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Historical Timeline 2008 LifeStraw® Personal Wins Prestigious Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas. 2008 Vestergaard Frandsen acquires Prime Water International, an innovative water filtration firm based in Belgium. 2008 LifeStraw® Family, an instant microbiological water purifier, is launched. 2007 From local textile company to global health leader, VF celebrates 50 years. 2007 A new office is set up in New York 2007 A second regional office is set up in Abuja, Nigeria to provide better sales support in Central Africa. 2006 LifeStraw® wins ‘Well-Tech 2006’ Innovation Technology Award. 2006 A regional office is set up in Lagos, Nigeria to look after sales in Central Africa. 2006 A regional office is set up in Dubai to oversee sales in the Middle East. 2005 LifeStraw® wins the prestigious 'INDEX: 2005' International Design Award. 2005 A portable water purification tool called LifeStraw® Personal is introduced. 2005 Head office is relocated from Kolding, Denmark to Lausanne, Switzerland. 2004 PermaNet® 2.0 receives interim recommendation for clearing WHOPES (WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme). 2003 Vestergaard Frandsen launches PermaNet® 2.0 - the ‘longer’ lasting insecticidal mosquito net. 2003 A regional office is set up in Virginia, US to look after sales in the Americas and Canada. 2002 A regional offices is set up in Accra, Ghana to look after sales in West Africa. 2002 Production of PermaNet® begins in Vietnam 2001 Production of PermaNet® begins in Thailand 1999 Vestergaard Frandsen launches PermaNet® 1.0 - the long lasting insecticidal mosquito net. 1999 The VF Group's strategy undergoes a radical change wherein focus is shifted from emergency relief articles to core products - Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and Insecticide Treated Plastic Sheeting (ITPS). 1997 A sales-cum-procurement office is set up in New Delhi, India. 1997 First production unit is set up in Vietnam. 1997 Disease Control Textiles takes off as parallel division to relief aid. 1997 The company's focus diverts - all work wear business is hived off to concentrate on relief-aid and disease-control textiles. 1996 Association with the Carter Center begins with the supply of pipe filters for the Guinea Worm eradication program. 1995 A sales-cum-logistics center is set up in Nairobi, Kenya. 1992 For the first time, a new range of relief-aid products are introduced – from blankets to tents and tarpaulins. 1992 Torben’s son Mikkel Vestergaard joins the family business. 1989 A new production unit is set up in Poland. 1975 Work wear and corporate clothing continues to be the core business. 1975 Another manufacturing plant is established in Ireland. 1970 Kaj Vestergaard falls ill; hands over the control to son Torben Vestergaard. 1970 Export is expanded to most of Northern Europe. 1968 Kaj Vestergaard’s son Torben Vestergaard joins business. 1963 A manufacturing unit for clothes is set up; export begins. 1957 Kaj Vestergaard Frandsen, after giving up farming, establishes Vestergaard Frandsen in Kolding, Denmark. The company’s core business is manufacturing fabric for work clothing.