Pilmico recognized for long production cycle of hens

MANILA, Philippines — Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corp. (Pilmico), a unit under the Aboitiz Group’s agribusiness, has bagged the recognition as the first in the Philippines and in Asia for achieving longer production cycles in hens.

In a statement yesterday, Pilmico said it was awarded the “500 Egg Club Award” by Hendrix Genetics—a multi-species animal breeding, genetics and technology company based in Netherlands—for being able to produce 500 eggs each hen at the age of Week 100.

“The 500 Egg Club Award is a huge milestone for Pilmico, especially for our poultry team, as we are not only the first in the Philippines to achieve this but also the first in Asia,” Pilmico assistant vice president for poultry and swine grower-finisher operations Serge Tan said.

“Genetic companies have been aspiring to achieve this for many years, but it seemed impossible. We’re glad to attain this remarkable achievement which sets a new standard for excellence in the poultry industry,” he said.

Prior to achieving this milestone, Pilmico’s farms only produced 470 to 492 eggs per hen at Week 100. Meanwhile, the industry average in the Philippines is 400 to 450 eggs per hen.

Tan said suitable layer genetics, equipment, management and feeds allowed the company to achieve this milestone.

“As challenging as it may be, we achieved this through having the right layer genetics and equipment, proper farm management and systems, and most importantly the high-quality feeds of Pilmico designed for precise nutrition to express optimal growth and productivity of hens. Along with these, the hard work, dedication, and innovative mindset of the Poultry team became the key to our success,” he said.

Pilmico Animal Nutrition houses the Aboitiz Group’s hog and layer farms operations.

It started its layer farms operations in December 2015, with its layer farm facility fully operational a year after. This facility can hold up to 173,000 egg-laying chickens that translates to four million eggs per month.

Pilmico Foods Corp. and Gold Coin Management Holdings are the integrated agribusiness and food companies of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV).

Gold Coin is now fully managed and owned by Pilmico International and to date, it is the largest investment in Asia-Pacific   in their shared history.

Meanwhile, Gold Coin is a pioneer in animal nutrition and the manufacturing of scientifically-balanced animal feed in Asia.

Pilmico and Gold Coin represent one of the largest privately owned agribusinesses in the region, with over 2,900 partners throughout the multitude of production facilities across eight countries in Asia.