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“easyFlow” honored with silver medal from DLG

The easyFlow filling and cleaning system developed jointly by Bayer CropScience and agrotop GmbH has been awarded a silver medal by the German Agricultural Society.

11/11/2013

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The easyFlow filling and cleaning system developed jointly by Bayer CropScience and agrotop GmbH, Obertraubling, Germany, has been awarded a silver medal by the German Agricultural Society (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, DLG). easyFlow will be presented to an international trade audience for the first time at the Agritechnica exhibition, which is being held on November 10 to 16 in Hanover, Germany. The advantages of the system are that it allows the safe and precise dosing of liquid crop protection products from small containers and canisters, it automatically opens sealing films and it is easy and simple to use. In addition, the containers and sealing films are suitably rinsed for disposal. agrotop has scheduled the marketing launch of easyFlow in Europe for spring 2014.

"User safety and the environmental compatibility of crop protection products are always the top priorities for Bayer CropScience," says Joerg Oeser, who holds global responsibility for major herbicides at Bayer CropScience. “Innovative technical solutions like easyFlow make a major contribution towards minimizing risks during the use. We're sure that easyFlow will convince farmers in Europe and all over the world, because it can be used for all liquid products.” 

"Product stewardship is a major priority for agrotop as well. easyFlow is a closed system and therefore contamination-proof. It's safe, easy and cost-efficient to use," stresses Steffen Graef, Managing Director of agrotop GmbH. "easyFlow is also the first adapter system that cleans itself completely, and it therefore makes a contribution to environmental protection." 

The new environmentally friendly filling and cleaning system is adaptable for all tanks and induction hoppers and safeguards against unintentional opening and disconnection during filling. easyFlow enables infinitely variable regulation of the filling speed for precise control of the dosage. There is also another benefit for users: "Thanks to the attached rinsing-water pipe, all contact surfaces and the canister are cleaned in one go after complete or partial emptying. The canister does not need to be rinsed separately nor measuring or filling vessels laboriously cleaned," underlines Reinhard Friessleben, Head of Application Technology at Bayer CropScience.

The Agritechnica trade exhibition in Hanover is mainly devoted to the presentation of crop production technology and management methods. It is hosted by the German Agricultural Society (DLG). With more than 388,000 m² of exhibition space in 24 halls and some 2,700 exhibitors from 47 countries, Agritechnica is the world's largest exhibition of agricultural machinery and state-of-the-art agricultural technology. More than 150 forum events and specialist conferences round off the range of information available.