[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO STERLING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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                      HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 13, 2007

  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Sterling International Incorporated for celebrating 25 years in 
business. Since inception, the core focus of Sterling's business has 
been to build and sell highly effective and environmentally responsible 
pest control products that are safe for the consumer, easy to use, and 
reasonably priced. In the past 25 years, Sterling has steadily grown 
its business and is the leader in its market niche.
  Company founder and President Rod Schneidmiller developed Sterling's 
first product, a reusable fly trap, by experimenting in his kitchen and 
later began selling it throughout eastern Washington in 1982. Ace 
Hardware was the first retailer to buy Sterling's product on a national 
level in the mid-1980s, which resulted in a huge breakthrough in 
awareness and acceptance of the insect trap category. Today, Mr. 
Schneidmiller's innovations include a disposable trap for flies and a 
reusable trap for yellow jackets.
  Twenty-five years after the company's humble start, Sterling 
International sells its line of fly traps, along with yellow jacket and 
Japanese Beetle traps, throughout the U.S. in retailers such as Wal-
Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace Hardware and True Value Hardware. The 
company also distributes its product internationally, to customers in 
Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, Africa and the Middle East.
  With a world-class insect research laboratory as part of its 
headquarters in Spokane, Washington, Sterling will soon release even 
more ground-breaking consumer products that will make pest control 
smarter.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Rod Schneidmiller and 
Sterling International Incorporated for their outstanding 
accomplishments. I invite my colleagues to join me in celebrating 25 
years of service from Mr. Schneidmiller and Sterling International 
Incorporated.

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