Vern Walter passed away Jan. 25. He was 86. The San...

Hot in Phoenix, Part II

What follows is our second and final installment of some of the many product innovations that made their debut at...

Hot in Phoenix: Products from PestWorld 2013

Over the next few issues of Buzz Online, the editors of Pest Management Professional will share some of the many...

PestWorld 2013: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Belfort talks sales tips for PMPs

You may not have heard of PestWorld’s keynote speaker, Jordan Belfort. That will soon change now that Martin Scorsese’s movie...

Tips and Tricks: 10 tips for installing stainless steel bird spikes

By Chrissy Hansen Technical Writer, Bird-X, Inc. One of the most effective, long-lasting, low-maintenance bird control solutions is the stainless...

Tips and Tricks: Be a bed bug detective

By Dr. Dina Richman Product Development Manager, FMC Corp. Bed bugs are still one of the biggest challenges for pest...

Tips and Tricks: Make bed bugs an inclusive service

By Brian Hirsch, Director of Sales, Industrial Division, Protect-A-Bed At best, bed bug jobs are time-consuming, difficult and require a...

Tips and Tricks: Must-have tools for bird net, wire installation

By Mike Dougherty Sales, Bird-B-Gone, Inc. Bird work involves attaching products to buildings and their substrates. Most jobs you encounter...