ADAPT Pest Management Updates COVID-19 Practices

The California firm has made changes to ensure clients feel safe when ADAPT services their properties.

February 18, 2021

ROCKLIN, Calif. — ADAPT Pest Management, which services the Roseville and Rocklin region of California, has updated its COVID-19 practices to better serve families throughout Northern California.

“We wanted to make sure that our clients feel safe and confident when we service their properties,” said Mike Delautre, owner of ADAPT Pest Management, “because we know that even after the world opens back up again, it’s going to take a long time until our pest control customers feel safe and comfortable, and we want to make sure they know they’re in the hands of people that really care.”

ADAPT Pest Management continues to follow recommendations by the CDC, and has updated its COVID-19 protocols to include:

Masks worn at all times, both indoors and outdoors upon request.
No contact payments, including leaving checks outside to collect later.
Scheduling indoor service for when a customer is not around, and using hand sanitizer before we enter the property.

“Pest control is about protection, and that commitment to protecting your property extends beyond pests, to the way that we make sure to always keep our customers’ best interests at heart,” said Delautre.

Learn more about the firm at www.AdaptPest.com.

Pictured left to right in the photo: Chris Aust, Dan Aust, Mary Ann Lipsett, Michael Lipsett, Stuart Aust, and Nick Aust.

Orkin Acquires CT Pest Elimination

The transaction, which closed on Jan. 18, was reported by The Aust Group, advisor for CT Pest Elimination.

February 18, 2021

Posted by the PCT Staff

Mergers & Acquisitions

ORANGE, Conn. — Orkin has acquired Connecticut Pest Elimination (CT Pest Elimination). The transaction, which closed on Jan. 18, was reported by The Aust Group, the exclusive financial advisor for CT Pest Elimination.

Michael and Mary Ann Lipsett formed CT Pest Elimination in 1990 and scaled their business to become the largest privately held pest control operation in Connecticut. Michael Lipsett has been involved in several industry organizations with board seats on both Connecticut Pest Management Association (CPMA) and Connecticut Coalition Against Bed Bugs (CCABB).

CT Pest Elimination employs 60 employees and averages 40 vehicles on the road daily. They are members of National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and Connecticut Pest Management Association.

Michael Lipsett said, “Working with The Aust Group was the best decision we could have made for brokering our business. They were so professional and spent a lot of time preparing us for the sale in advance.”

Stuart Aust, principal of The Aust Group, added, “It was an honor and a pleasure to represent Michael and Mary Ann throughout the acquisition process. We feel this acquisition serves as a great fit for both parties and are excited to see the future growth of Connecticut Pest Elimination with the Orkin team.”

Terms of this transaction were not disclosed.

Registration Open for March ICUP Webinar

The very first free-of-charge International Conference on Urban Pests (ICUP) takes place on March 9.

February 18, 2021

Posted by Brad Harbison

International

Registration is now open for the very first free-of-charge International Conference on Urban Pests (ICUP), to be held online on March 9.

To accommodate as many delegates as possible from different time zones around the world, the webinar will run at 10 a.m. (EST); 7 a.m. (PST) and 3 p.m. (GMT). It will last for up to three hours maximum and will consist of five carefully selected presentations, covering a variety of urban pest problems, from leading urban research scientists.

Those interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible from the ICUP website at www.icup.org.uk/webinar.

Topics to be presented include: household arthropods and their bacterial communities; fertility of Norway rats in Barcelona; the control of yellowjackets in urban areas; the impact of climate change on urban pest distribution; the use of CRISPR gene drive tools for pest population engineering; and more. Details of the programme and speakers, which include Victor Lopez Del Amo (University of California, San Diego, USA) and Michael Rust (University of California, Riverside, USA) are detailed on the ICUP website at www.icup.org.uk/webinar

Dr Ruben Bueno from Laboratorios Lokímica, Spain will act as moderator and delegates will be able to pose questions via the Zoom ‘chat’ facility. If unable to attend, or to listen to the talks again, they will all be available from the ICUP website until April 6, 2021.

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the ICUP Executive Committee from holding its usual face-to-face conference which was originally scheduled for July 2020. However, in the spirit of the ICUP, and its mission to share scientific information on urban pests, this first free-of-charge webinar has been organized.

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