Demand for Cobb 500 ‘Quite Outstanding’
POLAND - Cobb Germany celebrated its 10^th anniversary in the Polish market with a well attended customer seminar involving 87 clients from all over the country.

New Controller in Fan Motor
THE NETHERLANDS - Vostermans has introduced its Trinc-1, a triac controller incorporated in the motor.

Meet What You Eat: Alpharma Video Contest
US - The second phase of the Alpharma student video contest is underway. The contest encourages participants to produce short videos that tell the story of traditional farming or livestock production.

Aviagen: Cooperation in Belarus Commences
BELARUS - Aviagen and Belpticeprom reached an important agreement to jointly develop the Belarusian poultry industry. The agreement was signed during a visit of a delegation from Belpticeprom to Aviagen's Edinburgh headquarters.

EUROTIER REPORT: CID LINES Launches Bioprotexion
GERMANY: Hygiene solutions company CID LINES launched a new programme for food safety on farm in the Bioprotexion Box at EuroTier.

Aviagen Hosts 6th Ross Asia Association Meeting
BEIJING - Aviagen, the world’s leading poultry breeding company, recently hosted the sixth Ross Asia Association meeting in Beijing, China.

Pfizer Announces Trainee of Year Award Winners
UK - Two highly promising livestock managers on farms in Staffordshire and Norfolk are the 2008 winners of the Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards for the pig and poultry industries.

New 'Smart' Stronghold in Indonesia
THE NETHERLANDS - After working for several years with Dutch hatchery technology company Pas Reform, Indonesia's fast-rising PT Panca Patriot Prima has become the latest Asian poultry business to adopt Smart single-stage incubation to fuel future gro...

New Energy-Efficient Motor for Setters and Hatchers
BELGIUM - Petersime will launch Eco-Drive^TM at EuroTier next week.

Films Premiere at EuroTier
THE NETHERLANDS - Hatchery technology company, Pas Reform, has commissioned three films, which will be shown for the first time at Eurotier 2008 in Hanover next week.

New Broiler Feed Pan Size
GERMANY - The bestselling Fluxx product family from Big Dutchman has a new member: Fluxx360.

Gold Medal for Big Dutchman's Egg Counter
GERMANY - Big Dutchman has won a Gold Medal at the product preview competition for EuroTier for its 100% accurate egg count with innovative camera technology - EggCam.

Big Dutchman Launches Innovative Air Inlet
GERMANY - Big Dutchman has responded to the trend towards larger and wider poultry houses by introducing a new air inlet called Flex.

Interactive Customer Service Portal Launched
THE NETHERLANDS - Pas Reform will introduce SmartPortal, the future of customer service for the hatchery sector, at EuroTier 2008.

Improved Manure Belt for Small Groups, Aviaries
GERMANY - Big Dutchman has come up with a solution to insufficient manure drying for small group and aviary systems.

Pas Reform Introduces New Tray
THE NETHERLANDS - Pas Reform will launch its new SmartTray at EuroTier.

Aviagen Launches Arbor Acres in Eastern Europe
GLOBAL - Aviagen is now offering customers in Russia, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan even greater choice with the introduction of Arbor Acres products into these markets.

New Joint Venture: Venco-Extra Poultry Equipment
CHINA - At VIV China 2008, Vencomatic and Shanghai Extra Machinery Co. signed a letter of intent to work together in a joint venture called Venco-Extra (Shanghai) Poultry Equipment Co. Ltd. The new company starts on 1 November 2008.

New President of European Operations for Aviagen
SCOTLAND - Aviagen has announced the appointment of Brian Whittle to the role of President, European Operations, with effect from 1 November 2008.

Big Dutchman Visits Kaluga, Russia
RUSSIA - In the presence of the governor of Kaluga, Anatoli Artamonov, and the minister of agriculture Leonid Gromov, a group of five companies from the agro-industry laid the foundation for a technological centre in Detschino.

Baudon Named Merial's Avian Business Director
US - Merial has named Jérôme Baudon as avian business director‚ international region.

Schering-Plough Announces Transition of Animal Health Leadership
US – Schering-Plough Corporation has announced the transition of leadership of its Animal Health unit from Ruurd Stolp, D.V.M., Ph.D., to Raul E. Kohan, who was previously the Deputy Head of the Animal Health unit.

Cobb's Early Lesson in Capitalism
UK - Forty four years on from historic Khrushchev accolade for Cobb and British poultry industry, writes Roger Ransom, BHR Communications.

Sign of Increasing Links between Cobb and Hendrix
ZAMBIA - The two breeding companies appear to be developing closer contacts.

Smart Expansion for Malaysia's CAB Group
NETHERLANDS - Having monitored the development of modular single-stage incubation technologies for several years, Malaysia's CAB Group has collaborated with the Kedah State Economic Development Corporation (KSEDC) to expand its poultry integration in...