Delivering Smart Irrigation Solutions

The days of the Agritech Exhibition in Tel Aviv are days of celebration for the Israeli agriculture sector and for irrigation companies. Metzer Group is pleased to host its customers and guests from all over the world and to proudly present new products and developments that we have been working on for the last three years. Since the last exhibition in 2015, Metzer has strengthened and increased its activities in the world. We have established five new partnerships with companies from various countries around the world: Yuanda in China, Tractores del Norte Group in Mexico, Sagiv Mashabei Sadeh in Russia, Skipper in India and Olivos in Peru, and have doubled the company's production capacity with the entry into operations of the factories in Ukraine, China and Mexico. In addition, we have strengthened our technological cooperation with Caudal in Spain, Nagarjuna in India, Geoflow Toprak in Turkey, our production partners in the US, and Agriplas in South Africa, and with many other factories around the world. The drip irrigation industry, in which we are privileged to take part from our beginning in the seventies, has evolved in the past 50 years from a niche activity, into a significant one, performing today as a foundation and hope for our world, which desperately needs efficient and sustainable food production based on advanced technologies. Among players in the irrigation market, Metzer has been characterized over the years as a quality company, focusing on the advanced drippers' market. Our numerous collaboration ventures with technological partners around the world and our many marketing points close to the end-customers, enable us to invest a great deal of resources in product development, in order to continue to be the technological spearhead in the field of drip irrigation. In the three years since the last exhibition, we have invested considerable resources in building the group's marketing tools, and we are proud to present these tools on the company's new website and in exhibitions around the world.  Many good people have been partners in the long journey which we have done for nearly 50 years. Every one of them have contributed and still contribute, each in its own field and way, to the development of Metzer group. Whether in the daily effort in the production halls, or in development, marketing and management tasks, or as partners and loyal customers who have accompanied and supported us over the years. All of them deserve endless thanks, and each one deserves personal recognition, but space limitation prevents me for doing so. I choose to mention only one who couldn't see his vision materializing in these three years: Amnon Halperin, the company's CFO, a partner and a friend, who died surprisingly three years ago, on May 8, while in the middle of the momentum of activity and development. We wish he could have witnessed the realization of the business plans he had worked on, and the development of the company he had served with endless loyalty.  The future holds good opportunities to farmers and to agriculture as a whole. The more the politicians will be busy building rather than destroying the agro-industries, and the agricultural and water industries will know how to create solutions and overcome the hardships and lack of resources, we will be able to develop efficient and sustainable methods for producing the required food, while preserving the environment. We wish you all to continue your learning and success, and have the pleasure of reading this booklet. Yours sincerely, Shmuel Schupak CEO at Metzer Shmuel@metzerplas.com Dear Friends, Message from the CEO