Seminaras ūkininkams apie naujausias ir efektyviausias drėkinimo ir tręšimo technologijas

1. Growers meeting
KAUNAS 26.02.2019

2. AGENDA
• Company overview
• Benefits of drip irrigation
• Product overview (Eolos, Olympos PC)
• Irrigation in onion and carrot
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3. COMPANY OVERVIEW

4. Who We Are Today:
• Headquartered in Israel, operating across the globe
• 15 manufacturing & distribution facilities
• 1,700 employees spread globally
• Extensive line of irrigation solutions &
turnkey projects
• Industries served: agriculture, horticulture,
landscape & mining
• Committed to long term, win-win partnerships with
more than 2,500 business partners
• #2 Drip Irrigation Player1, generating $350 MM revenues
1 Drip Irrigation defined as agriculture, mining, horticulture and landscape, excluding India
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Other OEM
11 %
Filters, Valves & Layflat
7 %
Standard Drip
34 %
Tape Drip
32 %
Pressure Compensated Drip
16 %
Sales by Product Type:

5. Our Solid Foundation: Past, Present & Future
COMPANY OVERVIEW
1966
1969
1977
2006
2014
2015
2016
2017
Plastro
Irrigation
established
Roberts
Irrigation
established
T-Systems, Int.
established
John Deere
Water created
from acquisition
of three
companies
FIMI acquired
John Deere
Water business
unit and
created Rivulis
Irrigation
DEL of India
Investment
Manna,
Precision
Agriculture
Subsidiary
founded
Merger of
Rivulis and
Eurodrip
DEL

6. San Diego, CA
Santiago, Chile
San Juan, Argentina
Valdosta,
GA
Lespinasse,
France
Manzanares,
Spain
Gvat &
Migdal
Haemek, IsraelVadodara, Gujarat,
India
Brisbane,
Australia
Uberlandia, Brazil
Madera, CA
Inofyta, Greece
Burdur, Turkey
Cairo, Egypt
OPERATIONS
OPERATIONS
15 factories in 12 countries
• Thin Wall and Thick Wall Drip lines, Drippers, Sprinklers, Sprays

7. Employees
OPERATIONS
400
170
570
280 220
60

8. Operations Fun Facts
• The amount of dripline produced last year would circle the
world nearly 130 times or would equal 6 round trips to
the moon
• The amount of resin used in production last year weighs
almost 16,000 African elephants (~ 80 000 tons)
• If you stacked all the rolls sold last year, they would fill
~800 American Football Stadium fields
OPERATIONS

9. Sales by Geography: $350 MM
$55M
$150M
$30M
$15M
$100M
DISTRIBUTION

10. Serving Markets and Segments Globally
PRODUCTS
High Value Horticulture Production Greenhouse & Intensive Ag Row Crops (Sugar, Cane & Corn)
Orchards Vineyards Vegetables

11. Solutions throughout your irrigation system
PRODUCTS
•Metal Filtration -
Hydrocyclone / Screen / Disc / Media
•Hydraulic & manual valves
•Venturi fertilizer injectors
PUMP STATION
•Suction strainers & stone collectors
WATER SOURCE
•Durable layflat
•High quality LDPE Hose
•Backup filtration -
Plastic manual and semi-automatic
•Field valves
WATER DISTRIBUTION•Thin Wall Drip Lines
•Medium / Heavy Wall Drip Lines (non-PC)
•Pressure Compensating Drip Lines
•Sprinklers
•Jets
•On-line drippers
WATER EMISSION

12. PRODUCTSWidest range of drip solutions
On-line Drippers
Non-PC Online
Drippers
PC Online
Drippers
PC
PCND
In-Line Drip
Emitters
Thin Wall Drip
Lines (non-PC)
Integrated
Emitter Tapes
Inserted Emitter
Drip Lines
Medium – Heavy
Wall Drip Lines
(non-PC)
PC Drip Lines
PC
AS
PCND
Manufacturing the world’s most trusted drip products
including:
T-Tape, Eolos, NGR, HydroPC, Supertif, D1000, D5000, Olympos, Ro-Drip & more!
Over 20 different high
performance drip emitters
Available in a wide range of
configurations

