The story
Founded by Kaj Vestergaard Frandsen in 1957.1
Private company
Vestergaard
Company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland
Vestergaard is a Swiss- and United States-based social enterprise that develops and manufactures insecticide-treated fabrics for public health and agricultural pest control. Its health innovations include the PermaNet product line of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, widely used in malaria elimination programs, and Tiny Targets, which reduce the transmission of sleeping sickness by the Tsetse fly.2 It was founded by Kaj Vestergaard Frandsen.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1957Founded1
- Industryglobal health, malaria prevention, public health1
- HeadquartersLausanne1
- Websitevestergaard.com
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Vestergaard is a Swiss- and United States-based social enterprise that develops and manufactures insecticide-treated fabrics for public health and agricultural pest control. Its health innovations include the PermaNet product line of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, widely used in malaria elimination programs, and Tiny Targets, which reduce the transmission of sleeping sickness by the Tsetse fly.2
Leadership
Who has led Vestergaard, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderKaj Vestergaard Frandsen1
Products and brands
- Technical Textiles
- insecticide-treated bednet
- insecticide-treated net
- mosquito net
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1957Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitevestergaard.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/VestergaardImpactingPeople1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/vestergaard1
- WikipediaVestergaard (company)
- WikidataQ7923420
Sources
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- 1WikidataVestergaard on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVestergaard on Wikipedia