China’s Huayu
Agriculture Science and Technology Co.Ltd has selected HatchTech Incubation
Technology to lead the development of the major new hatchery in China.
HatchTech will construct and equip the new parent stock hatchery, which is
being constructed by Huayu in Handan, Hebei Province. The new plant is being
constructed for the production of Hy-Line poultry layer genetics.
The new plant is
expected to start its production in the third quarter of 2020 and will ensure a
constant supply of the Hy-line poultry layer of genetics, with an estimated
capacity of 10 million parent layer a year. The project will further boost
Hy-line’s approximately 60% market share of China’s total layer market, which produces
more than 700 million birds annually. HatchTech will not only help in
installing the high-quality incubation equipment but will supply cooling,
heating and ventilation equipment to the hatchery. Moreover, the company will
also offer a full-service package of technical and biological support.
The project is the
second collaboration between HatchTech and Huayu and is initiated after the
success of the first project opened in July 2018, the Handan-based layer
hatchery. The Handan-based layer Hatchery is the world’s largest hatchery with
an annual production capacity of 60 million day-old chicks. The new project
along with Handan hatchery will ensure superior chic quality for the customers
and top-notch biosecurity. Huayu has collaborated with HatchTech because of its
excellent team of technical and biological support from their offices in
Beijing.
Huayu along with
Hy-Line has agreed to invest in increased commercial layer chick production
capacity to boost the sale of Hy-line Brown and Ly-Line Sonia in China. Hebei
Huayu is planning to boost its capacity to more than 200 million chicks before
2020 and the new project will help in reaching that goal. According to Wang
Lianzeng, chairman of Huayu Agriculture Science and Technology Co.Ltd, “ the
joint venture is a win-win for both companies and will be beneficial for layer
farmers in China”. The chairmen, predicts that local varieties of poultry can
co-exist with the imports, and the new project will not influence the long-term
pattern of China’s layer industry.
These developments
will not only ensure food safety in the country but will reduce the gap between
the local egg producers and branded eggs produces. Such projects will allow
local egg producers to optimize the genetic potential of the product and gain technological
advancements in the market, according to their customers' demand.