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Meteor Agricultural Nets LTD

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Company Profile

Privately held company established in 1938 by Mr. David Klayman with the vision to designand manufacture tool for the Agricultural Industry. During the years the company hasspecialized in manufacturing tools and nets based on Metal. In the last three decades Meteor

change its core business by focusing on developing, manufacturing and marketingpolyethylene based woven nets, mainly for the use in the Agricultural Industry.

The use of nets creates three major positive impacts for the growers and consumers:

Dramatic reduction in the use of chemicals and pesticide which ensuring a better andgreener environment.

Significant reduction of costs for the grower by cutting spending on chemicals, watersaving.

Increasing the yield per square meter of land by 5 times, better quality of crops.

Meteor is leading the local market for years by continues innovation and finding newadvanced solutions for its customers needs, and by providing superior client service andguidelines before and after sell.

Vertical production - raw material to final product. The manufacturingfacilities currently occupy 4,500 sqm. and has about 60 committedemployees.

In April 2008, Rodin industrial investments bought 75% of the companyindustrial activities and Meteor Agricultural Nets Ltd. was established, as

a joint company with the Klayman family.

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Management team

Mr. Avi Klayman - CEO:

Mechanical engineer.

MBA (Finance).

Leading and managing Meteor for three decades.

Mr. Avner Ben Yeshaya Co CEO:

B.A in Economics,MBA (Finance)

Economist of the Agricultural division in Dead Sea

Bromine (a subsidiary of Israel Chemical).

Head of research and Head of Private Equity Investmentat Clal Insurance LTD.

Mr. Zvika Rav - COO:

25 years of management Meteor manufacturing plant in

Israel.

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The need

The Tobacco Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is perhaps theworld's number one insect pest today, threatening

agriculture worldwide. The damage caused by this tinypest is twofold - not only can their infestation destroyindividual plants by sucking out sap, but plant viruseswhich are transmitted by White fly and can infect anddestroy many different species of crops.

Prior to the early 1990's, whitefly infestations were aproblem but not serious in comparison to other pests.

Then, something alarming happened to the Americanwhitefly population - they developed resistance to thecommonly used insecticides. The insect was commonlyreferred to as a 'super bug' that could feed and breed,immune to most attempts to control it.

In the mid 80s the need for a solution was urgent.Meteor has found the solution and developed few typesof polyethylene based nets and won the battle with the

white fly.

White fly 0.3mm

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The need (Cont)

Thrips are very small, elongate, cylindrical, gregarious

insects ranging from 1/25 to 1/8 inch (1-3 mm.) inlength and 0.2 mm wide (.008") .

Thrips feed on the foliage and flowers, as well as youngtissues in shoot apexes where the leaves are expanding.They puncture the plant cells with their rasping-suckingmouthparts and withdraw cell sap. Feeding activitiesproduce bleached, silvered or deformed leaves and

necrotic spots or blotches on flower petals. Eventuallythe damaged foliage becomes papery, wilts and dropsprematurely. Thrips produce large quantities of avarnish-like excrement which collects on leaves, creatingan unsightly appearance.

In recent years thrips are becoming a major problem tobe addressed by growers world wide, until today withrelatively poor success. Meteor has developed new

solution called Spidernet. This innovative net blocks 75%of thrips trying to penetrate the covered area.

Thrips 0.2 mm.

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Meteors solution

For decades there is a constant battle between

growers and insects and there is a need to findnew innovative solutions to over come the

damages caused to many kinds of cropsincluding vegetables and fruit.

In the mid 80s Meteor has invented abreakthrough solution which assisted greatly to

win the battle. The basic idea was to cover thearea of growing by a woven plastic net which will

physically block the entrance of insects intogrowing area and at the same time will enablesuitable ventilation level of air in order to achieve

the desired controlled clement in the coveredarea.

The economical and environment effects of the

net turned out to be enormous. The yield of cropsincreased by 5 times, quality of the vegetables

was better and the use of pesticides decreaseddramatically.

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Our main line of products

Anti Virus net

100% blockage of whitefly.

Optimal for vegetables (tomatoes, pepper, etc.)

Bio Net

Photo-Selective influence on insects.

The influence lasts for all the net life.

100% blockage of whitefly, 50% blockage of thrips.

Optimal for Vegetables (tomatoes, pepper, etc.)

Worldwide patent.

Spider Net

Micro-Fibers to block thrips.

100% blockage of whitefly.

75% blockage of thrips.

Anti hail nets and shading nets Various shading nets.

Hail protection in winter time.

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Vertical manufacturing process

Manufacturing polyethylene yarns by extrusion process

Firststage

Wrapping and weaving process

Second

stage

Thirdstage

Cut & Sew according to customer needs

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Continues innovation

Working in cooperation with the R&D institutes

worldwide (e.g. Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, AROcenter, Hanover University in Germany, University

of Florida, Imida in Spain, etc.) Meteor offers itsexpertise in the area of plant protection throughout

all the range of plant growing stages.

1985 - Developing and manufacturing the

first anti insect nets with 100% success in

blocking and preventing the damagescaused by white fly.

1996 - Developing the first photo selective

Bio-net (world wide patent).

2003 Developing and providing the most

effective net to prevent the damages

caused by thrips.

2008 more innovative solutions for the

growers are currently tested.

Award at NTV-2000

Innovative productof the year

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