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...MARTIGNANI-ITALY since 1958...

 

 

 

Key moments in the story of success

1946 - The first sprayers were manufactured in Wadenoijen-Holland and marketed under the brand of B.M.B. 1947 - The world's first Low Volume Pneumatic Mist Blowers are manufactured in Wadenoijen-Holland under the Kiekens Dekker System trademark and are patented in 23 different nations. 1955 - B.M.B. sprayers and Kiekens Dekker System Pneumatic Mist Blowers were marketed under the brand of a newly established company Kiekens Whirlwind Holland NV (KWH). 1958 - MARTIGNANI starts promoting and selling KWH Mist Blowers at regional level. 1968 - KWH produces in Holland the world's first rotating disk mist blower. This is the BORA Model (international patent) powered by a "Wankel" rotating piston engine. 1969 - KWH changes it's official name to KWH Whirlwind Holland BV while the KWH, Whirlwind and Windmill trademarks were used from then on to market KWH-products in various parts of the world. 1972 - MARTIGNANI starts building KWH-System Mist Blowers under license from KWH-Holland. 1975 - The KWH B-120 ALBATROS Model wins the gold medal in the U.M.A. Technical Innovation Competition at the Verona Agricultural Show (Italy) - the first horizontal pneumatic bar mist blower offered on the international market. 1976 - The world's first mist blower with anti-drift horizontal or tangential flows is produced by KWH-Holland. 1978 - The B-612 3/P semi-3/P mounted pneumatic mist blower wins the first prize in the E.N.P.I. Competition (Italy) for guaranteed productivity and safety on sloping terrain. 1981 - The first Pneumatic-Electrostatic Mist Blower produced in Europe is presented by MARTIGNANI in Italy. 1985 - The B-612 PHANTOM Pneumatic Mist Blower wins the silver medal at the AGRITAB Show (Perugia-Italy). 1986 - The Electrostatic charge Pneumatic Mist Blower wins the silver medal at the Technological Innovation Competition at the SIMA Trade Fair (Paris-France). 1988 - Model B-612 ELECTROSTATIC-TURBO 3 is acknowledged as a Technological Innovation in the UNACOMA Competition at the EIMA (Bologna-Italy) Trade Fair. 1991 - The H.T.S. (Hit Target System) TURBO 2 Electrostatic-Pneumatic Mist Blower wins the gold medal in the Technological Innovation Competition at the Verona Agricultural Show (Italy). 1992 - The Electrostatic charge Pneumatic Mist Blower wins the Innovative Technology Silver Corn Ear award at the AGRIBEX 92 Show in Brussels (Belgium). 1994 - The MULTI-FLOW modular pneumatic bar Pneumatic Mist Blower wins the gold medal in the Technological Innovation Competition at the Verona Agricultural Show (Italy). 1999 - On the threshold of a new Millennium, MARTIGNANI srl and KWH Whirlwind BV pool their forces again and create KWH International srl to promote and sell our Electrostatic Mist Blowers world wide. 2004 - Silver medal winner in the “Quality” contest at the Fieragricola trade fair of Verona (Italy) for the Turbo 3 Junior Pneumatic-Electrostatic Mist Blower. 2004 - Gold medal at the EIMA-Bologna (Italy) Technical Novelties competition for the Electrostatic Charge Pneumatic Dusting Machine. ...nowadays, Martignani Electrostatic Mist Blowers are widely appreciated in more than 40 nations around the world for their extraordinary efficiency.