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Aviagen invests to expand production in Brazil

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Aviagen, a leading poultry genetics company in Brazil, will invest R$250 million this year to expand operations in the country. With the new disbursements, the company’s total investments over the last five years will virtually double to R$510 million.A good part of the investments foreseen for this year will be set aside for the construction of a parent stock farm in the state of São Paulo, in a still undefined location. The new unit means an additional production capacity of 4 million animals per year as of 2023/24. The company declined to reveal its current capacity."We see good demand. Some customers say they just don’t hold more animals because they lack more of our products," said Ivan Lauandos, Aviagen’s chief executive in Latin America. Besides selling to the Brazilian market, the company exports to countries like Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Ecuador.The new farm will boast state-of-the-art technology to guarantee biosecurity, which makes the Brazilian production stand out, he said. "We always consider biosecurity in our investments. We pick isolated, protected areas, without poultry production around."The investment program also includes the expansion of hatcheries in Carambeí (Paraná) and Rio Claro (São Paulo), which will receive new single-stage, high-tech incubators. The company will also increase storage capacity at the feed mill located in Itaí (São Paulo) and will open a plant to make wood shavings used as bedding for chickens.Besides the investments in...

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