Senninger Irrigation
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Key people |
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| Products | Over 200 Irrigation Products |
Number of employees | 200[2] |
| Parent | Hunter Industries |
| Website | senninger |
Senninger Irrigation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunter Industries and manufacturer of irrigation products and services, based in Clermont, Florida, United States.[3]
Senninger Irrigation was founded in 1963 by Joe Senninger, a retired engineer and citrus grower living in Central Florida.[4] The company was founded after Senninger created the first “insect-proof” sprinkler that would prevent mud dauber wasps from nesting in the nozzle orifices of overhead sprinklers when an irrigation system was not in operation.[5] The wasps would clog sprinklers and impede water flow, causing difficulties for citrus farmers in the area.
Senninger designed and introduced many irrigation industry's innovations: high quality in-line pressure regulator (1966);[6] color-coded nozzles for easy size identification (1970); pioneered the use of plastic sprinklers on center pivots (1971); Wobbler® Technology (1978); sprays with interchangeable deflector pads (1980); Hydro software to configure placement of nozzle sizes (1980); a four-mode LEPA (Low Energy Precision Application) Quad Spray[7] (1986); the integral weight concept (1999); double goosenecks and truss rod hose slings (2002).
The company opened warehouses in Lubbock, Texas (1978), and Grand Island, Nebraska (1979), as well as a division in the state of São Paulo, Brazil (2003).
On January 4, 2016, Senninger Irrigation was acquired by its business partner of 12 years, California-based Hunter Industries.[8]