The modern hatchery manager’s goal is to produce large numbers of uniform, robust day old chicks. Robustness is a health criterion, originating in the embryonic life stage of the chicken - and correlating directly with the performance and resistance of individual chicks under differing farm conditions.
Detailed research has shown that robustness can be achieved by stimulating the embryo with a specific trigger, i.e. stimulation by heat or cold, during critical periods of the incubation process. This causes so-called ‘embryonic imprinting’ on a physiological level, to produce a chicken that will thrive in its farm environment.
To support the use of Circadian incubation™, the incubator must deliver precise climate control. To achieve truly homogeneous temperature distribution, the challenge is to exchange energy, CO2/O2 and moisture - without affecting temperature uniformity around the eggs.
To meet this exacting requirement, Pas Reform’s latest advancement for single-stage incubation combines the following three:
1. Modular incubator design; creates sectional environments in the incubator that can be controlled individually. This is the only way to guarantee homogeneous temperature in incubators containing more than 100,000 hatching eggs. Each modular section of the incubator is supported by its own temperature, heating, cooling, humidification and ventilation systems.
2. Vortex™-based airflow; generates as many vortices as possible by exchanging energy, CO2/O2 and moisture in the incubator in the wake of the air pump blade.
3. Adaptive Metabolic Feedback™; developed to ensure that the incubation environment meets the metabolic needs of each growing embryo during its development. Adaptive Metabolic Feedback™ (AMF™) maximizes uniformity by optimising airflow, the evaporation of moisture and air redistribution.
Pas Reform has combined* the use of these three features in its next-generation SmartPro™ incubator: advanced incubation that maximizes temperature homogeneity directly, to produce the highly precise environmental controls required.
*Patent Pending with Worldwide Intellectual Property Rights
SmartPro™ will be unveiled at VIV Asia 2011 in Bangkok at VIV Asia 2011.
Pas Reform appoints new office in Indonesia
Pas Reform has further bolstered its sales force in the Asia-Pacific region, with the appointment of a new Sales Director and the opening of a fourth sales and service office.
The Dutch hatchery technology company has a strong and growing presence in a region that forms an important focus within Pas Reform’s international strategy. Mr. Bas Kanters MSc, 39, joins the company’s existing Asian Sales team from the newly opened Indonesian office – where his responsibilities extend beyond Indonesia, to include customers in South Korea, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.
Pas Reform Indonesia will operate as a sales and service centre, with the focus on swift, direct customer response and technical follow up. Customers will also have access to Pas Reform Academy – and Bas and the Indonesian team will work closely with Pas Reform’s existing offices in Malaysia, India and Thailand.
With more than 10 years’ livestock industry experience, Bas graduated in 1996 with an MSc in Animal Science from Wageningen University (The Netherlands). He has lived and worked in Asia for 5 years, with previous roles as area sales manager for Hybro BV and more recently area sales manager for VDL Agrotech equipment from the Netherlands.
“This is an important step in my career”, says Bas, “ and I am very pleased to be taking it with Pas Reform’s dynamic team in Asia. Great work has been done here,” he says , “ and I have been impressed, especially in recent years, by the Company’s progress since the introduction of Smart single-stage incubators – and by its commitment to its customers.”
Pas Reform CEO Bart Aangenendt comments, “A few years ago, realizing the current and future potential of Asia within our world wide operations, we set out a new strategy for Asia that focused on local presence in the region.”
“We started that journey in 2008 with the opening of the office in Kuala Lumpur and have continued to grow, opening a sales and service centre in India in 2009. Bas has lived and worked here for a number of years. He understands the challenges and opportunities for the poultry industry - and we believe his skills will help us to achieve further growth in Asia with advanced, single-stage technologies.”
Contact details for Pas Reform’s new office in Indonesia are:
Raffles Hills, Blok J8 No.5
Kel. Sukatani, Kec. Cimanggis
Depok 16954, Indonesia
Mobile: +62 811 998 162, Telephone/Fax: +62 21 8459 9187
E-mail: Kanters@pasreform.com
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