BASF Launches Termidor All Star Technician Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – BASF has launched a new initiative that will shine the spotlight on the unheralded stars of pest control – the Termidor® All Star Technician Program, celebrating the dedication, skill and expertise of exceptional termite technicians.

Beginning this month, BASF will accept nominations for All Star Technicians from those who know their work best – their supervisors and managers. In all, 16 grand prize winners will receive the VIP treatment as honored guests of BASF at the 2006 Major League Baseball All Star Game – including airfare, accommodations, entertainment, and entry to the game, to be held July 11, 2006, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Select technicians will also be featured online and in Termidor marketing efforts throughout the year.

Staff managers can nominate their Termidor All Star Technician through a web-based entry form – found online at http://www.PestControlFacts.com/allstar – by sending in a completed hard-copy entry form, available from BASF sales specialists or by downloading a version online.

“A Termidor All Star Technician is a lot like Termidor itself – both are effective, both increase profitability, and both inspire trust from their company and the customers on their route,” said Karl J. Kisner, senior marketing manager, BASF. “We’re proud to have the country’s best technicians on the Termidor team, and bringing these stand-out performers to the All Star Game is our way of thanking them for all of their hard work year-round.”

The All Star Technician Program is the latest installment in BASF’s “Growing Beyond the Basics” initiative, fostering growth and profitability in the pest control industry. Kisner continues, “By recognizing the best technicians our industry has to offer, we at BASF are encouraging all technicians to strive toward ‘All Star’ status.”

Termidor All Star Technicians exhibit three core characteristics – knowledge, value, and service. In 500 words or less, managers should show how the nominated technician displays any combination of these characteristics – whether it’s a thorough knowledge of termite identification and control; displaying an exceptional value to the company; or by providing unmatched, outstanding service to the customers on their route.

Entries for the Termidor All Star Technician Program will be accepted beginning February 1, 2006, through March 31, 2006. Winners will be announced May 1, 2006. Official rules can be found online at http://www.PestControlFacts.com/allstar. No purchase necessary.

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OFFICIAL RULES. No Purchase Necessary: 1. To Enter: Complete the Official Entry Form on line at www.PestcontrolFacts.com or printed entry form provided by a BASF representative. Entries must be received before 12:00 AM (EST) on 04/01/06. BASF and its agencies are not responsible for lost, garbled or misdirected entries or problems of any kind whether human or mechanical. 2. Prize: Trip to Pittsburgh, PA, July 10th through the 12th, including round-trip airfare, two nights in hotel, airport transportation, one ticket to the 2006 Major League Baseball All Star Game, and certain food and on-site amenities. No substitution or transfer of prize except with BASF’s permission. If prize becomes unavailable, BASF may award substitute of equal or greater value. Taxes and all other expenses are the responsibility of winner. 3. Drawing/Awarding of Prizes: 16 winners will be selected by 5/01/06 by a judging organization whose decisions are final. Entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules. Potential winners will be notified by electronic or U.S. mail and may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility within 15 days of attempted notification. Noncompliance within this time period may result in disqualification and an alternate may be selected. No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, stolen, and/or misdirected mail or entries. Sweepstakes materials void if incomplete, not legible, or if they contain errors. 4. Eligibility: Open to Pest Management Technicians currently working for a U.S.-based pest control company in the continental U.S., 21 years or older, except employees, their families and household members of BASF, Participating Distributors, their affiliated companies, agencies and anyone involved in this promotion’s production, development or handling. Technicians must be nominated by a manager or supervisor. 5. Liability/Publicity Release. Winners agree that (except where prohibited) BASF may use winners’ names, pictures, portraits, likenesses and voices for advertising and promotional purposes without further compensation. BASF and its agencies shall have no liability and shall be held harmless by winners for any damage, loss or liability to person or property by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. BASF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, to terminate or suspend part or all of this sweepstakes should non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of BASF corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the sweepstakes. BASF and its agencies are not responsible for human or mechanical failures of any kind, lost or unavailable Official Entry Forms, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed Official Entry Forms, whether caused by BASF, users or by any of the equipment associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may limit a participant’s ability to participate in the promotion. Offer void where prohibited and subject to federal, state and local laws. 6. Winner: For the names of the winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for receipt by June 1, 2006, to: “Termidor All Star Technician”, c/o FCF Schmidt, 600 W. Germantown Pike Suite 380, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. 7. Sponsored by: BASF Professional Pest Control, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.