13. PRODUCTSThin Wall Drip Lines (non-PC)
Minimum thickness available of 15 mil / 0.38 mm or thinner
High performance thin wall drip lines
Offering the flexibility of both integrated seam drip tapes (Ro-Drip, T-Tape & Reserve)
and inserted dripper tapes (Eolos, Eolos Compact, Hydrodrip & D1000)
Ro-Drip T-Tape Eolos Compact Eolos (LS)
D1000 Hydrodrip Reserve

14. PRODUCTS
Medium–Heavy Wall Drip Lines (non-PC)
Up to 47 mil / 1.2 mm wall thickness
Maximum flexibility & quality
A large range of robust cylindrical and flat drippers that you can depend upon season after
season
GR NGR Hydrogol
Hydrogol Eco D2000 HydromineLeachMax

15. PRODUCTS
Pressure compensating drip lines
Available in a wide range of wall thicknesses from 15 mil / 0.38 mm to 47 mil / 1.2 mm
Pressure compensating standard with anti-siphon (AS) & no-drain (ND) options available
Outstanding Resistance to Clogging
In addition to delivering excellent uniformity over a wide range of pressures, all Rivulis / Eurodrip PC
drip lines offer outstanding resistance to clogging with large filtration areas to help provide additional
protection against foreign particles and wide turbulent flow paths to help keep solids in suspension
HydroPC HydroPCND PC2
D5000ASD5000PC Olympos

16. PRODUCTS
On-line drippers
Non-PC, PC and PCND options with various sealing and opening pressures available
Ideal for intensive agriculture, greenhouse and in-field applications
With over 47 combinations of flow-rates, outlet options, and PC/ND combinations, there is a Rivulis
/ Eurodrip online dripper for your unique requirements
Katif E1000 Supertif PC
Supertif PCND Corona PC Corona PCND

17. PRODUCTSSprinklers & Jets
Flow rates from 5.4 lph to 1,586 lph
Wetting diameters from 1.0m to 23.5m
A sprinkler / spray for every application
Everything from sprays with anti-insect protection for orchards, to foggers for greenhouses,
to plastic impact sprinklers for field crops
Rondo Mist
Sprayer
FLF Fogger Inverted
Rondo
Rondo Rondo PC S2000
S2000 PC Tornado Ray
Jet
Jet+ JFR Super XL S5000

18. PRODUCTS
Filters
Plastic & metal filters for primary and secondary filtration
Highest level of protection for your irrigation investment
Filters are your number one protection between contaminants and your irrigation system. Every Rivulis /
Eurodrip filter is manufactured to provide the highest level of protection through durable construction and
excellent filtration performance
Plastic Screen
(Manual)
Plastic Disc
(Manual)
Plastic Screen
(Semi-Auto)
Plastic Disc
(Automatic)
Metal Screen
(Manual)
Metal Screen
(Automatic Hydraulic
& Electric)
Metal Screen
(Semi-Auto)
Metal
Hydrocyclone Metal Media Metal Gravity

19. PRODUCTS
Complimentary Products
Valves, connectors, hosing, layflat, tubing and more!
Your irrigation system is only as strong as its weakest link
Ensure optimum performance of your system with high quality Rivulis / Eurodrip ancillary products
Air Valves V1000 Landscape
Valves
V2000 Plastic
Hydraulic Valves
V3000 Metal
Hydraulic Valves
Layflat LDPE Tube Thin Wall & Heavy
Wall Connectors

20. Drip Irrigation benefits
• Drip system will supply the precise
amount of water and nutrients to every
plant in the field throughout the
growing season.
• if properly installed, managed, and
maintained,

21. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Water and Nutrients:
– Precise water application- quantity
– Uniform application- quality
– Scheduling irrigation- interval
• Pest and Disease:
– Drip irrigation does not wet plant canopy
thus Less disease
– Drip system may be used as a tool to
implement Chemigation to the field
• Logistics:
– Field access for equipment- Agricultural
equipment can enter the field during and
after irrigation

22. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Water use efficiency
– Less evaporation
– Less leaching
– Not effected by wind
– Match the transpiration
requirement of the crop
– Uniform application

23. Drip is the most efficient irrigation technique
• Water Use Efficiency (WUE), Definition-
• Percentage of water which applied is retained in root zone, for plant’s use
Irrigation
techniques
% of WUE
Farrow 40-50
sprinkler 70- 84
Drip 90- 95

24. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Fertilizer use efficiency
– Fertilizer “spoon fed” into the root zone
– Reduced leaching, prevent ground water
contamination -> erosion
– 50-80% reduction in Nitrogen
– Uniform application of fertilizers across
the field

25. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Chemigation Management
– Applying approved crop protection
materials enables an effective,
labor saving and uniform application
– Notice- use products which are
approved by manufacturer for use
with Drip irrigation -> density of the
fertilizer blend
• Follow manufacturer
instructions

26. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Energy effective
– Drip has a low pressure demand, Thus
requires low energy, relatively to other
irrigation techniques
– Requires less pressure
– Greater Efficiency fewer pump hours (less
kW/h)
– Fewer tractor hours required (more
operations at one time ->
• Fertilizers and pesticides can be injected through
the drip

27. Drip Irrigation Benefits
• Environmentally Friendly
– Less leaching groundwater
– Less power usage – energy
conservation
– No Chemical drift
SUMMARY: more environmental friendly

28. Another reasons for drip irrigation (Polish point of view)
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29. Time (days)
Optimum
PWP
(Permanent wilting
point)
Above soil capacity
Soild capacity
Mobile rain gun
Drip lines

30. Drip irrigation definitions
• Soil type
• Water absorption
• Basic drip line/tapes parameters
- Diameter (ex. 16, 20mm)
- Spacing (10 – 100cm)
- Flow rate (0.25 – 8 l/h)
- Wall thickness (6-47 mils)
- Type of emiter (round, flat)
- Pressure compensation vs flow regulation
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31. 2.00.05 0.20.002Diameter
(mm)
Clay Silt Sand Gravel

32. Heavy soil Light soil

33. Product overview
Eolos, Olympos PC

34. Eolos
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The original flat dripper by Eurodrip.
High performing, and trusted. In use for over 25 years!
Very flexible – 5 to 40 mil wall thickness, multiple diameters

35. The Eolos Story
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• The original Eolos was developed in 1992 by Eurodrip
• First emitter by Eurodrip that can be used in thin wall
• Gained significant popularity globally

36. Product Range Overview
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Drip Line Eolos
Dripper Type Molded Non-PC Emitter
Flow Rates
(l/h @ 1.0 bar)
0.8, 1.2, 1.5, 2.4, 3.6
Spacing (cm) 15 – 100 cm
Drip Line Diameter (mm) 16, 17, 22, 23 mm standard.
Can also manufacture 12 mm (custom)
Wall Thickness (mil) 5 to 35 mil depending on diameter and flow rate
Outlet Hole / flap outlet
Manufacturing Locations Greece, Turkey, Egypt, USA (Greece and USA
only for flap outlet)

37. Inlet, Labyrinth & Outlet Design
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Inlet filters
Large cross
sectional labyrinth
Outlet pool

38. Inlet Filters
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•Huge inlet area
•13 inlets
• (2.8 x 0.38 x 5) + (1.0 x 0.38 x 8) = 5.32 + 3.04
•= 8.36 mm^2 total filtration area

39. Inlet Filter Comparison
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Filter
Filtering areaPassagesNumber of inletsDripper
(mm^2)(mm)
8.368 * 0.38 * 1 ,5 * 0.38 * 2.813Eolos
4.321.35 * 0.328P1
4.800.4*0.3 ,0.6*0.328Tal
4.70.84 * 0.414Streamline
6.370.7*0.3526Typhoon
Eolos total filtration area almost double many of the
competition

