With an extension of 6,500 m2 and a construction area of
4,200 m2, Metzerplas installed forefront technology
The Israeli company Metzerplas settled in
Leon, Guanajuato, with an investment of 5 million dollars and the generation of
25 new jobs.
In an extension of 6,500 m2 and a
construction area of 4,200 m2, the company installed forefront
technology to provide solutions in drip irrigation technologies solutions.
Regarding this, Ronen Avrutzky, commercial
director of Metzerplaz Mexico, mentioned that 6 production lines will be added
in a period of 3 years, as they are planning to expand its facilities and thus,
open more job positions.
The company’s current production capacity is
of 20 thousand dripping hose rolls per year, in all varieties offered by the
company.
Currently, the company will seek to cover the
national market, as it is part of the alliance fulfilled with the state of
Guanajuato and the municipality of Leon.
“We will be focused to the foreign market when
we consolidate our 6 production lines, without doubt it will be to the United
States, Central America and South America.”
Regarding the settling of the company in Leon,
he said that an analysis and numbers were made aimed to demonstrate the growth
of the region and in which municipality more actions are made regarding
agriculture production. He highlighted
that it is necessary to adopt new technologies in the sector of dripping irrigation,
as in this area the connectivity topic among municipalities is very good and
this must also be happening with professionalization and technification
(modernization) of the agri-food sector of Guanajuato.
He noted that currently the agri-food and agro-industrial
sectors in the State are very interested and has acquired cutting-edge dripping
irrigation technology, as he exemplified that consumptions of 35 to 50 lines
approximately are registered.
Although different dripping irrigation systems
exist in the market; Metzerplas also sales its technology worldwide, as they
have among 60 to 80 active production lines.
Founded in 1970, Metzerplas contributes to the
agriculture technology world in the management of hydric resources; its
irrigation products help farmers to provide products facing restrictions such
as: limited hydric resources, soil high values, difficult topography and
increase of global competence.
In that sense, they have the largest range of cylindrical
emissions, levels, self-compensating, regular, anti-siphon and anti-draining;
facilitating farmers to produce more food with less resources.
Globally Metzerplas is dedicated to different
production branches in irrigation systems and lateral drip irrigation, self-compensating
and non-compensated drippers, high-speed production lines for cylindrical and
flat drippers, polyethylene pipes for infrastructures, for conduction of cables
and optical fibers over long distances, as well as for water, gas and effluent
pipes and multilayer pipes SP (SuperPipe,) sophisticated combination of
polyethylene and anti-corrosive aluminum, designed for hot and cold water, at
high temperatures and elevated pressures.
From Leon, the new production plant will be
the platform through which Mexican farmers will be supplied with the most
advanced in dripping irrigation, with short term availability and under the
best cost-benefit relation.
Among its main clients standout: Tractores del
Norte, Agricola Gala and Gruindag Food Solutions.
The corporate is present in Mexico, Argentina,
Australia, Ukraine, Russia and China. At
the same time, collaboration frameworks and of technology transfer have been
developed in Spain, South Africa, Chile, Brazil, India and the United States.
Guillermo Romero Pacheco, secretary of
Sustainable Economic Development (SDES, by Jonathan Peled, ambassador for
Israel in Mexico; Samuel Supack, CEO at Metzerplas Internacional, Israel Cohen,
president of the board of directors at Metzerplas Mexico; Manuel Monarrez, adjoining general director of
FIRA; Hugo Brana, secretary of the Board of Directors of Metzerplas Mexico;
Aldelmo Reyes, director of training and employment of Leon Guanajuato; Pabrlo
Brana, Metzerplas advisor; Jorge Alvarez, operations director at Metzerplas
Mexico; Victor Hubo Pinera, state delegate from SAGARPA; Roberto Castaneda,
undersecretary of Riego in Guanajuato.
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