Hail prevention machine was produced by the company operating in Van Business Development Center (İŞGEM). With the device installed on an area of ​​approximately one thousand acres, gas is sprayed up to 12 kilometers, preventing the crystallization of water and allowing the hail to fall on the ground as rain. After the previously imported hail prevention machine was manufactured in Van, the first export was made to Azerbaijan. In 2016, 9 million 200 units were made in Van within the scope of the ‘EU pre-accession financial aid’ project to add new ones to 30 companies operating under İŞGEM. The ‘Van İŞGEM is growing’ project worth one thousand euros was put into practice.

With the project, 30 modern workplaces were built. In Van İŞGEM, where new companies were added, the hail prevention machine began to be produced. Mahmut Gedik, Chairman of the Board of İŞGEM, said, “We said that we will include export-oriented, technology-using and innovative business ideas in all productions. We have also achieved a first here. We started to produce the hail prevention machine, which is not in Turkey, but produced in Van for the first time, in Van İŞGEM. “An entrepreneur applied to us, we gave him space and opportunity. They succeeded in this production. We exported our first production to Azerbaijan. We will send our second production to Turkey’s largest orchard in Yozgat,” he said.

Stating that they will prevent this with the device, Gedik said, “This device prevents hail in the area where it is installed on approximately one thousand decares. By this means, we will prevent our farmers from being harmed,” he said. Stating that the difference between the device brought from Europe and the ones brought from Europe is the ‘full automation system’, Gedik said, “The hail is prevented by direct control and giving instructions with a mobile phone before coming to the machine.

This gas prevents the water from crystallizing, allowing it to fall to the ground as rain. Greenhouses and car parks can also benefit from this. Yadullah Nesurullahi, the owner of the company where the hail prevention machine is produced, stated that the usage area of ​​the device is wide and said that there will be a high demand from the country and abroad.