HARDI

HARDI Australia is often the envy of other manufacturers when it comes to design, development and testing of spraying equipment. They have 15,000 square metres of modern development, manufacturing and distribution facilities situated on a 10ha location, 10 km from the Adelaide CBD.
The Australian product development centre works closely with 5 other global HARDI development centres to bring together the best spraying technologies for Australian farmers.

With the largest design and development engineering team working on spraying equipment HARDI is able to offer sprayers which are ideally suited for Australian spraying conditions.

The HARDI dealer network of more than 300 locations Australia-wide ensures Hardi provide quality sales, service and parts support to all their customers and the know how for accurate chemical application.

Regional distribution centres in Brisbane and Perth are strategically placed to support the dealer network and farmers who cannot be reached overnight from Adelaide.

A Danish industrial fairy-tale

The HARDI idea started in 1957, when Hartvig Jensen established the company. He was a gardener and needed a quality sprayer. After a few years the company expanded horticulturally and invested in large production facilities outside Copenhagen. The HARDI sprayers were soon retailed not only to Danish, but also European farmers, and the company expanded rapidly.

Timeline

1957 HARDI was founded by Hartvig Jensen Production of the 1-cylinder HARDI pump started
1958 Factory buildings in Glostrup, Denmark were bought
1959 Started export of pumps to Evers & Wall (England)
1967 SVENSKA HARDI was founded
1971 Nørre Alslev was built 5,000 m2 (today 47,000 m2)
1987 EVRARD in France acquired
1988 ILEMO in Spain acquired
1987 The air assisted concept TWIN was born
1989 New head office and factory in Taastrup
1995 World leading hand-operated sprayers COOPER PEGLER was acquired
1997 Auriga Industries acquired HARDI
1998 Australian production site established
1999 POMMIER in France acquired
2000 New paint facility and redesigned factory layout in Nørre Alslev
2001 Consolidation of Scandinavian markets. Delivery of fully assembled and tested sprayers directly from Nørre Alslev factory
2002 Australian distribution acquired
2003 All production in Denmark gathered in Nørre Alslev
2004 Sales organisation in Poland established
2005 Launch of the New COMMANDER trailers based on "Functional design". 12 European Awards
2006 Launch of "The intelligent sprayer" concept
2007 HARDI 50th Anniversary
2007 Member of the Exel Industries Group