Products pest control products Headquarters Whanganui, New Zealand Type State-owned enterprise | Website www.pestoff.co.nz Founded 1991 | |
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Key people Terry Murdoch (Chair)
William McCook (CEO) | ||
Animal Control Products Limited is a state-owned enterprise of the New Zealand government. Its main business is the manufacture and sale of pest management products.
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History
The business originally started in the 1950s by the (then) Ministry of Agriculture and the New Zealand Forest Service. It imported, processed and distributed toxins used to control a range of pests including rabbits, wallabies, possums and rooks. In 1991, the company was established as a Crown-owned company under its own legislation and became a state-owned enterprise in 2005.
It operates under the State–Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
Operations
Animal Control Products operates one manufacturing plant in Whanganui in the lower North Island. In addition to direct sales to government agencies such as the Department of Conservation, to professional pest control operators and to regional councils, it also sells its products in over 150 outlets throughout New Zealand.