Lister Wilder have announced that they have reached an agreement with Novokraft AG to become the new exclusive UK importer for airter - described as the world's only continuous and homogenously operating pneumatic soil aerator.

The airter neo

The partnership say that two brand new machines are set to be unveiled to the UK market next week at BTME 2025, with the airter neo and airter trike on show on stand 642.

Commenting on their appointment, sales & hire director for Lister Wilder Phill Hughes said, “We’re delighted to be partnering with Novokraft to bring the airter to the UK. The benefits that the machines offer for aeration and water filtration are exceptional but add to that the reported reduction of chafer grubs and leather jackets through regular use, we believe these machines will play a vital part for the future of sports turf management.”

Eric Hardman, CEO of Novokraft AG added, “In Lister Wilder, Novokraft AG has a strong and trustworthy partner for the distribution and sale of our newly developed airter machines, which will redefine the market for active, deep compaction relief."

The airter trike

The manufacturer says that the two new machines which are designed for sports turf aeration, utilise high compressed air to break through surface compaction and provide 100% biological and effective control of pests, root-damaging grubs and tipula larvae (leather jackets). 

The new airter neo 12140 is equipped with 12 lances making it suitable for large golf greens and football pitches. The smaller airter trike 8140 meanwhile, is an electrically driven, self-propelled unit featuring 8 lances for aeration. Work is also underway which will see the this model become the first autonomous unit in the range. 

The working depth on both machines can also be quickly and easily adjusted, tool-free, directly on the unit to suit operations between 8cm and 20cm in the ground.