With a start date on March 1, 1974, Bob Rupar has put in 44 years with Nelson Irrigation Corporation. He was a Vice President of the company, has headed our Sales & Marketing effort, and has been involved with the overall management of the company since the very early days. Bob has been instrumental in upholding Nelson Irrigation’s mission statement – “save water, save energy and do a better job of irrigating,” and has his name on eight US patents and numerous foreign patents. Bob was the 2003 recipient of the Irrigation Association Industry Achievement Award.
When Bob started with Nelson the product line consisted of three series of Big Gun® sprinklers, five impact sprinklers and a base flow control. From that point, with tremendous input from Bob, the product line grew to include pressure regulators, the Rotator® Family of sprinklers and accessories, control valves, the TWIG® Wireless Control System, the MP Rotator® and Pathfinder drip tape. He was instrumental in the sale of the latter two product lines – which allowed the company to sharpen its focus.
