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Netafim™ is an Israeli pioneer of drip and micro-irrigation products for agriculture, greenhouse, landscape and mining applications. The company's offering includes drippers, dripperlines, sprinklers and micro-emitters. Netafim also manufactures and distributes crop management technologies, including monitoring and control systems, dosing systems, and crop management software. Netafim holds an over-30% share of the global drip irrigation market, and is recognized as the world-leading provider of drippers and dripperlines. The company recorded revenues of over $800 million in 2014. Netafim is headed by President & CEO Ran Maidan, and jointly owned by Permira funds (61%), Kibbutz Hatzerim (33%) and Kibbutz Magal (6%). ==History== * 1960-1965 - Water engineer and inventor Simcha Blass carries out tests on the world's first dripper device * 1965 - Kibbutz Hatzerim signs agreement with Blass to establish Netafim * 1966 - Introduces world’s first commercial dripper * 1978 - Introduces world’s first pressure compensated (PC) dripper * 1981 - Opens first subsidiary outside of Israel * 1998 – Merges into single corporation * 2007 - Introduces world’s first low-flow dripper * 2011 - Permira funds acquires controlling interest 〔 Permira buys 61 pct of Israel's Netafim, (reuters ) 〕 * 2013 - Named 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award (SIWI) Laureate 〔Stockholm Industry Water Award. (). Netafim, a pioneer and leading provider of drip and micro-irrigation technology worldwide, has been named the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award laureate.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netafim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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