Pest Management Professional, September 2013

ADVERTORIAL WORDFROMOURSPONSOR This is CSI Getting Basically Better Every Day CSI shares how theyre working constantly to offer better options and innovations for their customers and they may even bust some myths along the way Marie Knox If you havent considered purchasing CSI products recently it is definitely time to take another look PMP sat down with Marie Knox PCO Technical Manager to discuss the bright future she sees for Control Solutions Inc Innovative Formulations Control Solutions Inc CSI part of the MAI family of companies employs and consults with some of the most talented formulation chemists available today We have access to more active ingredients globally than any other company This unique situation gives us the ability to not only improve upon the current products in the marketplace today but to begin to deliver products to the end user that are unlike anything they can get from other companies We can be very forward thinking in how we look at the active ingredients available to us and be very innovative in how we develop products for the industries we serve We are very proud of our formulations and are willing to compare them to the original products that exist today In fact many of our most popular products and formulations are currently undergoing unbiased university evaluations and are proving to work just as well and in some cases better than the original formulations Who We Are The story of Control Solutions begins in 1958 when the Boyd family purchased a small Pasadena Texas pest control company By 1976 Fords Pest Control had grown to become Fords Chemical and Service In 1985 Control Solutions Inc was created to distribute Fords products to the professional and consumer markets Fords success and growth in formulating professional pest animal health and consumer products drew the attention of Roussel which acquired Fords in 1989 After the Fords sale Control Solutions continued as a family owned business Today our partnership with Makhteshim Agan Industries MAindustries com multiplies Control Solutions agility in continuously adding new products to meet the needs of pest management professionals Welcome to Pasadena Texas Almost the entire liquid formulation product offering from CSI is manufactured in our facility in Pasadena Texas Our manufacturing and formulation facility is state of theart I was completely blown away when I toured the facility for the first time Everything is in a pristine stainless steel state Its so clean that if I rolled around on the floor in my suit I would likely make the floor dirty All kidding aside the state of the facility reflects the care we put into producing quality products Most PMPs will never see the inside of our manufacturing plant but how we maintain the facility and the processes we use to create our products reflect the quality CSI is so intent on The Futures So Bright One of the most exciting things were going to be doing in 2013 is something no other post patent manufacturer has done CSI will launch brand new proprietary products patented proprietary products for the Pest Management as well as Turf and Ornamental markets Were basically becoming a hybrid between a basic manufacturer and a post patent manufacturer The new offerings are scheduled to debut throughout 2013 and beyond so stay tuned Basically Better Support CSI provides full technical and sales teams to support our customers In addition to hiring a Technical Service Manager for the PCO business CSI also added a Vice President of Business Development in 2012 Rami Soufi Ph D MBA We have a desire to fully support the industries and businesses we participate in Expanding the support we provide to our customers as well as building an entirely new Product Development Team is one way we want to demonstrate this to the industry There is no compromise when you choose CSI products whether its the current product lines or the soon to be proprietary products Its not a compromise of price over quality Now youre getting the quality and you happen to be adding value and a little more profit to your bottom line when you choose our products www mypmp net Pest Management Professional September 2013 TR3