focus W O R L D W I D E G R O W I N G A P P E T I T E F O R C H I C K E N I N FOUR 2014 I N D O N E S I A Malindo Feedmill has been chosen as ‘Best of the Best’ by Forbes Indonesia. It is the parent company of Cobb parent stock distributor PT Bibit Indonesia, which is continuing to expand its production facilities. Malindo is owned by the Lau family which has been involved in the Malaysian poultry industry for more than 40 years and extended its activities to Indonesia in 1997. Forbes ‘Best of the Best’ accolade for Malindo Feedmill The Forbes Indonesia accolade comes as PT Bibit forges ahead with plans to open a new Cobb500 grandparent farm in East Java by early 2016 to support future growth. The company is operating four grandparent farms in West Java, 350 km (220 miles) from Jakarta that supply more than three million parent stock a year. The new farm will add another 800,000 chicks a year with the hatchery capacity expanding to accommodate this growth. The breeding farms are spread across Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Around half of the parents are used within the company in the day-old chicks division which hatches over 200 million broilers a year and is regarded alongside feed manufacture as a core activity. The Cobb500 is the clear market leader in Indonesia. The breeder is recognized for robustness and low overall mortality. The local market prefers small chickens weighing 0.8 – 1.2 kg (1.8 – 2.6 lb) and with its good early performance the Cobb broiler is highly rated. Most birds are reared in open housing to be processed within 25 to 30 days which enables producers to increase their annual production cycles. “The Malindo group has been a very loyal Cobb producer and distributor from the day they broke into the Indonesian market back in 1997,” said Mark Glavey, Cobb sales director for Asia. ”It has been a real pleasure to watch this company expand and grow each and every year. Cobb’s growth and reputation in the allimportant Indonesian market reflects the growing success of Malindo.” Alongside the expansion of PT Above: Malindo double decker houses on one of their broiler farms in Java. Lau Joo Hwa, deputy chief executive officer for the Malindo Group (second left), pictured with some of his support staff and representatives from the Cobb Asia team at the Malindo booth at the Indolivestock Expo 2014 in Jakarta. Bibit the parent company Malindo Feedmill is planning to increase its output of 900,000 tonnes of poultry feed by 50 percent. It recently opened a feed mill in Semarang, Central Java, with an continued on page 2 annual capacity of 360,000 tonnes. Asia-Pacific: ‘Tremendous success’ of conference...........................................3 UK innovation grant for genome research...............................................3 Russia: ‘Cobb pedigree oasis at Akashevo’........................................4 - 5 Sustainability Report (left) gets GRI ‘A’ grade....................................................6 France: New flock award.....................6 Brazil: Support for day care centre......6 Germany: 100 millionth chick for Polish customer...............................................7 Brazil: Best flock awards for two years...7 US: Lifetime recognition for Bob Ickes....7 New faces in world of Cobb................8 GROWING APPETITE FOR CHICKEN IN INDONESIA Ciki Wiki brands. This activity is expected to make an increasing contribution to the group as it takes advantage of growing demand for value-added and convenience products from the rising disposable income of the large population. It is this growth prospect that has attracted other poultry companies to Indonesia, leading to increasing competition in the industry. Lau Joo Hwa, deputy chief executive officer of Malindo, believes that their fully integrated structure will give them an advantage over the five new companies competing in this market. Today the three fully integrated companies control more than half of the market. Optimistic outlook for Indonesia and poultry industry Malindo deputy chief executive officer Lau Joo Hwa (right) is appreciative of the full support of Cobb from the beginning of their operations in Indonesia. “Cobb has always provided the best quality for us and our customers, and this has played an important role in our growth and success,” he says. Indonesia has entered a new era of leadership with the election of Joko Widodo as president of the Republic of Indonesia up to 2019, along with vice president Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi - JK) who were recently sworn in. “Both Investors and Industry in Indonesia have high expectations that with this new Government there will be a lot of changes in providing a better climate for investment and economic growth,” says Lau Joo Hwa. “As reported in the media, the Jokowi - JK Government targets national growth at seven percent under their five-year leadership. They aim for infrastructure investment over the next five years of at least Rp 6,500 trillion (US$560 billion), with around 25 percent coming from National Budget (APBN) and the remaining 75 percent from BUMN and private sectors. This huge investment in infrastructure will boost economic activity