Since the time of COP10, it has been considered an urgent task for society to conserve biodiversity, which has been declining year by year, so that we can realize a sustainable society. Pesticides have been the standard for exterminating harmful pests, but this approach is considered excessive from the perspective of humans coexisting with nature.

Since food contamination was recognized as a societal problem since the year 2000, Takenaka Corporation has set the goal of realizing "insect repellant that does not rely on pesticides", and has focused on the development and consulting of insect repellant technology in architecture.
Today, this has come to include removal of pests from not only food manufacturing facilities, but all manner of other manufacturing facilities, art museums, history museums, restaurants, and other commercial facilities as well.
We offer environmental solutions required by a sustainable society, balancing the needs of humanity and nature.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Pest Control Engineering

“Pest Control Engineering” is an original initiative by the Takenaka Corporation, which won us the “Engineering Achievement Award” at the “27th Engineering Achievement Awards” held by the ENNA (Engineering Advancement Association of Japan). When we first began this initiative, we started taking pest control measures as a way to reduce contamination in food and pharmaceutical factories. Today, we have in-house experts and dedicated laboratories for the verification of pest control technology, and we have developed a system to deal with pest problems in general construction.

Bug Keeper (suction bug trap)

This is our most highly recommended pest control product, which uses suction to quickly trap insects that have been attracted to its ultraviolet light. The 40 watt fluorescent light Bug Keeper catches about 10 times as many insects as a typical trap (20 watt fluorescent light with adhesive trap). The Bug Keeper Mini, which uses a 20 watt fluorescent light to attract insects, is both lightweight and compact, realizing greater freedom of placement.

Bug Keeper LED (suction trap)

This product is a successor to our suction trap “Bug Keeper”, in which we have changed the ultraviolet light source for attracting insects from fluorescent lights to LEDs. By using a specific-wave ultraviolet LED that more efficiently attracts insects, we increased the number of insects trapped by nearly 57% and decreased energy used by nearly 10% compared to our conventional model. Also, this model no longer requires parts that are essential to fluorescent lights, such as reflectors. This means its depth is nearly cut in half, and it is compatible with a wide variety of installation methods, such as wall-hanging.
We will launch this product in May 2021.

Bug Bumper (crawling insect blocker)

This product keeps out crawling insects with the insect repellant it contains, and the shape of the overhang.

Bug Keeper M (suction trap, for insects that crawl up pipes)

This insect trap has a special design for stopping insects that crawl up pipes (especially sand flies), which have been difficult to trap until now.

Bug Shield (insect trap integrated sheet shutter)

This pest control device combines two mechanisms. It uses suction to trap pests that fly inside, and exhaust to keep out pests that crawl inside.

Bug Flusher (sheet shutter with flushing function)

This device blows a jet of air on the sheet surface to blow out pests staying there, reducing the number of pests that can get into buildings.