Hicare

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{{Infobox company
| name = Hicare
| logo = Hicare Logo.png
| logo_size = 245px
| former_name = {{Plainlist|
* Godrej HiCare
* ISS Hicare
}}
| type = [[Privately Held Company]]
| industry = [[Pest control]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2004}}
| founder = [[Arumugham Mahendran]]
| location =
| area_served = [[India]]
| services =
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| footnotes =
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| homepage = [http://hicare.in/ hicare.in]
}}

'''Hicare''' is an Indian [[pest control]] company.

== History ==
Hicare was founded in 2004 as part of the [[Godrej Group]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/hicare-to-invest-rs-100-cr-to-expand-cleaning-services/articleshow/57062891.cms|title=Hicare to invest Rs 100 cr to expand cleaning services - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> Its [[managing director]] was [[Arumugham Mahendran]], who had previously founded a [[Insect repellent|mosquito repellent]] company, Transelektra Domestic Products, which was acquired by Godrej in 1994.<ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/PE-backed-ex-Godrej-MD-buys-ISS-Hicare/articleshow/29514640.cms|title=PE-backed ex-Godrej MD buys ISS Hicare - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> Godrej sold an 80% stake in Hicare to the Danish services conglomerate [[ISS A/S|ISS]] in 2009, and it became a [[Wholly Owned Subsidiary|wholly owned subsidiary]] of ISS in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/godrej-sells-services-business-hicare-to-iss-109042400089_1.html|title=Godrej sells services business HiCare to ISS|last=Reporter|first=B. S.|date=2009-04-24|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> In 2014, Mahendran left Godrej and, backed by a [[private equity fund]], bought back Hicare from ISS.<ref name="The Times of India"/>

In 2017, the company expanded into the [[house cleaning]] and [[Air purifier|air purification]] markets,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/hicare-enters-air-purifier-home-cleaning-segments/article17818045.ece|title=Hicare enters air-purifier, home-cleaning segments|last=Mishra|first=Lalatendu|date=2017-04-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> in partnership with the Swedish firm Blueair.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/hicare-partners-with-blueair-for-selling-air-purifiers/articleshow/57038953.cms|title=Hicare partners with Blueair for selling air purifiers|last=Mukherjee|first=Writankar|date=2017-02-08|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>

== Partnership ==
In 2014, IVFA formed a partnership with Hicare's founder to make acquisition of the pest control company from Danish multinational ISS Global.<ref>{{cite news |title=IVFA teams up with Hicare founder to acquire pest control firm |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ivfa-teams-up-with-hicare-founder-to-acquire-pest-control-firm/article23123881.ece |work=@businessline |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://hicare.in}}
* [https://apex-pest-control.co.uk/ Pest Control Guide]

[[Category:Pest control companies]]
[[Category:Chemical companies established in 2004]]
[[Category:Business services companies established in 2004]]
[[Category:Service companies of India]]

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