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Bayer Professional Pest Control Guide Science for a better life Bayer Contact Bayer CropScience 230 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge CB4 0WB Customer Services: 00800 1214 9451 Email: [email protected] Web: www.environmentalscience.bayer.co.uk Bayer Distributors Killgerm Chemicals Ltd Barrettine Environmental Health Ltd 113 Wakefield Road Barrettine Works Wakefield Road St Ivel Way Ossett Warmley West Yorkshire Bristol WF5 9AR BS30 8TY Tel: 01924 268 400 Tel: 01179 672222 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.killgerm.com Web: www.barrettine.co.uk 2 Bayer - Science for a better life Bayer is a multinational company with key skills in We promote our products by means of targeted the fields of pharmaceuticals, nutrition and synthetic actions and meetings aimed at the experts in the field. materials, the mission of which is to provide products We co-operate with the relevant associations, and and services which are useful to mankind, and support events which enhance the quality of service in improve quality of life. the world of professional pest-control. Bayer is dedicated to the development of formulations For 35 years the brand Ficam® has stood for which are destined for professionals in the hygiene excellence to the UK Pest Control Industry, and in and pest-control fields in urban and rural areas. recent years revolutionary high-tech solutions have become available, such as Maxforce Quantum® and Bayer researches and promotes solutions, the priority K-Othrine® WG 250 formulation, which involves low objectives of which are the effectiveness of the dosages in use and increased safety in operation, product, the safety for the professional operators without waste or dosage errors. and for the environment. These solutions have often proved to be an example and a point of reference for Bayer immediately distinguished itself in its defence the entire industry. of the active ingredients used because it intends to continue to sustain and invest in the pest-control Bayer is present throughout the world, in Australia, industry. Bayer’s priority is to develop products the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, with the aim of which are already in line with the Biocides Directive; maximising efficiency and flexibility, and creating new our range of insecticides has been selected with the value in the professional field of environmental health. aim of meeting the needs of people who want to get Its distinct innovative spirit, combined with decades the most out of their own services, with a view to of experience, has always positioned Bayer as a satisfying the end user. world leader in its field, with its well-known brands K-Othrine® WG 250, AquaPy®, Ficam® and Racumin® Foam. Our products are used successfully every day and in every part of the world, by thousands of pest-control professionals. Throughout the world we sustain and promote pest control methods which are based on Integrated Pest Management, we co-operate with research institutes, health organisations and authorities to develop programmes which are aimed In fulfilment of the at controlling the most significant infestations. Biocidal Products Directive (98/8/EC), In the UK and Ireland, we have a dedicated Bayer are supporting organisational and sales structure which operates a number of active in the sectors of Professional Pest Control, Rural ingredients and Hygiene and the protection of stored cereals. Direct formulations for the contact with the professionals in the field allows us to long term future of the provide suitable technical assistance, logistics, and a industry. commercial supply which meets the requirements of all the clients and end users. 3 Bayer as a global company Bayer is an inventor company with over 150 years of expertise and social commitment. By applying science to the major global challenges, Bayer can deliver innovations that address unmet customer and market needs. As a global enterprise, Bayer has key skills in the fields of health care and agriculture with the mission: Bayer: Science For A Better Life Bayer Leverkusen Aspirin™ The Bay Arena stadium and training ground is home to the Discovered by Bayer in 1899. company’s football team, which was founded in 1904. Use Medicines Responsibly (www.noah.co.uk/responsible) Drontal Dog contains praziquantel, pyrantel embonate and febantel [NFA-VPS]. Drontal Cat contains praziquantel and pyrantel embonate [NFA-VPS] . Advantage contains imidacloprid [NFA-VPS]. Please refer to appropriate data sheet at www.noahcompendium.co.uk. Further information available from SPC or on request. Registered Trade Mark of Bayer plc, Animal Health Division, 400 South Oak Way, Green Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6AD. Tel: 01635 563000. 