People: Aviagen SAU appoints new manager
21 Feb 2012 - Aviagen have appointed Sergio Illán to the position of business unit manager for Aviagen SAU. In this role he will lead the local management team, which oversees all Aviagen’s business within Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Read more >>
People: Nutreco CEO to step down at end of 2012
15 Feb 2012 - Nutreco CEO Wout Dekker, will leave the company by the end of 2012. This will mark the end of a career at the company encompassing almost thirty years, of which twelve years were as CEO. Read more >>
People: Keith Honegger joins Lohmann Animal Health International
10 Feb 2012 - Dr Keith Honegger has joined Lohmann Animal Health International as a technical services veterinarian. Read more >>
People: Cobb appoints pedigree geneticist
09 Feb 2012 - In a move strengthening the Cobb research and development team Dr Frank Siewerdt has been appointed pedigree geneticist for the new Dry Creek farm complex in Deer Lodge, Tennessee, USA. Read more >>
Hybro breeding director Ad van Hedel passes away
09 Feb 2012 - Ad van Hedel, the former geneticist of Euribrid in the Netherlands, passed away on February 4 at the age of 75. In the 80’s and 90’s Van Hedel was responsible for the Hybro breeding programme of Euribrid. Read more >>
People: MSD Animal Health recruits coccidiosis specialist
08 Feb 2012 - Andy Payne has been appointed by MSD Animal Health to manage the successful introduction of Paracox 5 coccidiosis vaccination programmes with UK and Ireland broiler producers. Read more >>
People: Jim Sumner receives Lifetime Achievement Award
07 Feb 2012 - Jim Sumner, center, president of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), received the National Poultry and Food Distributors Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Atlanta during NPFDA’s annual convention. Read more >>
People: Alltech appoints new vice president for Europe
03 Feb 2012 - Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech has announced the promotion of Patrick Charlton to the position of vice president Europe. Read more >>
People: Seara appoints new CEO
31 Jan 2012 - David Palfenier has been appointed as the new CEO of Brazilian pork and poultry giant Seara. Palfenier is the former president of Consumer Foods International, ConAgra Foods. Read more >>
Abit Massey Recipient of Harold E. Ford Foundation Award
27 Jan 2012 - Abit Massey, president emeritus of the Georgia Poultry Federation, was honored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association during the 2012 International Poultry Expo, where he received the Harold E. Ford Lifetime Achievement Award.
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People: Jos Ramekers new president Dutch Poultry Centre
13 Jan 2012 - Since the first of January this year, Jos Ramekers is the new president of Dutch Poultry Centre (DPC). He took over this role from Jacco Wagelaar, who had been in this position from the moment DPC was founded in 2003. Read more >>
Big Dutchman co-founder passes away at age 100
13 Jan 2012 - Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, MI on 6 January 2012. Read more >>
Kabir Chicks founder Zvi Katz passes away
11 Jan 2012 - Zvi Katz, founder and president of Kabir Chicks Ltd. passed away on January 1st, 2012, at the age of 84. Katz had a full creative life, and retired from the Israeli company about a decade ago due to health problems. His son, Josef, who worked with his father almost 30 years, took over the company in 2000. Read more >>
People: AB Vista fills pivotal role in Central Eastern Europe
10 Jan 2012 - AB Vista has appointed a new Business Manager to meet increased demand for its products in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). With 12 years of specialist sales experience in this rapidly expanding market, Adrian Kaszuba will help develop and give support to markets across CEE for AB Vista’s growing range of animal feed micro-ingredients. Read more >>
AB Vista recruits technical coordinator in Brazil
27 Dec 2011 - AB Vista has recruited an expert in animal production to be its new technical coordinator in Brazil. Willian Correa will draw on considerable experience in the field of animal nutrition to take on a range of technical and regulatory responsibilities. Read more >>
People: New appointment at Meriden
19 Dec 2011 - Meriden Animal Health Limited has appointed Dr Wael Abdelrahman as a Regional Technical Sales Manager. Read more >>
People: Petersime welcomes new area sales manager
14 Dec 2011 - Filip De Smet has joined the Petersime sales team as the new Area Sales Manager for Europe and the English-speaking countries of Africa. Read more >>
People: International appointment for Pas Reform
13 Dec 2011 - Bob De Rycke has joined hatchery company, Pas Reform, to represent the company in Belgium, France and francophone Africa. He joins an international team, with responsibility for market development and the distribution of Smart incubation, hatchery automation and climate control systems. Read more >>
Hybrid Turkeys expands in Europe
12 Dec 2011 - Hybrid Turkeys has seen major market growth Europe with the addition of 17 Grandparent farms as well as a Parent Stock hatchery in France. All of this translates to an increased need to build a local management, sales, service and production team. Read more >>
People: Foodmate US names regional sales manager
22 Nov 2011 - Foodmate US, the North American distributor for Netherland-based Foodmate BV, has promoted Matt Foster to Regional Sales Manager for the Central States. Read more >>
