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Below is our recent interview with Hannah Bernhard, Public Relations Manager at Rentokil North America:
Q: Could you provide our readers with a brief introduction to your company?
A: Rentokil North America provides commercial and residential pest control to customers in the United States and Canada. The comprehensive and digital pest management solutions include general pest control, rodents, mosquito, birds, termite and bed bug inspections and service, vegetation management.
In addition, Rentokil North America operates business services companies including Ambius, specializing in air purification, hand and surface hygiene as well as plants and scenting services; Steritech, offering food safety and operational assessments; SOLitude Lake Management, providing lake and pond solutions; and Vector Disease Control International, which serves governments and municipalities with mosquito control services.
Q: Any highlights on your recent announcement?
A: The products, Optical Gel, Avian Block and Bird Out, are the latest additions to a line of integrated bird management solutions designed to protect businesses, and their people, while addressing bird issues through humane and safe removal techniques. Each product is EPA registered for use in commercial, residential and agricultural environments, and will help business owners and commercial property managers safely and discreetly deter birds from congregating near surfaces, facilities and high traffic areas.
Q: Can you give us more insights into your offering?
A: Rentokil’s bird management solutions are designed to protect businesses and their people. Bird infestations can result in costly property damage for business owners and commercial property managers, as well as cause health and safety concerns for employees and customers. Bird excrement is corrosive and can erode stone and metal on building structures. Their feathers and droppings can also transmit over 60 diseases, clog HVAC and drainage systems and cause slip, trip and fall hazards for employees and customers.
Q: What can we expect from your company in next 6 months? What are your plans?
A: Rentokil is always looking for innovations in the pest control field, including how to make our products, services, and operations more environmentally responsible.
Q: What is the best thing about your company that people might not know about?
A: We represent the North American division of Rentokil Initial plc, one of the largest business services companies in the world that operates in over 60 countries. The expanded organization increases national coverage, provides faster response times, and now offers an even broader range of services.
We have made it our mission to protect people, and enhance lives. Our approach focuses on a technician/customer partnership to ensure the highest quality pest control service to include a comprehensive pest management solution with pest control, termite and bed bug inspections, vegetation management, bird management solutions and fumigations.
