Philadelphia, PA — The Potomac Company announced on November 15, 2010, that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to DeerTech, the nation’s leading deer deterrent solutions company, in its sale to SavATree, a leading provider of tree, shrub and lawn care services. This partnership brings together two experts in deer deterrent services – the result is an unmatched level of expertise. (more…)

Orkin makes a small tuck-in acquisition for it’s Ft. Piece branch with the acquisition of Sorrentino’s Pest Control, Inc. based in Sebastian, Fla.

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Orkin acquired TruTech, Inc. from Stan Olstein and Lenny Beck. Incorporated in 1984 and established as a pest control company in the early 1990s, Trutech today has over one hundred employees and a presence in seven states and continues to grow and seek new markets. Each of the locations is essentially managed and serviced out of the corporate headquarters in Marietta, Georgia. (more…)

Orkin acquired Buck’s Pest Control in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., outside of Raleigh. (more…)

Potomac’s outsourced corporate development program is tailored to meet the needs of regional and middle market pest control companies that, unlike the large national firms, do not have a full-time, in-house corporate development staff. Many middle market pest control companies understand that acquisitions are often the fastest, most cost-effective means of growing their businesses, but lack in-house expertise, cannot afford to divert key employees from their normal responsibilities or justify the expense of employing dedicated staff to run a value-creating mergers & acquisitions program. (more…)