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This article is about the pest control company. For Anti-Cimex, see Anticimex (disambiguation).
Flick Anticimex
Industrypest control Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1934 (1934)[1]
FounderWilliam Albert Flick
Headquarters
Stockholm
,
Sweden
Key people
Jarl Dahlfors (CEO)[2]
Gunnar Asp(Chairman)[2]
ServicesPest Control, weed control, gutter
OwnerEQT
Number of employees
about 4,000[3]
Websitewww.anticimex.com
Former headquarters of Anticimex in Skeppsbron, Stockholm.
Swedish warning for Anticimex ratpoison.

Anticimex is an international modern pest control company. Anticimex means "Against bed bugs". Anticimex is wholly owned by EQT and have subsidiaries in 17 countries.[3]

Flick Anticimex operates in the areas of pest control, building environments and hygiene. The company aim to create a healthy indoor environment through prevention, technology and sustainable solutions. Flick Anticimex employs around 4000 people, serving 2.5 million customers worldwide. In 2015, combined sales amounted to approximately 3.9 billion SEK.

In 1910, William Albert Flick created a chemical compound that would control termites while working as a dairy farmer on his property. His process, and product was effective enough to found his own pest control business in 1918: called W.A. Flick & Co, later known as Flick Pest Control. Flick Anticimex was then established in Sweden at 1934 during a time when approximately half of Swedish homes were infested with bed bugs.[4]

The company has offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. From 2006 to 2012 the firm was owned by Ratos and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

In most countries, the company is known from its original name "Anticimex". Whereas in Australia and New Zealand it is known as "Flick Anticimex".[5]

In 2012 Anticimex was sold to Investor-owned EQT. The parent company is Anticimex International AB and the head office is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

References

  1. ^ "Vår historia" (in Swedish). Anticimex AB. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Företagsledning och styrelse" (in Swedish). Ratos AB. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Anticimex organisation" (in Swedish). Anticimex AB. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Flick Pest Control History". Flick Anticimex. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. ^ "About Flick Anticimex". Flick Anticimex. Retrieved 25 October 2016.


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