4 Bayer UK & Ireland Bayer is a global leader in providing innovative solutions to pest, weed and plant disease problems in the professional non-crop markets. This encompasses the professional pest control product range, as well as our grain management portfolio of products. Bayer campus in Monheim, Germany. Bayer campus in Clayton, USA. Bayer UK offers; Extensive product portfolio The UK and Irish product portfolio consists of our Bayer has a Pest Control Product research center professional insect control range, traditional and in Monheim, Germany. Monheim has several in site contact rodent formulation rodenticides, and grain breeding areas for pest insect species, meaning protection products. that Bayer formulations and active ingredients are subject to rigorous testing in a number of Direct contact with pest managers and different environments before they are ever used by pest control professionals professional pest operators. Bayer have formed Customer Advisory Councils, and our UK team regularly offer site support for our Team of experts pest control customers. By working closely with pest The Bayer pest solutions team have a wide range control professionals and our key distributors , Bayer of knowledge and practical experience in the pest are constantly gaining a clear understanding of the control industry, and are available to answer technical problems encountered and experienced on a day to questions and to give educational seminars in the use day basis in the field. of professional pest control products. Research and development to bring new products to market Bayer invest up to 10 years and €300 million to bring each new active to market. 5 Pest Solutions Team With the regulatory environment changing at a with the BPCA, NPTA and CRRU, Alan’s contribution phenomenal rate for pest controllers, they need fast, to the industry is far-reaching, and he maintains accurate advice on pest matters, more than ever that looking after his customers is still top of the before. There are countless things to get right and, agenda. “The changing needs of the pest controller as a result of this, help is at hand from Bayer. The are paramount, and we’re always innovating company has drawn together an experienced team with new technologies, packaging presentations, of experts to make up their Pest Solutions team. new application equipment and are also keen The new Pest Solutions team is made up of five professionals, all with wide-ranging backgrounds in to communicate key information and regulatory the sector, meaning they can offer a wide range of changes,” he adds. expertise. The team enhances the strong product portfolio available from Bayer and is further supported Richard Moseley by the popular Bayer PestXpert app. Richard fell into the pest control industry quite by accident, but found it appealing from the off, Alan Morris because of the diversity of the job. Having worked in the pest control sector for 18 years, Alan Morris Starting as a pest controller in has extensive experience in the Wigan with ‘National Britannia’, a national pest control industry, and has been privy to company, at the age of 22, he felt at home managing many changes over the years. his own patch, and encountering a different challenge each day. His first taste of the sector was in 1997, working in a sales administration role for AgrEvo, the “I became fascinated straight away. I’d say something environmental science company for professional pest about the industry gets under your skin,” he says. control, and he hasn’t looked back since. Eventually Richard progressed to manage the In 2000 when the company merged to become pest control needs for some of the largest food Aventis Environmental Science, Alan took up the role manufacturers in Europe. “It was a huge learning of European product manager. “This was quite a step curve for me. I was also training others in the industry. up from managing the sales, orders and deliveries in the UK. It was challenging, but the experience taught “This experience and training paved the way for my me a lot,” says Alan. next post, in 2008, when I became the technical manager for the BPCA. Here I was heavily involved “The role required me to travel around Europe, with influencing government policy, for the benefit of working on the ground with pest controllers from our members and the wider industry,” he says. different countries, which gave me experience of the different pest control challenges. Having now been at Bayer for nearly two years, Richard is the technical manager for professional pest “It was a really interesting time, we were ultimately control and feels the most important aspect of the preparing for what regulatory bodies would do and role is to give pest controllers a high level of support the future needs of the industry, and this strategic and industry knowledge. investment in the future of pest control and adapting accordingly, is what Bayer as a company still does,” “I’m here to inform on legislation, formulations, insect he says. identification and guidance on what will and won’t work,” he adds. Now in the role of ‘Head of Country UK and Ireland’ at Bayer Environmental Science and heavily involved 6 Product Guide Product Ken Black Greg Collins Ken Black is responsible for the Greg Collins represents the Bayer agricultural side of the Bayer pest Pest Control industry in Ireland.
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