Rs 5 million investment for pest management

EXTERMINATORS (Pvt) Ltd., integrated pest management service providers extends its latest branch to Kandy. The latest branch will be opened on September 20, while the company presently operates from existing branches in Battaramulla and Nugegoda.

“The total value of the project is Rs. 5 million,” said Marlon Ferreira, Director Marketing, Exterminators (Pvt) Ltd. The company owns an employee base of 25, including 14 technicians.

It handles goods and service provision for domestic and industrial purposes in pest, termite and mosquito controlling, fumigation services, pest constancy and pest management. Exterminators carry out a risk assessment prior to treatment using the latest technology in pest management by assessing pest biology.

“We experienced a 200 per cent growth of total sales in 2005 and 2006. The company intends to increase revenue by 50 per cent by the end of 2007,” Ferreira said.

Exterminators is the sole company in Sri Lanka to have trained experts internationally for improvement of quality services.

“ Our staff has received training in institutes such as, British Pest Control Association, Royal Society for the Promotion Health of UK, Federation of Asia Oceanica Pest Manager’s Association and additional institutes in Singapore and Australia. We invest over rupees 2.5 million annually to train them,” he said.

General Manager, Exterminators, Rasika Sampath said Pest Management industry is not wide spread in the country.

“We are on a campaign to educate the public further about the virtues of incorporating pest management solutions,” he said.

The company is authorised by the Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka.