Since its inception in 1998, SpringStar has provided effective, nontoxic and environmentally safe pest control products. Springstar has developed the most complete line of these products for home and garden. And, in response to consumers' need for simple, useful pest products that contain no poisons, SpringStar is adding more products every year. SpringStar ships nationally and internationally to mass, chain and independent hardware, garden and grocery outlets.

SpringStar is one of the very few companies worldwide that is a primary manufacturer and developer of insect pheromone technologies for residential and garden pest control. It focuses solely on products that use nontoxic mechanisms to effectively control pests. The Company is systematically developing new, innovative traps and other pest control products that cannot be found anywhere else. In its short history, the Company has released more than 30 products and captured an 80+% market share in mail-order catalogs. It is now growing rapidly in the retail market channels.

In February of 2002 SpringStar acquired the Oak Stump Farms Yellowjacket and Fly traps. Since that acquisition, SpringStar has overhauled the product line, its appearance and presentation, while maintaining the effectiveness that made the product so successful. "OakStump Farms" is now SpringStar's brand name for all of its outdoor pest control products, which currently includes more than 20 different items. These are sturdy, top-rated products built specifically for outdoor use.

SpringStar's 12+ indoor items fill the gap that will be left by the impending cancellation of many traditional household pesticides. The EPA's risk assessment for the pesticides diazinon and dursban has lead to impending cancellation of all indoor, residential uses of these toxicants. SpringStar has selected BioCare as the brand name for its indoor household pest products. These products are "biologically-based" and "caring" for the environment.

After introducing and test marketing a variety of product and package designs, SpringStar is taking assertive steps to build its key brand names. In April of 2002 SpringStar hired Kimball Design, a nationally recognized design firm, to create a unique visual appearance for national brand recognition. Kimball has redesigned the graphic appearance for all the products and is enhancing the shelf appearance, displays, customer appeal and product acceptance. All SpringStar products for 2003 sales will benefit from the "new and improved" look created exclusively for SpringStar by Kimball Design. Each target insect has been hand-painted in detailed, lifelike poses by wildlife artist Ian Sheldon. Most buyers that have evaluated the new artwork have placed products for the upcoming season.

SpringStar was founded by Michael Banfield, who has spent the greater part of his working life developing pest products based on insect pheromone and biotechnology techniques. Mr. Banfield has been interested in nature and concerned about avoiding pollution and preserving the environment. While other organizations tried to stop, ban or outlaw legal pesticides, Mr. Banfield became interested in developing alternative products to give customers useful choices that did not rely on poisons. That way, people could stop using toxic materials and still effectively control their pest problems. To achieve his goals, Mr. Banfield supplemented his degree in Biology with a Master's degree in Pest Management from the Center for Pest Management at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He then operated a group of companies providing traditional pest and weed control services for home, industry and landscape. He also co-founded Phero-Tech, a Canadian company using insect pheromones for forest pest control. To complete is education, he obtained an Executive MBA.

Mike saw an opportunity to develop a complete line of products for agriculture and residential use by joining Consep Inc. as their lead scientist in 1985. He proceeded to develop a number of pheromone-based pest products for agriculture and home-garden use. Some of the lures and traps that he commercialized became part of the "Sure-Fire" line that was eventually acquired by Woodstream. He left Consep in 1991 just before its public offering in order to continue his quest for better nontoxic pest solutions. He then founded Agro-BioTech Corp. to develop fungicides from naturally-based bacteria and to manufacture insect traps under private label and national brand names. SpringStar's initial product line arose from key ABT products that were enhanced, redesigned and improved.

SpringStar remains a privately-held family business with a philosophy of working hard but enjoying life, family and friends. It operates its administrative and research offices from a wooded 8 acre farm on the outskirts of Seattle. The company is geared to grow at a rapid pace while maintaining high product quality standards and on-time fulfillment.

Please contact SpringStar directly at 1-800-769-1043 or e-mail for product information, samples or brochures. The product line is supported by an organization of hard-working, independent sales representatives that provide personal service nation-wide. Our staff is available 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific time Monday through Friday.