Automated chick sexing enhances effectivity and efficiency, offering downstream advantages at each the farm and processing ranges
15 November 2024
2 minute learn
Animal AgTech firm TARGAN, Inc. has introduced a brand new contract with IKO Kompania Drobiarska (IKO) for the set up of WingScan™, TARGAN’s automated feather-sexing system. Following its debut at EuroTier 2024 in Hannover, Germany, this collaboration demonstrates TARGAN’s dedication to delivering revolutionary, AI-powered options to poultry producers throughout Europe.
Based in 1999, IKO is a totally built-in poultry producer in Poland, offering high-quality protein merchandise to main retailers, wholesalers, and companions throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. The corporate’s CEO, Zbigniew Idziaszek, stated, “We’re proud to be one of many first in Europe to combine WingScan™ into our hatchery and sit up for the optimistic affect as we proceed to develop our operations. TARGAN’s system aligns completely with our objectives of accelerating effectivity, enhancing high quality, and bettering welfare requirements throughout all levels of manufacturing.”
The WingScan™ system affords a throughput of 40,000–160,000 chicks per hour, relying on configuration, with as much as 98% accuracy. Automated chick sexing enhances effectivity and efficiency, offering downstream advantages at each the farm and processing ranges. By implementing gender-specific rearing methods, producers can enhance flock uniformity, finally optimizing plant operations.
Ramin Karimpour, TARGAN’s Founder and CEO, stated, “As the primary business feather-sexing system, our WingScan™ patented know-how has confirmed its worth to producers throughout North America, processing almost half a billion birds so far. Now out there for European prospects, our WingScan™ programs have been particularly designed with the European market in thoughts, bringing confirmed reliability, precision, and devoted help to hatcheries.”
Viscon Hatchery Automation, TARGAN’s business distribution and repair accomplice for WingScan™ throughout choose European markets, was instrumental in facilitating the settlement with IKO.
Space Gross sales Supervisor, Tomasz Zimnicki, stated, “This collaboration offers an incredible alternative to satisfy the precise wants of the European market. IKO is well-positioned to completely capitalize on the downstream advantages at each stage of manufacturing—from hatchery to farm to processing plant—sustaining a powerful aggressive edge. We’re excited in regards to the continued collaboration between TARGAN and Viscon and are totally ready to offer the best high quality help and repair as extra prospects undertake the WingScan™ system.”
The European launch of WingScan™ reaffirms TARGAN’s dedication to advancing animal protein manufacturing globally by delivering scalable, next-generation automation that meets the rising calls for of the poultry trade.
