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Amiad Water Systems
Israeli irrigation filtration leader (est. 1962, Upper Galilee). ~35% global market share. Acquired Arkal Filtration Systems (2010, $10M + 14.5% shares) — Arkal's disc filter line is now the core product. Listed: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (AMD.TA); previously London AIM (delisted Aug 2021). Revenue ~$130M (2024).
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Did you know2010
Arkal Filtration Systems — whose disc filter design is now Amiad's flagship product — was originally founded in 1963 at Kibbutz Beit Zera as a plastic packaging factory. It accidentally became a water filtration company when it adapted its plastic injection molding technology to make filter rings. Amiad acquired Arkal in 2010 for $10M cash + 14.5% of Amiad's shares. Today Arkal disc filters are used on 6 continents without any customer knowing the 'Kibbutz packaging company' origin story.
Water & Wastes Digest ↗Chokepoint2022
Amiad Water Systems and its Arkal disc filter line dominate precision irrigation filtration, with Netafim acting as exclusive global distributor of Arkal disc filters for irrigation outside Israel. This creates a single Israeli supply chain node controlling both the most advanced drip emitters (Netafim) and the filtration systems required to protect them (Amiad/Arkal). A disruption to either company through conflict, sanctions, or acquisition would simultaneously impair both functions.
Israel Agricultural Technology & Innovation Hub ↗Origin2019
Amiad Water Systems was founded in 1962 as a cooperative enterprise of Kibbutz Amiad in the Galilee region of Israel, producing agricultural water filters for the kibbutz's own drip irrigation. The company grew to export across 80+ countries and listed on London's AIM market. In 2019–2020, Israeli private equity firm FIMI Opportunity Funds invested ~$36M to acquire a ~43% controlling stake, pricing its stake at a 13% discount to the AIM market price — transferring control from Kibbutz Amiad (from 48.5% to ~33%). In September 2021, Amiad transferred from AIM to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE, ticker AMD), citing insufficient London trading liquidity. As of 2025, 95% of manufacturing remains at two kibbutz sites — Kibbutz Amiad and Kibbutz Beit Zera — with a 814-person workforce and additional factories in Turkey, USA, China, and India.
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