EU: Agrifast announces Mertens-Agro as distributor for Netherlands and Germany
The Tom System is an electrical stapler designed to guide the plant in the greenhouses by using a world patented easy to use metal clip. The clip ties the crop easily, preserving the growth of the plant and avoiding any harm but achieving around 40% savings in labour cost.
TOM-System product manager Alberto Lizarraga said, "For us the Netherlands is a very important market for us to introduce our product, as it is recognized internationally as country of reference in greenhouse technology.
"That is why we have chosen Mertens-Agro as our partner for the Netherlands and Germany. They are specialists in greenhouse growing and have direct relationships with the most important horticulture companies in both countries."
The relationship seems to be of mutual benefit. As Mertens' Dirk-Jan Haas points out, "The TOM-System is a very interesting new clipping method and we have detected a high interest in many growers in the Netherlands and Germany. That is why we are already working with it in several tomato and pepper growing companies in the area."
The labor costs are high in Dutch and German greenhouses and therefore "any possibility of increasing clipping speed and reducing labour costs are very welcome by growers. In addition, there are other advantages such as an important reduction in crop recycling costs compared to plastic clipping and reduction in number of broken stems of the plants when compared with twisting."
To see a clip of the TOM-System in action please click here.
For more information:
Dirk-Jan Haas
Mertens Agro (Netherlands)
Tel: +31653868746
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www.mertens-agro.nl
Carla Cox
Mertens Agro (Germany)
Tel: +31653868743
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www.mertens-agro.nl
Alberto Lizarraga
Agrifast
Tel: +34 948 335266
Fax: +34 948 330253
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www.agrifast.es