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Bryan Eicher (comptroller of Versacor) and Patti Flores (human resources manager) at the Best Companies to Work for in Texas Award dinner.

Versacor Enterprises, headquartered in Southlake, Texas, was recently ranked number 28 out of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas in 2018. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), Texas SHRM and Best Compap.


For more than a decade, Atlanta, Ga.-based Arrow Exterminators has been supporting the March of Dimes through time, donations and creative fundraising efforts. This year’s six-week campaign raised over $48,500 and culminated with the 2018 March for Babies event, a 5.3-mile walk through Brook Run Park in Dunwoody, Ga. More than 200 of Arrow’s team members, family members and friends came out to walk together in support of the March of Dimes anies Ground a healthier future for babies.


Mouse cars planting roots around the world continues to be a highlight for Orlando, Fla.-based Truly Nolen International, as the company celebrated 12 grand openings throughout 2017. The franchises that are in TNI’s newest locations include La Matanza, Argentina; Braga, Santos and Amapa, Brazil; Siguatepeque, Honduras; Popayan and Neiva, Colombia; Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay; Osorno, Angol and Ovalle, Chile; and Davao, Philippines. These 12 openings bring the company’s total to 220 offices in 65 countries.

 


Environmental Pest Control, headquartered in Newmarket, Ontario, acquired Advance Pest Control Services, located in Orangeville, Ontario. Advance Pest Control Services will continue to operate under its current brand, now under EPC. The Orangeville pest control office will remain open and continue to service Dufferin County, Wellington County and Peel Region.

 


The National Wildlife Control Operators Association (NWCOA) announced that Russell Sieb, owner of Randolph, N.J.-based NJ Pest Control, earned the designation of Certified Wildlife Control Professional (CWCP). Sieb has demonstrated in-depth knowledge of various aspects of nuisance wildlife control and passed a rigorous eligibility and application process.


Modern Pest Services, an Anticimex company in Brunswick, Maine, acquired Boston, Ma.-based All-Star Pest Services. All-Star customers will be integrated into Modern’s Boston branch.


Inspect-All Services, headquartered in Conyers, Ga., was recognized as the number 29 fastest-growing business owned or operated by a University of Georgia graduate during the 2018 Bulldog 100 Celebration. Inspect-All, co-owned by brothers and UGA graduates Brian Lunsford and Brandon Lunsford, serves the Atlanta, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., metropolitan areas and specializes in pest control and home inspections. This is the company’s eighth year in a row being named to the Bulldog 100.

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