40. Labyrinth Design
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Eolos 0.79 l/h = 0.3mm^2
Eolos 1.15 l/h = 0.42mm^2

41. Labyrinth Design - Comparison
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42. Labyrinth Design - Comparison
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43. Outlet
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Depending on factory, Eolos has 2 options:
• Flat outlet
• Hole outlet
• Most versions have 2 stripes

44. Performance Comparison – Pressure
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MAXIMUM OPERATING PRESSURES (published values) -> resistance for bursts
Eurodrip Netafim Aqua-Traxx
16mm
5 mil 0,8 bar 0,55 bar 0,70 bar
6 mil 1,0 bar 0,60 bar 0,80 bar
8 mil 1,2 bar 0,80 bar 1,0 bar
10 mil 1,4 bar 1,0 bar 1,0 bar
15 mil 1,8 bar 1,8 bar 1,0 bar
22mm
6 mil 0,8 bar 0,55 bar 0,70 bar
8 mil 1,0 bar 0,70 bar 1,0 bar
10 mil 1,2 bar 0,75 bar 1,0 bar
12 mil 1,4 bar 1,1 bar n/a
15 mil 1,6 bar n/a 1,0 bar

45. Selling considerations
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High flexibility
• Wall thickness: 5 – 40 mil.
• However… remember it is a large emitter so if using very thin wall (5 mil), installation equipment
needs to be very good
• Large range of flow rates:
• 0.8, 1.3, 1.6, 2.6 and 3.8 l/h
• Different roll lengths
• 250, 500 and 1,000m rolls also available
High reliability
• Trusted and used for over 25 years. Excellent for growers who are conservative

46. Olympos PC
High performance flat and cylindrical drip line with pressure
compensating feature

47. The Olympos PC Story
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• Eurodrip’s first flat PC drip line
• Development started in 2012 with goal for high performance compared to Netafim PC
• Uses computational fluid dynamic modelling to develop best flow path (see image)
• Launched in 2014
• New flow rates in development

48. Typical Grower
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• Permanent horticulture where PC is required for undulating terrains or
long-run lengths (nuts, citrus, vineyards, etc)
• Long-term SDI applications (e.g. sugar cane)
• Flat emitter allows for thin wall and also different diameter options and
thinner wall thickness that cylindrical cannot provide

49. Product Range Overview
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Drip Tape Olympos PC
Dripper Type Flat PC emitter
Flow Rates 1.0, 2.0. l/h (4.0 l/h coming very soon)
Spacing (cm) 15 – 100 cm
Drip Line Diameter (mm) 16, 17, 20 & 22/23mm.
Wall Thickness (mil) 15 – 44 mil
Outlet Hole
Manufacturing Locations Greece, USA

50. Inlet Filters
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4.35 mm^2 effective filtration area

51. Inlet Filters Comparison
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Remember – only the areas light shine through are effective inlet filters
Olympos PC
DripNet
Uniram

52. Inlet Filters Comparison
• D5000PC filtration area is 218 - 259% when compared to the competition
• Uniram only has one inlet
Actual Filtration Area
(mm2)
Number of inletsDripper (1.0 l/h)
4.3510Olympos PC
2.0015DripNet
1.681Uniram

53. Inlets – Maximum Velocity
• Water velocity decreases closer to the wall of tube
• Olympos PC is the tallest emitter in the industry.
• This height ensures that the inlets are away from the edge of the pipe and
therefore in higher water velocity area
• Unique design of Olympos PC
allows for this tall design while
still keeping a low Kd.
• The low Kd is achieved on a tall emitter
by having special curved edges that
reduce drag
• Therefore low Kd = low friction,
longer run lenghts

54. Longer run lengths – round edge design
• To reduce Kd (friction), Olympos PC emitters feature a unique round edge
design that allows for a tall emitter, but with low Kd

