Belgium was one of the founding members of the European Union
Capital city: Brussels
Population: 10,414,336 (July 2009 est.).. ..
Currency: Euro
Language: French / Dutch / Germanwings
This modern, private-enterprise economy has capitalized on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is concentrated mainly in the populous Flemish area in the north. With few natural resources, Belgium must import substantial quantities of raw materials and export a large volume of manufactures, making its economy Unusually dependent on the state of world markets. Roughly three-quarters of its trade is with other EU countries. Public debt is more than 80% of GDP.
GDP: composition by sector
agriculture: 0.8%
Industry: 23.2%
Services: 76.1% (2008 est.).. ..
Source: CIA
Latest news on poultry Belgian
13 Apr 2012 - Last month, Emka Incubators completed Lunar 2 in Zimbabwe with 18 incubators. Moreover the company converted all 22 hatchers at Lohmann Tierzucht in Germany to Teggnologic27 technology, while adding another three machines. The company also successfully turned on the first stage of their newest hatchery project in Belarus recently.
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12 Apr 2012 - The Intestinal Health Scientific Interest Group (ihsig), created in 2010, held their first symposium last month in Gent, Belgium. The symposium attracted 150 people from more than 20 countries—including representatives from the poultry industry’s scientific community, consultants and veterinarians.
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21 Mar 2012 - In 2011, Belgians consumed about 10 kg of fresh poultry meat per capita. That was a year-on-year increase of 4.5%. Within the poultry market, chicken is very popular, taking a 85% share.
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07 Mar 2012 - Belorusneft-Osobino Company, one of the leading poultry producers in Belarus, has decided to buy and install incubators and hatchery equipment from Emka Incubators, Belgium.
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06 Mar 2012 - The biological markets for meat and eggs are important and growing. One of the main challenges is to maintain an optimal health of the animals in a biological way.
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07 Feb 2012 - Roxell has introduced two transparent covers for intake boots on systems where no feed hopper is used.
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18 Jan 2012 - Since January 2012, Vitamex Group has been rebranded as Nuscience. The Group, including its companies Pricor, Vitamex, Preconex, Cehave Korm, Pre-Mervo and Lusai, has grown significantly in recent years.
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17 Jan 2012 - The Intestinal Health Scientific Interest Group (ihsig) will hold its first international symposium addressing key issues for poultry veterinarians, poultry producers, scientists and regulatory authorities related to intestinal health management. The symposium will be March 28-29 at Het Pand, Onderbergen in Ghent, Belgium.
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12 Jan 2012 - Petersime has published a scientific brochure on embryonic development. The brochure describes how the three most important environmental factors - temperature, CO2/O2 levels, and humidity - influence embryonic development and how they evolve during the complex process of incubation.
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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.
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23 Nov 2011 - Nutriad in Belgium carried out two trials to evaluate the efficacy of mycotoxin inactivators (Unike) in counteracting the negative effects caused by mycotoxins in the diets of broilers.
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18 Nov 2011 - In order to support its worldwide growth and to strengthen its customer relationships, incubator supplier Petersime has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Hugo De Ruyck as International Sales and Marketing Manager.
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18 Oct 2011 - Belgium based Roxell, a producer of automatic feeding and drinking systems for the poultry and pig industry has introduced new products to the market.
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11 Oct 2011 - Incubator and hatchery supplier, Petersime, has officially inaugurated its brand new Customer Centre as well as its extended and modernised production facilities, located at the headquarters in Zulte (Olsene), Belgium.
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30 Sep 2011 - From November 1 st, Bart Roels will assume responsibility as international sales manager of Roxell, a developer of automatic feeding and drinking systems for the poultry and pig industry.
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27 Sep 2011 - Petersime incubators can now be controlled via iPad. The company has developed an iPad application for its IrisLink™ Command Centre user interface, which allows hatchery managers to control and supervise their Petersime incubators from any place and at any time, within or outside their hatchery.
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26 Sep 2011 - The Nuscience Group, the premix and feed specialty business of the Agrifirm group, has appointed Jan Smulders as its Chief Operating Officer from October 1st 2011.
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25 Aug 2011 - Dutch eggs contaminated with dioxin are believed to have been exported to Belgium and Luxembourg, according to a notification by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
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19 Jul 2011 - Kemin is pleased to welcome Tom Vanderborght as global product manager for its AgriFoods division.
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07 Jul 2011 - Clostat is an effective feed microbial to improve poultry performance. This was the result of scientific research which was carried out allover Europe and in Russia.
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