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Since
its inception in 1998, SpringStar has provided effective, nontoxic and
environmentally safe pest control products. Springstar has developed
the most complete line of these products for home and garden. And, in
response to consumers' need for simple, useful pest products that
contain no poisons, SpringStar is adding more products every year.
SpringStar ships nationally and internationally to mass, chain and
independent hardware, garden and grocery outlets.
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SpringStar
is one of the very few companies worldwide that is a primary
manufacturer and developer of insect pheromone technologies for
residential and garden pest control. It focuses solely on products that
use nontoxic mechanisms to effectively control pests. The Company is
systematically developing new, innovative traps and other pest control
products that cannot be found anywhere else. In its short history, the
Company has released more than 30 products and captured an 80+% market
share in mail-order catalogs. It is now growing rapidly in the retail
market channels.
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In
February of 2002 SpringStar acquired the Oak Stump Farms
Yellowjacket and Fly traps. Since that acquisition, SpringStar Inc.
has overhauled the product line, its appearance and presentation, while
maintaining the effectiveness that made the product so successful.
"OakStump Farms" is now SpringStar's brand name for all of
its outdoor pest control products, which currently includes more than
20 different items. These are sturdy, top-rated products built
specifically for outdoor use.
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SpringStar's
12+ indoor items fill the gap that will be left by the impending
cancellation of many traditional household pesticides. The EPA's risk
assessment for the pesticides diazinon and dursban has lead to
impending cancellation of all indoor, residential uses of these
toxicants. SpringStar has selected BioCare as the brand name
for its indoor household pest products. These products are
"biologically-based" and "caring" for the
environment.
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After
introducing and test marketing a variety of product and package
designs, SpringStar is taking assertive steps to build its key brand
names. In April of 2002 SpringStar LLC hired Kimball Design, a
nationally recognized design firm, to create a unique visual appearance
for national brand recognition. Kimball has redesigned the graphic
appearance for all the products and is enhancing the shelf appearance,
displays, customer appeal and product acceptance. All SpringStar
products for 2003 sales will benefit from the "new and
improved" look created exclusively for SpringStar by Kimball
Design. Each target insect has been hand-painted in detailed, lifelike
poses by wildlife artist Ian Sheldon. Most buyers that have evaluated
the new artwork have placed products for the upcoming season.
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SpringStar
was founded by Michael Banfield, who has spent the greater
part of his working life developing pest products based on insect
pheromone and biotechnology techniques. Mr. Banfield has been
interested in nature and concerned about avoiding pollution and
preserving the environment. While other organizations tried to stop,
ban or outlaw legal pesticides, Mr. Banfield became interested in
developing alternative products to give customers useful choices that
did not rely on poisons. That way, people could stop using toxic
materials and still effectively control their pest problems. To achieve
his goals, Mr. Banfield supplemented his degree in Biology with a
Master's degree in Pest Management from the Center for Pest Management
at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He then operated a group
of companies providing traditional pest and weed control services for
home, industry and landscape. He also co-founded Phero-Tech, a Canadian
company using insect pheromones for forest pest control. To complete is
education, he obtained an Executive MBA.
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Mike
saw an opportunity to develop a complete line of products for
agriculture and residential use by joining Consep, Inc., as their lead
scientist in 1985. He proceeded to develop a number of pheromone-based
pest products for agriculture and home-garden use. Some of the lures
and traps that he commercialized became part of the
"Sure-Fire" line that was eventually acquired by Woodstream.
He left Consep in 1991 just before its public offering in order to
continue his quest for better nontoxic pest solutions. He then founded
Agro-BioTech Corp. to develop fungicides from naturally-based bacteria
and to manufacture insect traps under private label and national brand
names. SpringStar's initial product line arose from key ABT products that
were enhanced, redesigned and improved.
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SpringStar
remains a privately-held family business with a philosophy of working
hard but enjoying life, family and friends. It operates its
administrative and research offices from a wooded 8 acre farm on the
outskirts of Seattle. All of its products are
manufactured in the USA. The company has a nearby
manufacturing and assembly facility and a second facility south of Seattle for its plastic molding
equipment. Certain products are also manufactured at an Oakland, CA facility. The company is
geared to grow at a rapid pace while maintaining high product quality
standards and on-time fulfillment.
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Please
contact SpringStar directly at 1-800-769-1043 or [email protected] for product information,
samples or brochures. The product line is supported by an organization of
hard-working, independent sales representatives that provide personal
service nation-wide. Our staff is available 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. Pacific time every business day.
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Toll
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Fax:(425) 487-4360 |
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SpringStar
Inc.
P.O. Box 2622
Woodinville, WA 98072 |
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SpringStar
Inc.
17669 128th Place NE, Bldg. C
Woodinville, WA 98072 |
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