and create lots of jobs. “According to Jokowi-JK campaign program, there will be many sectors focused on accelerated growth with a cut in bureaucracy and clear government incentives for industry growth. “With all these, the consuming class which now totals around 60 million people will undoubtedly be boosted significantly if the programs run well. “All industries should have good growth prospects especially those in basic foods like chicken where consumption in Indonesia is still very low at about 9kg/capita due to lack of consuming class. This sector will be the key for sustainable fast growth for Indonesia. “Certainly, we are optimistic that the poultry business will grow significantly in the next five years. Malindo, with the full support of Cobb, will grow even faster to live up to its motto ‘Feeding Indonesia’.” continued from page 1 The construction of a new US$17 million mill in Makassar, South Sulawesi, with an initial capacity of 240,000 tonnes / year is also underway. The supply of feed and day-old chicks are two parts of the four divisions that make up the Malindo group. As the third largest poultry firm in Indonesia, Malindo is seeking to catch up with its two bigger rivals with an increase in sales from 1,868 billion rupiah (US$155 million) in 2009 to 4,193 billion rupiah (US$347 million) in 2013. Over this period its sales have grown 18 percent in every year, well above the industry average of 11 percent. “Last year was a particularly good year for Malindo,” reports Forbes Indonesia. “The company recorded net sales of Rp 4.2 trillion (US$347 million) in 2013, a 25 percent increase from Rp 3.3 trillion (US$273 million) in 2012, coming from stronger sales of poultry feed and day-old chicks. “The share price is up more than 450 percent since 2010. These are among the reasons that Malindo is the number one company on this year’s Best of the Best list.” The Lau family sees Indonesia as a key market in the region. With its population of more than 250 million, the fourth largest in the world, chicken consumption is now at around 9kg per person per year and is continuing to rise. All divisions of Malindo are expanding, with some Rp500 billion (US$42 million) being spent this year to raise its overall production. Feed milling makes up around 71 percent of the sales, day-old chicks 19 percent and broiler growing 8 percent with a new food processing activity launched in 2013. In December last year this new food processing subsidiary, Malindo Food Delight, began production at its Cikarang factory of chicken nuggets and sausages sold under the Sunny Gold and 2 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Asia-Pacific distributor conference a ‘tremendous success’ Cobb held its Asia-Pacific regional conference in Singapore at the Capella Hotel and Resort, attended by the owners and top executives from 36 distributors in 15 countries across the region. Jerry Moye, president of Cobb-Vantress, spoke at the event about the company’s contribution to providing the world with affordable protein through genetic progress and expanding its global business. He said that Cobb will continue to focus on the Asia-Pacific market with the establishment of a Cobb grandparent operation being just one example. Mitch Abrahamsen, vice president of Cobb research and development, emphasized the breed’s genetic improvement yearon-year through innovation and use of the latest technology. Cobb is continuing to invest in research with cooperation from highly regarded universities around the world to develop the product and to balance qualities such as robustness, meat yield and feed conversion, said Dr Abrahamsen. The emphasis is on achieving the lowest broiler chick cost and also the best meat yield in its class. Pelayo Casanovas, who was appointed general manager for Asia-Pacific Pelayo Casanovas, speaking at the region earlier this year, gave event. Below: delegates at the event. his vision of Cobb expanding to meet the challenge of economic and population growth in the region. He said that as well as increasing production facilities in both China and Philippines, Cobb is also strengthening its Asia-Pacific team in aspects such as technical support, performance data analysis and marketing intelligence to keep the business on track to attain more than half of the market in this region by 2015. Narongchai Butsamian, vice president of CP Livestock Myanmar, summed up the event: “Not only do we know more about the progress of Cobb genetic improvement, but we also exchanged information and data on the breed’s performance in this region. “This is a tremendously successful event both in sharing knowledge about Cobb and about our partners in the region. It is absolutely an opening of the door for us to know more about what other companies are doing to be successful players in a competitive market.” The event ended with a stunning firework display after dinner at the Universal Studio Singapore. UK innovation grant for genome project with The Roslin Institute A joint project by Cobb Europe and the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute in Scotland has been awarded a grant of almost £650,000 (US$ 1.07 million) from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, for