tase plsn industry plastics founded 1964 ; 52 years ago 1964 headquarters maagan michael products plastic pipeworks pipe fittings poultry farming systems revenue 975.06 million 2011 operating income 139.13 million 2011 net income 100 62 million 2011 number of employees 750 subsidiaries plasson poultry website www.plasson.com plasson industries ltd. is a global manufacturer of plastic fittings for plastic pipes used in water distribution systems gas conveyance systems industrial fluid transfer and wastewater systems and mines . 1 additionally its division plasson poultry is a leading manufacturer of systems for poultry farming . 2 the company s shares are traded on the tel aviv stock exchange and are included in the ta 100 index 3 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit plasson was founded in 1964 by the members of the maagan michael kibbutz a collective community located 30 km south of haifa israel on the mediterranean sea coast . realizing that farming was becoming more dependent on technology plasson developed transportation cages and drinkers for poultry and later a range of fittings for plastic pipes now used in agriculture industry mines sewage municipal water systems gas conveyance and telecommunications . 4 the company s headquarters and one of its manufacturing plants is still located at maagan michael an additional production plant for its poultry division is based in the town of or akiva 10 km south of maagan michael and a third plant is located at kabri in the north of israel . 5 in 1996 plasson had an initial public offering ipo and listed its shares on the tel aviv stock exchange . proceeds from the ipo were used to expend its operations globally acquiring or establishing manufacturing plants in germany italy united states and india . additionally the company opened sales and marketing offices in the united kingdom brazil australia and spain . over the years plasson has been investing heavily in research and development activities registering dozen of patents which has given the company a competitive advantage in international markets . 6 see also edit economy of israel references edit plasson industries ltd. company profile business week plasson poultry company profile plasson profile on tase israeli water saving invention comes up flush plasson increases its profit globes 23 april 2003 plasson industries ltd patents on patent genius external links edit plasson global website plasson uk website plasson poultry systems website v t e ta 100 companies of the tel aviv stock exchange africa israel investments allot communications alvarion alrov group babylon bank hapoalim bank leumi bank mizrahi tefahot brack capital properties bazan oil refineries bezeq the israel telecommunication corp cellcom ceragon networks delek group delta galil industries discount investment corporation el al elco holdings evogene elbit systems ezchip semiconductor elron electronic industries first international bank of israel frutarom fox group gazit globe given imaging harel insurance and financial services housing & construction holding hot israel chemicals israel corporation israel discount bank isramco ituran kenon holdings kamada liveperson magic software enterprises mazor robotics mellanox technologies migdal insurance and financial holdings mivtach shamir nice systems ormat technologies osem rami levy hashikma marketing partner communications company paz oil company perion network perrigo company plasson strauss group shufersal sodastream union bank of israel teva pharmaceutical industries tower semiconductor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title plasson & oldid 733945725 categories agriculture companies of israelcompanies listed on tase navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 03 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view