New York Pest Expo 2022

Editor’s Note: This article will be updated as the event continues throughout the afternoon of Nov. 10.

The 2022 New York Pest Expo hosted by Bug Off Pest Control Center took place on Nov. 10 at the George Washington Bridge Doubletree Hotel in Fort Lee, N.J.

This year’s expo included about 500 attendees and nearly three dozen exhibitors. The first New York Pest Expo in 2003 had one exhibitor (sole sponsor Whitmire Micro-Gen, since acquired), and 104 attendees.

Over the years, Bug Off Pest Control Center — through the New York Pest Expo and countless other one-of-a-kind themed educational events — has educated tens of thousands of pest management professionals.

Check out some of the highlights from the Pest Management Professional magazine team.

A staple at the annual New York Pest Expo: A table adorned with flowers and a touching photo of Andy Linares, owner of Bug Off Pest Control Center, and organizer of the expo, beside his beloved mother, Lucie Bilbao, who passed away a few years ago. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Lou Sorkin, BCE, a research entomologist with Entsult Associates, brought a few crawling creatures for his presentation: “In It For the Long Run — Long-Lived Organisms.” PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Lou Sorkin, BCE, a research entomologist with Entsult Associates, brought a few crawling creatures for his presentation: “In It For the Long Run — Long-Lived Organisms.” PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: John Murphy, CO2 development and implementation manager; Barry Pitkoff, northeast USA district sales and technical manager; and Matt Titshaw, business manager of structural pest control division, are at the Liphatech booth at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Misty Little, northeast U.S. sales manager at Kness, at the company’s booth at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Dale Baker, VP of sales J.T. Eaton, poses at the company’s booth at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: Workwave Kayla Romanelli, account manager for PestPac; Joseph McSwiggan, account executive for PestPac; and Paul Iannelli, account executive for PestPac, at the WorkWave booth at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

John Phil, senior technical representative for Ne York metro and Puerto Rico, at the Bell Laboratories’ booth at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: Chris Phillips, Northeast U.S. and Eastern Canada regional manager, and Lisa Viscuso, executive assistant professional products division, represent Catchmaster at its 2022 New York Pest Expo booth. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Tommaso Garavaglia, sales and business development manager at Polti USA, demonstrates the Polticimex Eradicator. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: Karen Boniface, sales representative professional and specialty solutions, and Sylvia Kenmuir, BCE, technical service representative Western U.S. professional and specialty solutions, are the BASF booth. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: Jordan Brooks, executive vice president, and Frank Cerqueira, director of operations, represent Steri-Fab at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

From left: Dr. Bill Robinson, of the Fountainhead Group, and Andy Linares, president of Bug Off Pest Control Center, before the start of the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

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“Twenty years, wow! Twenty years for an annual pest control event is quite an accomplishment,” Event organizer and MC Andy Linares said during his opening expo remarks.

“Pat yourselves on your backs for constantly reinvesting in yourselves,” Linares added. “Thanks for being loyal to Bug Off and the New York Pest Expo for so many years. Together, we continue grow in knowledge, potential and reality.”

 

Event organizer and MC Andy Linares kicked off the 20th annual New York Pest Expo, held at the George Washington Bridge DoubleTree Hotel on Nov. 10 by recapping past expos past and spotlighting how the event’s number of attendees and exhibitors has continued to grow. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

 

Event organizer and MC Andy Linares kicked off the 20th annual New York Pest Expo, held at the George Washington Bridge DoubleTree Hotel on Nov. 10 by recapping past expos past and spotlighting how the event’s number of attendees and exhibitors has continued to grow. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

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Joe Barille, with Envu’s tech market development team, presented “It All Starts Here: Label Comprehension and Compliance.” PHOTO: PMP STAFF

Joe Barille, with Envu’s tech market development team, presented “It All Starts Here: Label Comprehension and Compliance.”

“The label is the law,” Barille reminded the hundreds of PMPs attending the expo. “Fully comprehending and complying with pest control product labels is the responsibility of each of us. Without a focus on product stewardship, we will lose our good public image and access to products and product uses that help us to protect public health.”

BASF’s Sylvia Kenmuir, BCE, MSC, presented “Shoo Fly!: Fly Management Solutions.” She discussed how flies can develop resistance to certain products, so ensure fly management programs incorporate product rotation. Most flies are very mobile, quickly lay a large number of eggs, have fast lifecycles, and require little food to survive.

BASF’s Sylvia Kenmuir, BCE, MSC, presented “Shoo Fly!: Fly Management Solutions.” PHOTO: PMP STAFF

“Thorough inspections and correct species identification are musts — but they’re also just the start of successful fly management programs,” Kenmuir said. “Fly management solutions comprise exclusion, sanitation, insect light traps, contact insecticides, residual insecticides, trapping and monitoring.”

Jeff McGovern, aka The Pest Coach, started in the pest control industry in 1973. The Palatka, Fla.-based technical consultant and frequent industry trainer presented “The Art of Exclusion.”

McGovern gave attendees the following tips:

• Pest pressure is constant, everywhere.
• Pest issues usually start with a hole.
• Expandable foam, when used correctly, can be part of an exclusion solution.

“Assess and evaluate conducive conditions using all senses: sightings/signs, sounds and smells,” McGovern told the expo attendees.

Jeff McGovern, aka The Pest Coach, presented “The Art of Exclusion” at the 2022 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: PMP STAFF

McGovern’s 12 Key Factors Program:

1. Remove access (entry points)
2. Look underneath
3. Clean
4. Remove food sources
5. Look around
6. Ensure sound sanitation is practiced
7. Remove water sources
8. Look behind
9. Ensure structures and equipment in it are properly maintained
10. Eliminate potential harborages
11. Look on top of
12. Practice product rotation: first in, first out.

“If you’re proactive, you block out pests before they infest clients’ homes and businesses, and threaten public health, food stores and properties,” McGovern said.

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