genome biobanking to optimize valuable broiler genetic stocks. The award under its Agri-Tech Catalyst programme will fund cryopreservation and cutting-edge sequencing technologies to address food security and production efficiency. New stem cell preservation technology will be used to enable biobanking of pure lines to ensure these current genetic resources are available in the future. The project is projected to cost £815,904 (US$ 1.35 million), of which £648,680 is being provided by the Innovate UK grant. The work will also further mine the genome of Cobb poultry resources to understand the genetic drivers of key economic traits and exploit 3 existing genetic variation to drive significant improvements in commercial performance for emerging markets. The award is made in the context of a need to double global poultry production in the next 25 years to meet growing demand for animal protein in the developing world. Traditional commercial genetic resources will need to have the genetic potential to meet local environmental conditions, which include severe climate and disease challenge pressures. “Our investment and collaboration with The Roslin Institute represents a major initiative to address the genetic basis for improved breeder and broiler performance in an era of changing management programmes and an ever growing demand for animal protein,” said Dr Mitch Abrahamsen, Cobb-Vantress vice president of research and development. “The awarding of funding from the UK government to support our collaboration is a significant recognition of the quality of the researchers involved and validation of our research strategies to assure food security and improving production efficiency.” The Roslin Institute receives strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. JOINT PROJECT FORGING AHEAD IN RUSSIA are well known in Ioshkar-Ola, but it was their first venture in farming when these businessmen from the Republic of Komi bought an abandoned poultry farm in a village of Jubileiny in 2006. And when did local authorities believe in you and give a green light to your projects? – I ask Nikolai Krivash, general director of Akashevo. “It was when we launched our first production complex in Jubileiny,” he replied. “And at the same time we laid the foundation of Akashevo agriholding, which has now turned into a brand. We have put into operation our own meat processing plant which I also consider an important milestone. And finally, we have constructed grandparent and parent farms to grow Cobb pedigree chicks. We plan to meet 40 percent of the requirements of Russian poultry factories in broiler breeders. I’m convinced that our partner, Cobb Europe, has the most advanced genetics in meat poultry.” Akashevo was impressed by the professionalism and open-minded approach of Cobb managers, always available and ready to discuss current issues. Cobb specialists made no less than 20 visits to Akashevo before the contract was signed, and now Cobb representatives are present whenever pedigree chicks are placed. All the facilities were constructed in a short time, with zones at least 2 km from each other for biosecurity. There are now 30 production facilities, and within a year of laying the foundation stone grandparents are in production and the first parent stock chicks have been hatched. Next year Akashevo will be supplying 45 percent of all Cobb parent stock sales in Russia. “This breeding enterprise is going to be a real Cobb pedigree oasis in the region of Povolzhie,” commented Irina Likhacheva. Akashevo works closely with suppliers such as Koudice MKorma which supplies feed. It says the quality of premixes supplied from the company make it possible to achieve 1.7 feed conversion and 95 percent livability in broilers. An acclaimed advantage of the Cobb breed is its ability to perform well on low density feed, achieving good results with a low percentage of protein and lysine. The magazine ‘Animal Husbandry of Russia’ published an article in September featuring the joint project of Cobb Europe and Akashevo agriholding company in the Mary El republic of Russia. It was written by the chief editor NATALY SOBOL in cooperation with IRINA LIKHACHEVA, Cobb sales director in Russia. This is a summary of the article. ‘Cobb pedigree oasis at Akashevo’ Such a picturesque definition of a joint project between Cobb Europe and Akashevo agriholding company, Mary El republic, Russia, was given by Irina Likhacheva. No words would describe it better. Grandparent chicken houses emerged in a green field some 40 km from the capital of the Republic. From here day-old Cobb500 broiler breeder chicks will be delivered to the poultry operations of Russia and bordering countries – something customers have been awaiting. To get a contract for managing grandparent pedigree chicks in Russia is a great achievement for the partnership with Rosselkhozbank under the support of the leader of Mary El Republic Leonid Markelov. The owners of Akashevo - Nikolai Krivash and Vladimir Krivash - From left to right: Ilya Nikishin (Akashevo), Philippe Gouault (Cobb Europe), Ira Khamatshina (Cobb Europe), Vladimir Tarasov (Akashevo), Irina Likhacheva (Cobb Europe), Nikolai Krivash (Akashevo). Above right: Nikolai Krivash – joint owner of Akashevo - at the ceremonial laying of the first stone at the grandparent farm in 2013. 