Unique formulation technology enables controlled release, protecting the product from the elements and providing up to 90 days of residual control outdoors

Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer CropScience LP, has launched Suspend^® PolyZone^TM, a new outdoor perimeter liquid spray that uses an innovative formulation technology to perform more effectively than the competition for longer periods of time in both residential and commercial settings.

Optigard® Ant Gel Bait has excellent ingestion activity and extended palatability among a wide variety of ants including Argentine, carpenter, ghost and other nuisance ant species. In laboratory tests, worker ants show a preference for Optigard Ant Gel Bait over their regular

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In the combined business, Chris Donaghy will serve as the company's CEO, and Todd Griebe as the company's President.  Jim Hespe as VP of Operations and Janice Cronin  as  VP of Finance.   There will also be many new organizational additions and promotions announced over the next few months.

"I am excited about the expansion possibilities and the opportunities that the Residex-Turfgrass joint venture will bring to our customers, our employees and the industry.  Residex and Turfgrass were both successful standalone businesses, and now Todd and I get to work together to develop our forward strategies to innovate the future of distribution." stated Chris Donaghy.

The combined entity of Residex-Turfgrass, two proudly American and independently owned businesses, offer over 100 years of excellent customer service, expertise and knowledge, industry support and proven business solutions advice.  Residex was established in 1946 and serves the structural pest industry, while Turfgrass, Inc. was founded in 1970 to service the golf and turf industry.    

"There are great benefits in combining these two highly complementary organizations and product lines.  The synergies realized by this merger will allow us to offer even greater knowledge and value to our customers in a much expanded territory," said Todd Griebe who will serve as President of the newly combined firm. 

Residex's former headquarters, in Roselle, NJ will transition to a regional operations center and a customer service call center.  Additionally, the warehouse will remain in place and continue to serve as a walk-in and delivery location for our customers.  The combination of the businesses takes nothing away from our current or future customers as Residex-Turfgrass will now have 23 walk-in and delivery locations servicing the East Coast and Mid-West regions of the country.

"Unlike other attempts to combine turf and pest distribution, this venture blends two complete sets of respective knowledge and expertise in both disciplines. We won't just dabble in one side of the offerings or the other; we will bring real experience and knowledge to turf (green) and pest operators," said Chris Donaghy, CEO, of the newly formed company.

Through its Stanley Z. Baker Foundation, J.T. Eaton donates supplies to a grateful church group for its campgrounds.

Les Smith, an entomologist and president of Rid-A-Pest, Inc., based in eastern Northern Carolina, also serves as range manager for Heber Valley Camp in Utah. Created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to host church retreats and other outdoor events, this beautiful camp is located on a spectacular tract of land covering more than 8,000 acres in the mountains. Elevation of the camp ranges from 7,500-10,000 ft.