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Since 1985, the company has become the leading manufacturer of agricultural films in Israel, where agricultural innovation is prestigious. It is one of the leading, most well-known companies worldwide. The company’s factory is located in a modern building in Kibbutz Einat, where it manufactures an extensive range of smart films for agriculture and industry with a sizable, versatile manufacturing capacity.
The production lines are precisely adapted to the market requirements in Israel and worldwide. They are considered to be the state-of-the-art multifilm production lines featuring extremely high precision with a computerized command & control system and a computerized production floor.
Developing innovative, smart films through close cooperation with the farming community, the agriculture advisors and leading academic research institutions in Israel and worldwide is a key aspect of partnering with this company.
The company operates in the international markets and as part of its growth process, it identifies the future markets and takes strategic steps including construction or acquisition of manufacturing plants, diversification of the product line and the setting up of marketing subsidiaries in leading agricultural countries.
This strategy enables it to remain closer to its customers and deliver a better, more efficient solution. As part of this strategy, a plastic film manufacturing plant was purchased in late 2013 in Mexico. As of 2014 this factory has been in full production. The factory, in Mexico City, is home to five-layer production lines, regarded as the most advanced technology in the world, with a per-year production capacity of 17,000 tons. The Mexican plant serves its customers in Mexico and all of South America.
The company also acquired a world-leading company manufacturing agricultural insect-protection screen netting. The company has been integrated into the Israeli manufacture's Group subsidiaries. Since the acquisition, considerable funds and efforts have been invested in the factory to increase its manufacturing capacity in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for anti-insect netting worldwide.
Besides marketing the company’s products in Israel, the Group exports to over 50 countries on all continents. Marketing is done directly by the company through overseas subsidiaries and through various distributors. The company’s main marketing destinations are: United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, North Europe, East Europe, Africa, Australia, India and many other countries. The company has marketing companies in the United States, Mexico, South Africa, The Netherlands, Spain and India.
The Israeli firm is interested in partnerships that are interested in further distributing a variety of smart films, mainly for agriculture and industry. Items include but are not limited to sheets: for greenhouse coverings, low tunnels, soil coverings. Nets for agriculture: pest nets, hull nets and shading nets. Industrial sheets: for shrinks, surface coverings, separation, lamination, and bags from 20 cm to 5 m thick.
All products can be tailor made to fit the customer needs and help promote growth with end-users.

Advantages & innovations

The Israeli firm only manufactures in accordance with the regulations, decrees, and laws governing its activities. The company management believes the quality of the service it provides and the quality of its products is of critical importance to the company’s success and well-being. The company management is aware that the quality of its products and services depends on the commitment of each one of its employees at all levels. Only thus can the company’s goals be accomplished. All the products manufactured comply with its customers’ requirements and with all the required standards. The company’s manufacturing and storage activities are done through consideration of their environmental impact, measures are taken to minimize potential harm to the environment and to reduce consumption of natural resources. A quality management system has been set up in the company under the ISO-9001 standard. It is integrated with an environmental management system in accordance with the ISO-14001 standard. The company management allocates the necessary resources, sets measurable quality targets, trains its employees professionally, conducts surveys and audits to examine the implementation of the standards and to identify possibilities for continuing improvement of its quality and environmental management systems. Compliant with the following standards: • Israeli Standard SI 821 • Israeli Standard SI 821 Part 1 - Thermoplastic films and sleeves for use in agriculture and horticulture: Films for mulching and for high tunnels • Israeli Standard SI 821 Part 2 - Mulching thermoplastic films for use in agriculture and horticulture: Films for mulching and for low tunnels • European standard EN 13206 – Covering thermoplastic films for use in agriculture and horticulture • Industry standard 556 - Low Density Polyethylene Sheets and Sleeves • Quality standard ISO 9001:2015 Environmental management systems standard ISO 14001:2015

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

The Israeli firm is in search of a distribution service agreement, ideally with a distributor that had a successful history in providing the agricultural and industrial industries with smart films. The partner will help improve and increase sales of the Israeli firm, especially to markets that have not been targeted yet.