Hatchery Talks – Evaluating chick quality with the Pasgar scoring method
- How the Pasgar score is compiled
- How to perform a Pasgar score on an individual chick
- How to use the Pasgar scoring method to compare chick quality between batches
Royal Pas Reform appoints Paul Smits as new CEO
Royal Pas Reform has announced the appointment of Paul Smits as the company’s new CEO. Smits is currently Vice President and Managing Director of the Instruments and Controls Group (ICG) of CTB – which includes the Dutch livestock-farming technology business Fancom BV.
Smits, 57, brings more than 25-years poultry sector experience to the role, an important part of which has been gained with Fancom. Commenting on his appointment he says: “I am very much looking forward to working with Royal Pas Reform and using my skills to help drive this dynamic, hard-working company to further extend its strong global presence.”
Bart Aangenendt, CEO of Royal Pas Reform’s parent company Hydratec, says: “We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Paul’s calibre on board to lead our operations. His expertise is drawn from an extensive career in senior sales and management roles in the poultry industry, together with an impressive track record for innovation – experience that will be pivotal to helping boost Royal Pas Reform’s next phase of growth.”
Smits sees important similarities between the focus of his new role and that at Fancom – which involved developing automated total process solutions for the livestock and poultry farming sectors that deliver better performance and higher returns for customers.
“This is very much in line with Royal Pas Reform’s position as the world’s only single-source supplier of fully integrated hatchery solutions,” he says. “With incubators, hatchery automation and climate control systems connected by SmartCenterPro™ – which provides unrivalled access to data at every level of hatchery operations – Royal Pas Reform supports large-scale facilities with fully integrated and connected incubation process-control to profit from the highest number of best-quality chicks.
“I am excited to have been given the opportunity to drive Royal Pas Reform’s ambitious, research & development-led, strategy for innovation – supporting our customers with a complete, sustainable and integrated product and service package.”
Smits holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Twente University in Enschede, Netherlands. He is married with two children.
Celebrating 100 Years in the Hatchery Business: 1919-2019
In 2019 Pas Reform celebrates its 100th anniversary. When the company began in 1919, founder Gerrit Pas could not have foreseen that a century later his family business would be a global company, operating in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Our present position as the world’s only single-source supplier of integrated hatchery solutions has been earned through decades of research into the influence of incubation on chick embryo development, a total commitment to understanding the poultry production chain and the legacy of a dedicated focus on the future.
Do you want to see the TimeLine ? Click Here
Video :