Every year, Syngenta looks forward to celebrating a remarkable group of industry professionals through the Crown Leadership Awards. This year is no exception as these individuals embody and define what it means to help customers live a life uninterrupted by pests.
As a sponsor of the awards for nearly four decades, Syngenta takes great pride in recognizing these and other outstanding leaders who have immensely contributed to our industry. Please join us in congratulating the 2025 Crown Leadership Award recipients: Ed Dougherty, Massey Services; Tom Forshaw IV, FORSHAW; Marie Horner, Arrow Exterminators; Jim McHale Jr., JP McHale Pest Management/Anticimex; and Court Parker, Bug Busters. Their hard work and fortitude help set a standard for excellence in this important line of work.
At Syngenta, we take pride in researching and developing top-of-the-line solutions to support your business. “Fortitude” also describes the determination and resilience of our many research and development scientists who rigorously search for, test and retest new, impactful solutions to deliver to this industry.
We’re thrilled to share that PLINAZOLIN® technology—the first brand-new active ingredient and mode of action in the pest control industry in two decades—will be coming soon under the Vanecto® insecticide brand name. Upon registration by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vanecto Cockroach gel bait will the first in a line of products powered by PLINAZOLIN technology. This innovation will be a new standard for controlling a broad range of pests with an all-new class of chemistry that will change the way pests are managed for decades to come. Visit our booth at PestWorld 2025 and talk with our team to learn more about this exciting update.
In the meantime, we hope you’ll take advantage of our annual PestPartnersSM 365 Program, through which members enjoy yearlong rebates on our entire portfolio of premium products, including Vanecto Cockroach once available. As always, our team is available anytime to help you maximize your savings potential and drive broader business success through field-tested product recommendations.
Congratulations again to the 2025 Crown Leadership Award winners. We commend you for your dedication and perseverance, which inspires us all to succeed.
Marshall Gaster
Head of Marketing, Professional Pest Management (PPM), Syngenta
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