Press release: Feb. 24, 2008

The center will provide engineering and planning services for Netafim’s irrigation system customers throughout the world. Netafim General Manager Ofer Bloch: “The establishment of the center in India represents a strategic step that emphasizes Netafim’s commitment, as the world’s leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture, to support the company’s expected rate of growth in the coming years. The center will upgrade the array of services that Netafim is committed to supply its customers and worldwide network of suppliers for the entire course of the planning and implementation of a project.”

Netafim, the world leader in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture, has dedicated an international planning center in India. The planning center was established for the purpose of providing engineering and planning services for irrigation systems and to supply quality service on short notice to Netafim’s worldwide branches.

As part of Netafim’s efforts to improve its excellent service and following a customer survey, the company decided to establish a center employing irrigation planning engineers, draftsmen, and technicians. At its new global planning center, Netafim is implementing innovative technology that allows ongoing contact with each of its hundreds of salespeople across the globe.

Yossi Ingbar, Netafim’s VP for project and engineering: “Netafim has set itself the goal of reaching ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES within the next few years by focusing on providing comprehensive solutions and managing projects of wide scope.  Establishing the center in India will enable Netafim to broaden its professional response to its clients both in the planning and engineering fields, which represent an important component in the package of smart irrigation solutions. The center will upgrade the system of services which Netafim is committed to provide its customers and business partners throughout the world, from the planning to the implementation stages of a project. India was chosen as a venue for broadening the planning and engineering service array due to its existing integration of knowledge and ability combined with a high service consciousness.”

About Netafim
Netafim is the world's largest and leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture. The company's activity focuses on crop solutions in the area of drip irrigation, greenhouses, and bio-fuel energy crops. The company's revenue in 2007 amounted to about half a billion dollars.

Netafim operates in more than 110 countries via 32 subsidiaries, with 13 factories throughout the world. The company employs some 2,200 workers.

Netafim is jointly owned by three kibbutzim (Hatzerim, Magal and Yiftah) and by the Markstone and Tenne funds. Its President and CEO is Ofer Bloch and its Chairman is Attorney Reuven Behar.

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