Vestergaard (company)

Vestergaard
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublic health
Founded1957
FounderKaj Vestergaard Frandsen
HeadquartersSwitzerland
Area served
World-wide
Key people
  • Michael Joos
  • (CEO)
Board members:
ProductsMosquito nets, water filters
BrandsLifeStraw, PermaNet, ZeroFly
OwnerMikkel Vestergaard Frandsen
Number of employees
170[1]
Websitewww.vestergaard.com

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]

  1. ^ Saldinger, Adva (January 7, 2016). "How a textile company became a development powerhouse". Devex Impact. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Fishman, Charles (2007). "The 6th Annual Fast 50 - 31: Vestergaard Frandsen". Fast Company. Retrieved 23 March 2012.