Pioneer of drip irrigation: systems, fertigation and digital agriculture for farming and landscape construction
NETAFIM Deutschland GmbH
Frankfurt am Main / Nieder-Erlenbach · Israel (group headquarters, Kibbutz Hatzerim)New on Amplifa
About Netafim
NETAFIM Deutschland GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main/Nieder-Erlenbach, is the German sales and service subsidiary of Netafim, the drip irrigation pioneer founded in Israel in 1965 and today part of the Orbia group. The portfolio includes drip lines and drip emitters, sprinklers and micro-sprinklers, filtration technology, valves, flat hoses and PE pipes made of plastic (PE/LD-PE), connectors as well as fertigation and dosing systems. In addition, the company offers control and digital farming technology (NetBeat, NetMCU, NetRTU), planning and hydraulics software, technical containers, laying and retrieval equipment for drip lines, and a recycling service for used drip lines. Target industries are field crops and vegetables, fruit and viticulture, potato farming, protected cultivation, landscaping as well as municipalities. Worldwide, Netafim has 19 production facilities and 33 subsidiaries; over 60 years, more than ten million hectares have been irrigated and more than 150 billion drip emitters produced.
- Site
- Frankfurt am Main / Nieder-Erlenbach
- Processes
- Drip irrigation, Fertigation (dosing systems NetaJet 4G, NetaFlex 3G, FertiKit 3G, FertiOne), Manufacture of drip lines/drip emitters (UniRam, DripNet PC, Aries, Streamline X, PC Online), Manufacture of sprinklers and micro-sprinklers (SuperNet, D-Net, MegaNet, GyroNet Turbo, SpinNet), Manufacture of filtration technology (sand filters, screen filters, disc filters, hydrocyclone, Manufacture of valves and pressure regulators, Manufacture of FlexNet flat hoses and PE pipes (LD-PE pipe 16x1.5 mm, 20x1.5 mm), Manufacture of connectors, couplings, threaded fittings, ball valves
- Materials
- PE (polyethylene), LD-PE, Plastic (housings, emitters, filters), Metal (housing BERMAD series 420), Steel (steel drum COBRA R1), Plastic (housings/emitters/filters), Steel, Metal
- Founded
- 1965
- Employees
- 4500
- Industries
- Agriculture (field crops, vegetables, fruit growing, viticulture, potato, Protected cultivation/greenhouses, Landscaping and garden construction, Municipalities
- 01
Development and engineering
- 02
Extrusion and manufacturing (drip lines, sprinklers, fittings)
- 03
Assembly (technical containers, fertigation technology, laying equipment)
- 04
Sales and project management
- 05
Agronomic consulting and maintenance
- 06
Recycling of drip lines
Materials and Products
PE (polyethylene)
Material for drip lines, flat hoses (FlexNet) and PE pipes with high UV and chemical resistance.
LD-PE
Soft, black pipe material, e.g. 16x1.5 mm and 20x1.5 mm, for individual emitter assemblies.
Plastic (housings/emitters/filters)
Plastic housings for emitters, filters, valves and connectors, UV-stable and chemically resistant.
Steel
Material for the steel drums (2.00 m) of the COBRA R1 laying and retrieval machines.
Metal
Metal housings of the hydraulic BERMAD pressure-reducing valves of series 420.
Locations
Frankfurt am Main / Nieder-Erlenbach
DEHeadquarters, sales and service for Germany
Products and Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drip irrigationEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fertigation (dosing systems NetaJet 4G, NetaFlex 3G, FertiKit 3G, FertiOne)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of drip lines/drip emitters (UniRam, DripNet PC, Aries, Streamline X, PC Online)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic (PE) |
| Manufacture of sprinklers and micro-sprinklers (SuperNet, D-Net, MegaNet, GyroNet Turbo, SpinNet)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Manufacture of filtration technology (sand filters, screen filters, disc filters, hydrocyclonePlastics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of valves and pressure regulatorsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic, Metal |
| Manufacture of FlexNet flat hoses and PE pipes (LD-PE pipe 16x1.5 mm, 20x1.5 mm)Plastics | – | – | – | – | PE (polyethylene), LD-PE |
| Manufacture of connectors, couplings, threaded fittings, ball valvesPlastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Construction of laying and retrieval equipment for drip lines (NF laying equipment up to 6 rows,Assembly | – | – | – | – | Steel (steel drum 2.00 m), Plastic drum |
| Technical containers (individually configurable container solutions, 60 mm core insulation,Assembly | – | – | – | – | OSB panels, Core insulation wool |
| Recycling of drip lines (2 recycling plants, 90 euros/tonne, 120 euros/container)Surface | – | – | – | – | Plastic (drip lines) |
| MixRite proportional dosers, fertilizer tanks, Venturi injectorsPlastics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control and fertigation technology, controllers, NetMCU, NetRTU, NetBeatEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Planning and hydraulics software (HydroCalc, NetSpeX, First Rain)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
7 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laying machines for drip lines (NF laying equipment, 6 rows) | Netafim NF Verlegetechnik | – | Row spacing 75–90 cm, laying speed up to 10 km/h, up to 6 rows simultaneously, 3 | – | – |
| Retrieval equipment for drip lines (lifting and winding, 3 units) | Netafim NF Bergetechnik | – | Row spacing 75–90 cm, up to 10 km/h, up to 3 drip lines simultaneously, 3 rolls/row (1,500 m) | – | – |
| COBRA R1 winding/unwinding machine (2.00 m steel drum) | Netafim COBRA R1 | – | 2.00 m steel drum | – | – |
| 6-row laying device for drip hoses in potato farming (3 hydraulically foldable drum magazines) | Netafim | – | 3 drums of drip hose per row; 2.78 Akh/ha operating effort verified | – | field-tested at Agrar-Genossenschaft eG Zodel |
| Machine for digging up drip lines from the ridge, 4-row | Netafim | – | 4-row, with CE approval | – | – |
| Production facilities (worldwide) | Netafim (Orbia) | 19 | – | – | worldwide (110 countries, 33 subsidiaries) |
| Recycling plants | Netafim | 2 | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1965
Foundation of Netafim in Israel (Kibbutz Hatzerim, Negev desert) as pioneer and inventor of drip irrigation
- 2022
Launch of the recycling service for Netafim drip lines in Germany with RIGK and collection points nationwide
- aktuell
60 years of market leadership: over 10 million hectares irrigated, over 8.5 million farmers served, more than 150 billion drip emitters produced; 33 subsidiaries, 19 production facilities, 2 recycling plants; part of Orbia