Vestergaard (company)

Vestergaard
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublic health
Founded1957
FounderKaj Vestergaard Frandsen
HeadquartersSwitzerland
Area served
World-wide
Key people
Board members:
ProductsMosquito nets, water filters
BrandsLifeStraw, PermaNet, ZeroFly
OwnerMikkel Vestergaard Frandsen
Number of employees
170
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.