Wikipedia's first sentence called it “world's largest and leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture and landscaping”. Today it says “manufacturer of irrigation equipment owned by orbia group”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Israeli irrigation equipment manufacturer For other uses, see Netafim (disambiguation) . Netafim is a manufacturer of irrigation equipment owned by Orbia Group . The company produces 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, as well as a variety of services, including managed irrigation, agronomical advisory and operation and maintenance. As of 2012, Netafim was the global leader on the fast expanding market of drip- and micro-irrigation. In it was the overall largest provider of drip irrigation systems, with a global market share of 30%.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Netafim is the world's largest and leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture and landscaping. The company focuses on crop solutions in the area of drip irrigation , greenhouse turnkey projects, and mega projects in bio-fuel energy crops . It operates in 112 countries through 32 subsidiaries with 13 factories throughout the world. The company has 2,400 employees. . Netafim manufactures products in 11 plants with over 2,000 employees throughout the world. Founded in 1965, Netafim introduced a new concept of low-volume irrigation, and so started the drip irrigation revolution. Netafim is jointly owned by three kibbutzim - Hatzerim , Magal and Yiftah and the Markston-Tenne Fund. Annual sales in 2006 totaled $397 million.
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The opening as it stood in 2015 6 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Netafim is a company in the field of irrigation for agriculture and landscaping.The company focuses on crops in the area of drip irrigation , greenhouse turnkey projects, and biofuel energy crops .Founded in 1965, Netafim introduced a new concept of low-volume irrigation, launching the drip irrigation revolution.
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Netafim is an Israeli manufacturer of irrigation equipment.The company produces 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.As of 2012, Netafim was the global leader on the fast expanding market of drip- and micro-irrigation.In it was the overall largest provider of drip irrigation systems, with a global market share of 30%.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Netafim is an Israeli manufacturer of irrigation equipment. The company produces 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, as well as a variety of services, including managed irrigation, agronomical advisory and operation and maintenance. As of 2012, Netafim was the global leader on the fast expanding market of drip- and micro-irrigation. In it was the overall largest provider of drip irrigation systems, with a global market share of 30%.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “world's largest and leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture and landscaping”. Today it says “manufacturer of irrigation equipment owned by orbia group”. Read the current article and compare.
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world's largest and leading company in the field of smart irrigation solutions for agriculture and landscaping
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manufacturer of irrigation equipment owned by orbia group
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