Company type | Private |
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Industry | Public health |
Founded | 1957 |
Founder | Kaj Vestergaard Frandsen |
Headquarters | Switzerland |
Area served | World-wide |
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Products | Mosquito nets, water filters |
Brands | LifeStraw, PermaNet, ZeroFly |
Owner | Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen |
Number of employees | 170[1] |
Website | www |
Vestergaard is a company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland that manufactures public health tools for people in developing countries. Founded as Vestergaard Frandsen in 1957 as a uniform maker, the company evolved into a social enterprise making products for humanitarian aid in the 1990s. It is now best known for inventing the LifeStraw water filter and the PermaNet mosquito net.[2]