Single Objective is to Tackle and Completely Eliminate the Growing Bed Bug Infestation throughout Greater New York Metro Area

NEW YORK, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cimetics (www.cimetics.com), the first company ever created whose sole objective is the total and complete eradication of bed bugs, today announced its launch throughout the Greater New York Metro area.

The company is actively reaching out to homeowners, landlords of residential and commercial properties, theatre/event space owners and hoteliers, among others, offering a multi-pronged program that guarantees 100 percent elimination of bed bugs.

Named Cimetics, from the Latin Cimex lectularius for 'bed bug,' and led by Senior Executives Michael Eisenberg and Ken Mead, Cimetics is an affiliate of Harvard Maintenance, Inc. harvardmaint.com, one of the nation's oldest privately-owned janitorial and building maintenance firms.

These parasitic pests are multiplying at warp speed, partially because of having developed a resistance to most or all of the wide variety of pesticides currently on the market.  And, according to a just-released media alert, bed bugs, which know no socio-economic boundaries, could be carriers of MRSA, the superbug virus that is resistant to most antibiotics.  

According to Mr. Mead, "We are the first company ever established with a single mission: to annihilate bed bugs.  We are not focused on fleas, cockroaches, rats or any other pests.  The bed bug problem has reached epidemic proportions in the Tri State area.  HPD's records for all five boroughs reported 537 infestations in 2004, but 12,768 cases in 2010, and the situation will only worsen as the summer progresses."

Armed with a formidable weapon--the Cimetics Mobile Unit (CMU), which resembles a shipping container--the 22-ft by 8-ft unit, when heated to a minimum of 122 degrees Fahrenheit, permanently exterminates bed bugs and their eggs in approximately one hour.

"Tossing out possessions is a dramatic step, emotionally wrenching, and not to mention extremely costly," said Mr. Eisenberg.   "We offer a six-month guarantee certifying 100% bedbug elimination after personal effects have been subjected to thermal remediation in our CMU."  

Cimetics has devised a multi-pronged eradication program, customized to deal with infestations wherever they are found—in homes, offices, hotels, theatres, retail stores and more.

In office buildings, for example, Cimetics' has a four-fold plan:  1) inspection & reporting, remediation protocol and re-infestation prevention; 2) Human Resource involvement to determine how bed bugs arrived in the property, in addition to educating tenants about remediation; 3) Corporate Communications so that landlords can keep tenants informed of the problem and the resolutions; and 4) Public Relations--how best to contain the media buzz about a bed bug infestation.

Typically a remediation in a CMU ranges between $1,000 and $3,000, depending on the number of items exposed treated.  

"Panic ensues when you realize your home or office could be infested with these blood sucking parasites.  Bed bugs are tenacious, they adapt to environments way beyond the bedroom and boardroom.  Our ace in the hole is the CMU unit, but depending on the extent of the infestation, all elements of our program are required to ensure optimal results," said Mr. Eisenberg.

SOURCE Cimetics

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