55. Outlet Pool
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Dripper Pool Area
Olympos 99,13 mm2
DripNet 63,25 mm2
• Olympos pool area is 36% larger than DripNet
• Olympos PC outlet features grooves on the perimeter walls that act as drain
channels, retaining sand and particles during shutdown to help prevent soil
ingestion

56. Longer run lengths
The result is longer run lengths
255 meters
244 meters
Olympos PC
Netafim’s Dripnet
Olympos I.D. @ 16,1mm
Dripnet I.D. @ 16,2mm
Wall Thickness @ 18 mil
Flowrate @ 2,0 lph
Spacing @ 50 cm
197 meters
177 meters
Olympos PC
Netafim’s Dripnet
Olympos I.D. @ 14,2mm
Dripnet I.D. @ 14,2mm
Wall Thickness @ 36 mil
Flowrate @ 2,0 lph
Spacing @ 50 cm

57. Selling considerations
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Flat drip line
• More flexibility. Multiple diameters and wall thicknesses
• Less cost to freight
Advanced design
• Launched in 2014 using latest computational design techniques
• Innovation
Pressure Compensating
• Easier to design
• Longer run lengths
• Can be used on undulating terrain (within pressure limits)
• More security that each plant will receive the correct amount of water

58. Dripirrigation in Onions
Arjan Janknegt

59. Why Drip in onions?
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• Higher yield total yield and
net yield
• Better early development =>
more ‘single centres’
• Better skin quality at harvest
• More uniform crop /
calibration
• Reduced weed devellopment
• Reduced risk of diseases
• Better water efficiency / less
water use

60. Maximum crop result
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61. Basic for successful start => seedbed preparation
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Make sure the field is level and prepared level
• Grown in/on the soil =>
field needs to be level, good soil
structure
• Good seedbed => good early establishment
&
Even water movement in soil profile
• Onions are shallow rooting with relative
small
number => sensitive for compaction,
water uptake and mineral uptake

62. !62
Drip Tape in Onion 1,5 mtr
wheels
4 (double) rows,
2 low flow drip lines 5 cm
deep

63. Installation
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Installation in separate pass after
drilling
Installation with drill machine
in one pass
Video ......Irrigation machinesRivulus Oct 2016Videostape instalation before drilling 2015.mp4

64. !64
General balance of nutrients
needs per ton of bulb production
in kg/ton;
• N : 5 kg/Ton
• P : 1 Kg/Ton
• K : 4 Kg/Ton
• Ca : 1,2Kg/Ton
Be aware
20 - 50% of minerals is left after
harvest due to poor uptake by the
roots Potasium nitrate and Ca
nitrate are very good and efficient
products for fertigation.

65. Fertilisation, uptake curve
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Know when Nutrient is needed
Nuptakerate,kg/ha/
day

66. !66
When and how to apply
• N , 30% around planting,
70% by fertigation
• K , 30 % around planting
70% by fertigation
• P , 100 % pre planting,
before seed bed preparation
• Ca , 100% by fertigation
Potasium nitrate and Ca nitrate
are good and efficient products for
fertigation

67. Exact placement, flexible solution
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68. Onions are very sensitive for salinity
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69. Drip irrigation for carrots
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Regarding Carrots we need to know:
- spacing of the rows
- are the rows double or single?
- the spacing of the rows
- type of the soil: sandy or clay
We reccomed Eolos 20 or 30 cm spacing
Plese stick to one rule:
Distance from the carrot to the emiter shouldn’t be more than 20cm,
please look at the drawing below.

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Drip irrigation for carrots
In principle you can do the same as with
Potato and other crops planted on
ridges , see attached photo's . Make a
ridge with the rotovator or ridge maken
and install the tape in the same time so
you are 100 % sure it is in the middle ,
and than follow with the seeder with a
good system to centre over the ridge
and you are ok.

71. Potatoe yield with drip irrigation 650 q/ha
Potatoe yield without irrigation 300 q/ha
Irrigation
techniques
% of WUE
Farrow 40-50
sprinkler 70- 84
Drip 90- 95

72. THANK YOU!