Founder William Albert Flick Website www.anticimex.com CEO Jarl Dahlfors (Sep 2015–) Headquarters Stockholm | Number of employees about 4,000 Owner EQT Founded 1934 | |
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Key people Jarl Dahlfors (CEO)
Gunnar Asp(Chairman) Services Pest Control, weed control, gutter Profiles | ||
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.
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.
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".
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.