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Ma
r
tignani,
y
este
r
da
y
’s pionee
r
and toda
y
’s inte
r
national leade
r
in
t
h
e sustaina
b
le use of pesticides,
h
as evolved f
r
om a s
h
o
r
t sto
ry
of
a long-
h
eldpassion dedicated to t
h
e development of cutting-edge
tec
h
niques fo
r
mo
r
e efficient,
cost-effective and
mo
r
e
envi
r
onmentall
y
sustaina
b
le plant
p
r
otection, w
h
ile
r
especting t
h
e
h
ealt
h
of
ag
r
icultu
r
al
wo
r
ke
r
s and
consume
r
s.
T
h
e sto
ry b
egan
in 1958w
h
en
Claudio
Ma
r
tignani,
founde
r
and co-owne
r
of t
h
e compan
y
, wit
h
h
is sonStefano,
int
r
oduced t
h
e fi
r
st pneumatic
b
lowe
r
swit
h
lowwate
r
volume,
r
esulting f
r
om a joint initiativewit
h
expe
r
t Dutc
h
plant pat
h
ologists
t
h
at
b
egan in 1946. T
h
e use of t
h
esemac
h
ines
b
egan to sp
r
ead in
romagna, t
h
e Italian
h
omeland
r
egion of Sangiovesewine,
dedicated towine p
r
oduction and f
r
uit g
r
owing.
In 1981, Ma
r
tignani was t
h
e fi
r
st inEu
r
ope to int
r
oduce
elect
r
ostatic sp
r
a
y
ing. Now esta
b
lis
h
ed in f
r
uit fa
r
mingwit
h
t
h
ousands of wine p
r
oduce
r
s and f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s t
hr
oug
h
out t
h
e
wo
r
ld, it
r
ep
r
esents one of t
h
emost impo
r
tant cont
r
i
b
utions
towa
r
ds p
r
og
r
ess into new solutions tooptimise application
tec
h
niques. T
h
anks to t
h
e elect
r
ostatic fields fo
r
med
b
etween
plants, w
h
ic
h
a
r
e good conducto
r
s, and t
h
e c
h
emical mist sp
r
a
y
ed
f
r
omMa
r
tignani mist
b
lowe
r
swit
h
t
h
ei
r
elect
r
ostatic c
h
a
r
ge,
d
r
oplets satu
r
atedwit
h
active ing
r
edient a
r
e att
r
acted
by
vegetation. Nume
r
ous tests
h
ave s
h
own t
h
at it can
r
educe losses
t
hr
oug
h
d
r
ifting
by
85%, even inwind
y
weat
h
e
r
.
W
h
en compa
r
ed to ai
r
-
b
last sp
r
a
y
e
r
swit
h
conventional
h
ig
h
p
r
essu
r
e nozzles, Ma
r
tignani pneumatic sp
r
a
y
e
r
swit
h
lowwate
r
volume and elect
r
ostaticall
y
c
h
a
r
gedmic
r
o-d
r
opletswe
r
e s
h
own to
b
emuc
h
mo
r
e effective, using 90% lesswate
r
, 25% less c
h
emical
andwit
h
70% less
r
un-off into t
h
e soil wit
h
t
h
e elect
r
ostatic
c
h
a
r
ged tu
r
ned off, andoffe
r
ing an additional 20%
r
eduction in
active ing
r
edient consumption and 85% less d
r
ift wit
h
t
h
e
elect
r
ostatic c
h
a
r
ge tu
r
nedon.
In summa
ry
, t
h
ese a
r
e t
h
emain advantages of Ma
r
tignani
tec
h
nolog
y
:
- Plant p
r
otection p
r
oducts a
r
e evenl
y
dist
r
i
b
uted and ad
h
e
r
e
even to t
h
e unde
r
side of t
h
e leaves.
- Less loss t
hr
oug
h
d
r
ift.
- Full use of t
h
e pesticide, so even less p
r
oduct is
r
equi
r
edpe
r
h
ecta
r
e.
- Total cove
r
age of t
h
e tallest pa
r
ts of t
h
e t
r
ees, w
h
e
r
e
conventional mist-
b
lowe
r
s a
r
e una
b
le to
r
eac
h
.
- Faste
r
wo
r
k
r
ate (up to12km/
h
).
- Mo
r
e time saved.
- healt
h
ie
r
plants and
b
ette
r
qualit
y
p
r
oduce.
- A
r
eduction in envi
r
onmental pollution.
- T
h
e
r
isk of t
h
e ope
r
ato
r b
eing contaminated
by
pesticides is
r
educed
by
70%.
T
h
is isMa
r
tignani: sma
r
t solutions fo
r
mode
r
n and eco-f
r
iendl
y
fa
r
ming.
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r
tignani: sma
r
t solutions fo
r
mode
r
n fa
r
ming
