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The franchise was awarded to Edison Bloem, a well-established businessman in Curacao. “There certainly are pest and termite problems in those areas and he believed there was room for an American pest control company that provides high quality services,” Lutz said.
The Curacao office will provide commercial and residential pest and termite services, Lutz said, adding that management and employees will begin training in June, with a targeted grand opening in August. Lutz said Latin America is a key growth sector for Truly Nolen. “We are growing heavily in the Caribbean,” Lutz said. “We already have offices in the Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands. The Netherlands Antilles will give us an even stronger presence.”
Truly Nolen Chairman Truly David Nolen, told PCT that the company now has a franchise in almost all of Central and South America, with the exception of Cuba. Nolen said he first became interested in expanding globally while vacationing in Mexico. “I bought a vacation home in Mexico and I saw that there was no adequate pest control,” Nolen recalls. “I started a little company there to keep me busy on weekends. From there, I opened a franchise in Panama and Argentina.”
Truly Nolen now has 96 offices in the following 41 countries:
Argentina
Chile
Ecuador
Colombia
Peru
Paraguay
Brazil
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Panama
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Turks and Caicos
Cayman Islands
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Saudi Arabia
China
United Arab Emirates
Malaysia
Portugal
United Kingdom
Turkey
Mexico
Philippines
El Salvador
Spain
Pakistan
Thailand
South Africa
Oman
Belize
Brunei
Qatar
Kuwait
Bahamas
Bahrain
Ireland
Bolivia
Netherlands Antilles