The Potomac Company announced today the sale of Freitas Controle de Pragas, a Sao Paulo, Brasil-based pest control company to private investors. The Potomac Company initiated the transaction and advised the sellers.

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President will be Mitch Wassom of Collin Services, Plano, Texas.

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According to an October 2007 study performed on behalf of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), the pest control industry has continued to grow at six percent over the last three years and added about 6.5 million new professional pest control customers.

For further information on the study click here.

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The Potomac Company announced today that Managing Director, Paul Giannamore, will be speaking at the Texas Pest Control Association’s Annual Convention in San Antonio on December 7, 2007. Mr. Giannamore’s presentation will address succession planning, gifting stock to children and mergers & acquisitions in the Pest Control Industry.

For more information on this event, please go to www.texaspest.org or call Paul Giannamore at (267) 207-2763.

Interested in learning more about valuation and mergers & acquisitions in the pest control industry? Click here to subscribe to the Potomac Pest Control Weekly (PPCW). The Potomac Pest Control Weekly is written the most prominent business appraiser and mergers & acquisitions specialists in the pest control industry and is packed with tutorials, case studies, and interviews with industry insiders.

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