Senninger Irrigation Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1963
Headquarters
Clermont, Florida
,
USA
Key people
  • Steve Abernethy, President
  • Mark Healy, Vice President and Founder
[1]
ProductsOver 200 Irrigation Products
Number of employees
200[2]
ParentHunter Industries
Websitesenninger.com

Senninger Irrigation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunter Industries and manufacturer of irrigation products and services, based in Clermont, Florida.[3]

History

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]

Products

Senninger develops water- and energy-efficient sprinklers, spray nozzles, pressure regulators,[9] and other irrigation tools for agriculture, dairy, mining, effluent, and wastewater applications. It specializes in low-pressure irrigation products designed to help growers use less water and energy, and increase irrigation uniformity by spreading water in a pattern that resists wind distortion and evaporation at high temperatures.

References

  1. ↑ "LEADERSHIP". Hunter Industries. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Working at Senninger". Glassdoor. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Freeman, Michael. "Lake County highlighting its growing manufacturing-based economy". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Marshant, Tyrell. "Real People, Real Results. Senninger's Irrigation Recipe For Success". Potato Grower. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Dowell, Rosemarie. "Pesky wasp inspiration played key role for Clermont's Senninger Irrigation". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Senninger Irrigation, Inc.: 50th Anniversary" Irrigazette. Retrieved September 2012.
  7. ↑ Bordovsky, Jasmes (2018). "Low Energy Precision Application (LEPA) Irrigation Method, a Forty-year Review". American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Web site. doi:10.13031/aim.201801598. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hunter Industries acquires Senninger Irrigation". Lawn & Landscape. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Jennings, Rosalind. "Mud dauber spurs invention, boosts company". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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