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Metzerplas, privately owned by
Kibbutz Metzer, situated in the very
heart of Israel, is rightfully proud of
the place it has taken in spreading
the growth of drip irrigation
throughout the world, whilst retaining
the standards of Kibbutz ideology
and remaining in private ownership
since their founding.
Kibbutz Metzer still maintains 75% of
the shares in the company with the
Israeli based Gaon Agro Industries
Ltd holding the remaining 25% of the
equity in the company.
As recently appointed CEO, Shmuel
Shupak, pointed out that the
Metzerplas top management team
are all members of the Kibbutz and
before moving into the drip irrigation
plant, which is a very central part of
the Kibbutz, were all involved in some
form or another in agriculture, and in
very much a hands on position.
According to the experience gained
in actually cultivating agricultural
produce in the Kibbutz’s various
branches provided them with hands-
on insight into what the modern
grower requires in order to extract
the maximum yield and quality of
their crops
Metzerplas, established in 1970,
has been involved in driving the
irrigation industry forward during
the past 45 years, during this time
it has accumulated far-reaching
and large-scale expertise in all
aspects of providing irrigation
solutions to growers across the
world. With an active in-house
research and development
department, Metzerplas has also
been involved hands-on in the
development, design, production of
all of its marketing and installation
of agricultural and landscaping
products as well as handling large-
scale turnkey irrigation projects.
The machinery for the irrigation
production lines are all
manufactured by the Metzerplas
engineering department, which also
sell production lines to companies
world over.
The fact that Metzerplas has
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for the international ISO 9001:2000
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and every one of its products
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produces and markets drippers
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to suit all types and sizes of
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subsurface irrigation, integral
drippers as well as low pressure
and gravity dripping systems.
As well as their extensive range
of drip irrigation products,
Metzerplas is also regarded as
being one of the leading global
companies in the manufacture
of Alumpex (the S.P. brand) (PE)
piping, not only for agriculture
but also used for infrastructures
specially designed and developed
to transport water at extreme
temperatures and pressures.