4 JOINT PROJECT FORGING AHEAD IN RUSSIA Setting three new records Akashevo is also hitting the records. In the Russian Book of Records it is listed as cooking the longest (150 m) chicken meat shish-kebab and a 90 m sandwich with chicken ham. This year it also achieved a Guinness Record. On August 9, to mark the 430 years of Yoshkar Ola, 2014 chickens were grilled on the main square of the city. Usually, such events take part on the birthday of the city, and attract attention to the products of Agroholding. “Nowadays major poultry integrations in Russia give preference to 100 percent Cobb breed – these include Resourse, Belaya Ptitsa and Chelny-broiler, and last December BZRK Agriholding converted all his three production companies to Cobb both in Great Novgorod and Belgorod,” said Irina Likhacheva. “Many customers have not yet fully appreciated one of the key economic benefits of Cobb – over one percent greater dressed carcass yield. And Cobb is the leader in hatchability with many operations having regularly 130 to 135 chicks per hen housed for 62 weeks of growing.” With its rapidly growing poultry industry, Russia is experiencing a shortage in broiler breeding stock. Import of hatching eggs from the US has been suspended, and European countries cannot satisfy the demands for day-old chicks and hatching eggs. When its plans are realized, Akashevo will not only meet its own demand for parent chicks but increase availability of Cobb broiler breeders to other Russian farms. 5 Faster chick delivery is a great advantage now. Delivery from Yoshkar Ola to Tatarstan and adjacent regions takes three to four hours instead of up to 60 hours. Akashevo branded products are sold not only in Mary El and neighboring regions, but in the chain stores of Moscow and other big cities. The product range in their 57 shops impresses consumers with prices to satisfy every buyer. Akashovo can be proud of its meat processing plant inaugurated this spring in the Kugenersk district. Irina Likhacheva asked the chief technologist if they were satisfied with the quality of the chickens which they were processing: “Cobb500 is an excellent bird” - was the plant manager’s answer. Even though not yet in full production, the enterprise employs more that 4,000 people from the Kirov region. At the complex inauguration in Mary-Turetsk earlier this year, L. Markelov, the head of Mariy El Republic, stated: “In Soviet times the whole republic produced about 10,000 tons of poultry meat and now this enterprise alone will produce over 20,000 tons. This generates new tax income which is essential for building nurseries, schools, medical institutions and other social facilities. In other words, it will increase people’s quality of life in villages.” The Akashevo target is to produce 200,000 tons of broiler meat liveweight per year and create some 2,500 jobs. The major share of produce is to be sold chilled, one third as carcasses and the rest as cut-ups and processed. NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Cobb Sustainability Report achieves GRI ‘A’ grade Genetic progress key to sustainable future The first sustainability report from Cobb-Vantress, Inc. entitled ‘Our Role in Building a Sustainable Future for the World’ has been awarded an ‘A’ grade by the Global Reporting Initiative. The report details the company’s commitment to building a sustainable future for employees, customers and communities where it is located – adhering to its core values not only to achieve economic growth but to care for animal well-being and adopt responsible environmental management. The core values encompass Family, Integrity, Being the Best and Innovation. “Cobb’s extensive research and development efforts not only sustain the company and the poultry industry, but are critical to helping feed a global population projected to reach nine billion by 2050.” says Jerry Moye, President of Cobb. He states: “At Cobb, our values serve as a moral compass to guide our actions on important global issues such as hunger relief, protection of the environment, conservation of resources, animal well-being and ethical business practices.” Roger Vessell, Cobb Director of Worldwide Marketing, stated: “Cobb’s core values and purpose have positioned the company to be a leading global poultry breeder for the past 100 years and will continue to guide us into the next century.” Notable accomplishments highlighted in the report: • During fiscal 2013, our average hourly US wage was 88 percent higher than the federal minimum wage. • Cobb global operations increased man-hours worked by nearly one million hours from fiscal 2011 through 2013, yet had a decrease in its Days Away, Restricted, and Transfer (DART) rate by nearly 1 percent. • Cobb and a private entity, Ikiraro Investments, support a project aimed at easing the hunger of the local people of Musanze in Rwanda, providing technical expertise in poultry production and husbandry. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that promotes economic sustainability and produces one of the world's most prevalent standards for sustainability reporting. New Cobb flock award presented in France Renovated day care center opens in Brazil A new award for the top Cobb flock in France has been presented to the Jadault family of Menomblet, Vendée, working with the Boyé hatchery. Their winning flock of 8000 Cobb500 parents achieved 150.89 chicks during 39 weeks of production. The Jadault family started an association with the Boyé hatchery at les Deux Sèvres in Poitou Charente in 1992. Cédric Jadault joined his parents Nadine and Francis in the business in 2011 to expand capacity to 23,000 breeders. Boyé hatchery has been established for 60 years and hatches one million chicks a week along with 200,000 guinea fowl. There are some 50 farmers in the partnership with the Boyé hatchery, currently seeking additional breeder farms to continue expansion. Cobb Focus likes to feature activities around the world where Cobb is helping to improve the lifestyle for local communities. This time we look at the role Cobb-Vantress is playing in the Brazilian town of Palestina to help renovate and revitalize the Pedacinho do Céu public day care center in the Duplo Céu district. A ceremony involving Cobb and the town government was held to reopen the unit that provides full-time assistance for 48 local children. Aimed at providing children up to five years old with the best possible environment, Cobb invested in new furniture and equipment, new painting and toys for the classrooms and playground. The day care center underwent expansion and update four years ago, also with support from Cobb. The mayor Fernando Luis Semedo, along with other town representatives were joined by Jairo Arenazio, Cobb's general manager for South America, and Luana Ragonezi, Cobb human resources manager, and other company directors to take part in the reopening ceremony. "We hope this will provide the children with higher quality facilities for learning and playing, so parents are reassured that their children are spending the day in a safe environment that is totally suitable for their development,” said Luana Ragonezi. At the presentation - from left, Roy Mutimer, Cobb Europe, Francis Jadault, Cédric Jadault, Guillaume Villeger, technical supervisor Boyé, Jacques Pasquier, production director Boyé and Philippe Gouault, Cobb Europe. 6 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 100 millionth chick from Cobb Germany goes to Polish farm With pride Cobb Germany hatched its 100 millionth female Cobb500 parent stock chick which was delivered to Polish broiler breeder farmer Leszek Wasikowski. The company’s hatchery at Wiesenena, near Leipzig, was opened in 1998 and has been expanded to a capacity of 10 million chicks / year to supply the 21 countries for which it is the parent stock distributor. Cobb Germany sales manager Aldona van Krevel and technical manager Ireneusz Rosada were at the family farm at Nadziejewo, Czarne, to congratulate Mr Wasikowki at this historic moment, receiving the 100 millionth chick in a delivery of 49,176 birds. Aldona van Krevel commented: “A better home for our 100th million chick you couldn't find! The family company has been in the poultry business for 47 years! Leszek is the ‘next generation’ following his father Jan who is still growing breeders and has expanded his business considerably over the last few years with new chicken houses for rearing and production, a feed mill and recently plans to double hatchery capacity.” COBB GERMANY PARENT STOCK HATCHERY WIESENENA From 1998 to 2014 Mr. Wasikowski holding the 100 Millionth Chick • At the Eurotier 2014 Show in Hanover, Cobb Germany director James Truscott is presenting an award to Mr Wasikowski to highlight the spectacular growth of the Cobb Germany's German hatchery and celebrate the 100 millionth Cobb500 female. Among them will be colleagues new and old from the poultry industry and staff from the hatchery headed by manager Uwe Weidenmüller. Best Flock Awards presented in Brazil Winners of Brazilian Best Cobb Flock Award for 2012 and 2013 were announced at the 5th Cobb corporate meeting in Foz do Iguaçu (PR). The results highlight the world-class results in total eggs / hen housed achieved by Cobb customers to 65 weeks of age. In the slow feathering category in 2012 the winner was Globoaves, from Cascavel (PR) with 199.95 eggs/hen housed. Cobb technical assistant Cristiano Pereira presented the award to Mario Antonio Tremarin, Globoaves production manager. In the fast feathering category Flamboiã from Cabreúva (SP) won with 199.57 eggs/hen housed. The award was given to director Marcelo Ortega by technical assistant Cobb José Luis Januário. Among the 2013 flocks in the slow feathering category the first place went to Granja Real, from Pato Branco (PR), with 199.15 eggs/hen housed. Rodrigo Rotta, the company's chief executive officer, received the award from Cobb technical assistant Paulo Favero. Copacol from Cafelândia (PR) was the 2013 winner of the fast feathering category with 198.13 eggs/hen housed. Irineu Dantes Perón, Copacol's animal production manager, received the award from Cassiano Bevilaqua, Cobb technical assistant in charge of the technical support to the company who is now the marketing, credit and collection manager. This is the fifth year of the Best Cobb Flock Awards, presented during the Cobb corporate meeting, which brings together the leaders in the South American poultry industry and provides a forum for discussing the Brazilian economic scenario. "Our technical assistance team is focused on supporting our customers so they can obtain the best results with the Cobb genetic package,” said Flavio Henrique Araujo Silva, Cobb-Vantress technical assistance manager. “The objective of this award is to honor our customers and to highlight successful partnerships between them and Cobb, which enable them to achieve results of great significance in the poultry industry.” 