Seminar great success

On April 4th 2014, Japan Layer (JL) organized a seminar in Nagoya for Japanese table egg producers and related industries. Well above 150 participants attended this event. JL’s Managing Director Mr. Wataru Hashimoto welcomed the audience and gave a short update on the current situation in the Japanese egg market.

Ron Eek gave an introduction on LOHMANN TIERZUCHT and developments in the global layer-type market. Dr. Wiebke Icken presented a comprehensive paper explaining the Research & Development program. Finally Matthias Voss DVM addressed the global poultry disease situation. Since several years egg consumption in Japan is stagnating. The Japanese consumer prefer white shelled eggs (about 60 % of which the majority is further processed), brown (30 %) and tinted (10 %) eggs are mainly sold as so-called branded eggs.

In 2011 Japan Layer K.K. was founded as a separate company from the original Ghen Corporation focusing on sales of commercial layer chicks only. JL also belongs to EW-Group and is a key producer of commercial layer chicks with an annual capacity of almost 25 Million chicks. Since the early nineties the share of LSL commercials (called Julia in Japan) has grown to more than 85 % of the domestic white egg layers.

LOHMANN TIERZUCHT supplies both LSL Classic and – Lite Grandparents to Japan to safeguard continuous production of breeding stock. Both breeds form a perfect match for producers who need M- and L- class eggs. In 2012 a variety of LSL with predominantly MS sized eggs completed the package.

Ron Eek – Regional Area Manager