Maximum Yield USA January 2017 | Page 153

The grower placed his plants in DryGair’s experimental greenhouses, sprayed them with water and left them overnight. The next day, he came back to find the plants dry and with healthy leaves. “He immediately wanted to buy the first unit, although it was still at a prototype stage,” Peretz says. Since then, DryGair has developed several dehumidifiers to tackle the needs of diverse greenhouse designs, crops, growing methods, and climate conditions around the world. Of course, the company tested these products in real-life trials in different countries with various crops to make sure they would deliver exactly what its end-clients wanted. “Our end-customers are the plants, and their needs are our top priority,” explains Peretz, who adds that healthy plants lead to happy growers. And so far, DryGair has helped create many a happy plant and grower. One gardener contacted DryGair to tell the company “he saved 15 per cent of his crop” after using one of its units. Also, the company says growers on average reduced their energy usage by 50 per cent. Today, the company sells its units in Israel, Holland, Germany, UK, Norway, Denmark, the US, and Vietnam, with plans to expand. And there’s no doubt the company can reach its goal. It’s already capitalized on its strengths of innovation and efficiency, sustainability, flexibility, and team work to expand from a three-person company in Israel to an international exporter that employs 10 people. “Our employees believe in our solution and therefore they are dedicated,” says Peretz. “We have professional conferences to deepen our agriculture understanding and we try to widen our horizons by introducing interesting issues during our weekly team meetings, during mutual breakfasts.” “ If you have a good solution that you and your team believe in, you can educate the market and make it happen.” Maximum Yield USA  |  January 2017 151