7 100 MILLION PARENT STOCK CHICKS HATCHED Thank you to our customers and the entire Cobb Germany team, who helped make this possible Lifetime Achievement Award for Bob Ickes At the Louisiana Poultry Federation’s annual convention, Bob Ickes of CobbVantress, Inc. was presented a Lifetime Achievement award for his 20 plus years of service and dedication to the federation as well as to the poultry industry in Louisiana. “Bob has been instrumental in keeping the Louisiana Poultry Federation active for many years,” commented Professor Theresia Lavergne, of Louisiana State University’s School of Animal Sciences. “Most recently, Bob has been an advisor to our directors. Bob is definitely the ‘go to’ person when an officer or board member needs information or advice on federation business!” Bob Ickes has been with Cobb since October of 2007 and has worked throughout the poultry industry for the past 40 years. NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD New director of sales and technical service for Cobb Europe Tore Mercan has been appointed by Cobb Europe as director of sales and technical service for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Tore, who began his career in the Turkish poultry industry in production and then technical roles, has combined technical and commercial roles in subsequent appointments. “We are thrilled to welcome Tore to the Cobb Europe team,” said Roy Mutimer, regional general manager. “I know his knowledge and experience will bring great value to our customers through his own efforts and also by his leadership of our sales and technical teams. This is a great appointment for Cobb Europe that will benefit our customers and help grow our market share in this region.” Tore Mercan added: I’m delighted to take up this challenging position and I will be devoting all my efforts to continue providing the world class sales and technical support. I look forward to meeting customers and distributors in this fast growing region.” Worldwide appointments Leonel Mejía has joined Cobb-Vantress to augment the company’s technical service team covering Mexico, Guatemala and Panama. Dr Mejía has been working as a scientist with DSM Nutritional Products over the past two years, having a technical role across the business and supporting key poultry accounts in Mississippi and Alabama. Rory DeWeese, with 25 years’ experience in the US poultry industry, has joined the Cobb-Vantress North American technical service team. He has been with Pilgrim’s Pride for the last 11 years, most recently as live production manager at their Russellville complex in Alabama, and will be serving Cobb customers in this state, Tennessee and Florida. Cody Polley, who has wide experience of managing pedigree and grandparent farms for Cobb-Vantress, has been appointed as breeder specialist with the Cobb World Technical Support Team. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, he worked initially in turkey production and then joined Cobb in 1998 and within two years became breeder manager at one of company’s pedigree farms. Mark Kittrell, who has almost 30 years’ experience in the US poultry industry, has joined its technical service team for North America. He has been with Tyson Foods for 17 years, most recently as live production manager at its Noel complex in Missouri. Mark began his poultry career in 1985 with Cuddy Farms before joining Hudson Farms in 1987 and serving in various capacities including breeder farm manger and grow-out supervisor. Hosam Amro, who has almost 30 years’ experience in the poultry industry, has joined Cobb Europe as regional technical manager for the Middle East based in Egypt. He graduated at the Cairo University veterinary school in 1985 and worked initially in an Egyptian diagnostic laboratory, and then in large-scale poultry production in Saudi Arabia. He was with Aviagen as a veterinary technical manager in Egypt for some 15 years, and joins Cobb from Boehringer Ingelheim. Arriana Catania has joined Cobb Europe as marketing coordinator for the EMEA region. Based in Colchester in the UK, she will be working with the marketing, sales and technical team. She has a marketing degree and nearly 10 years’ exhibitions marketing experience. Arriana will be implementing marketing projects for the region including planning and executing customer seminars and trade shows, along with coordinating market and competitor intelligence. cobb-vantress.com 8
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