which employs 20 members of the kibbutz in five different sectors. Industry The kibbutz owns three industrial companies through the Ein-Hashofet Industries Group. Mivrag Cold Forming Technology is a company that produces cold-formed steel components. In the local market, Mivrag supplies agriculture, industrial, high-tech and wholesale companies. In the worldwide market, Mivrag supplies automative companies. With the establishment of the factory in 1952, Mivrag manufactured wooden screws. In the 1960s and 1970s the factory expanded to other products and moved to use metals. In 1987 the factory moved to its current facility. The company began to thrive since the 1990s, expanding its sales to Asia, North America and Europe. Eltam is a company that produces lighting products. MAG Ltd. (Mivrag Automative Group) was established in 1999 and produces assemblies for the automotive industry. Agriculture Dairy farming is the first agriculture sector of the kibbutz, beginning already in 1938 with the move to the kibbutz's current location. The dairy has over 200 dairy cows and produces several million liters of milk per year. Cattle farming began in the 1950s in order to exploit lands that couldn't be used for farming. The cattle sector is owned in partnership with kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek (Ein HaShofet owns about 70% of it). The sector struggles to exist due to low profits. In addition to cattle growing, the kibbutz has a successful cattle fattening facility. Orchards are today used for Avocado growing. The avocado growing began in the mid 1970s. In the early days of the kibbutz, plum trees were the main products. In the 1940s it were vineyards, followed by apples, peaches and pears in the 1950s. Poultry farming in the kibbutz is centered since 1971 on Chicken fattening. The field crops sector in the kibbutz is relatively small but profitable. It is centered on wheat and cotton. References External links Kibbutz website Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons Kibbutz Ein HaShofet Collection on the Digital collections of Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1937 Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1937 establishments in Mandatory Palestine