Ridder Competitors

Orbia’s Precision Agriculture business Netafim is the world’s largest irrigation company and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions committed to fight scarcity of food, water and land, for a sustainable future. Founded in 1965, Netafim pioneered the drip revolution, creating a paradigm shift toward precision irrigation. Today, specializing in end-to-end solutions from the water source to the root zone, Netafim delivers irrigation and greenhouse projects as well as landscape and mining irrigation solutions supported by engineering, project management and financing services. Netafim is also leading the way in digital farming, irrigation and fertigation, integrating real-time monitoring, analysis and automated control into one state-of-the-art system. With 33 subsidiaries, 19 manufacturing plants, 2 recycling plants and over 5,000 employees worldwide, Netafim’s tailor-made irrigation and fertigation solutions reach millions of farmers, allowing smallholders to large-scale agricultural producers across 110 countries to grow more with less™

Priva is a high-tech company that develops hardware, software and services in the field of climate control, energy saving and optimal reuse of water. We do that for horticulture, indoor and city farming, and utility buildings such as offices, retail, hotels and hospitals. With about 650 colleagues, 15 local offices in 13 countries and over 400 international installation partners, we deliver our sustainable solutions and services in more than 100 countries. Our objective is to create a healthy, comfortable, productive environment in any building or production process our clients present, in a sustainable and efficient manner. Knowledge, innovation and service. Anything to create a climate for growth! We have offices in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Canada, USA, Australia, China and Mexico.

From a small farm in Rose Hill, NC, the Murphy family established their roots in the business world by under promising and over delivering. Wendell Murphy Sr. and his father, Holmes Murphy, entered the business world together in 1962. Through hard work and a daily investment in the enterprise, they began to recognize opportunity. That entrepreneurial spirit would help other local farmers make more profitable use of their land and resources. Their new implementations helped to revolutionize the agribusiness, and in large part helped bring the industry to where it is today. Through the vision of Wendell Murphy Sr. and his two siblings, Harry “Pete” Murphy and Joyce Murphy Minchew, the Murphy family grew their family business into much more. After years of successful farming, the family began investing in other businesses. Some businesses were started from scratch, while others were already established. Today, the companies run by the Murphys strive to continue the tradition of excellence that the early Murphy family embraced. Wendell “Dell” Murphy Jr., Wendell’s son, created Murphy Family Ventures in order to bring the Murphy business endeavors under one management group. This management group provides services to help smaller companies be more focused and efficient in their operations. Murphy Family Ventures continues to embrace the tradition of under promising and over delivering, a tradition that runs to the roots of the Murphy family.