6 – 9th November 2013

Almost 200 persons boarded the ferry Color Line in the port of Oslo on the 6th of November to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Steinsland & Co. and 20 years of cooperation between Lohmann Tierzucht and Steinsland & Co.

After the welcome by Nils Steinsland followed by a sumptuous breakfast, Mr. Harald Ellingsen entertained the group with slapstick comedy as the ferry began its journey to Kiel. During the crossing, Nils Steinsland presented the company’s history and poultry specialists of Lohmann Tierzucht made their contribution to the event with their expert presentations. An open discussion in the discotheque about these issues rounded off the afternoon. After the “Jubeleumsmiddag” with many toasts and well wishes, the audience exchanged their experiences with the world of chicken.

On Thursday morning, after arriving at the port of Kiel, the guests travelled to Cuxhaven by bus. There, they had the opportunity to visit one of LTZ’s breeding farms.

To make this visit possible, LTZ kept the farm empty as biosecurity regulations normally do not permit visitors at the facility. Before and after the tour of the farm, the guests were treated to sandwiches, sausages and good old German beer kept the spirit alive. In the early evening, the bus transferred the guests to the Atlantic Sail Hotel in Bremerhaven.

Courtesy of Lohmann Tierzucht, the whole group was invited to a common dinner that ended for some friends only in the early morning. After breakfast, the Norwegian participants returned back to Kiel to depart by boat back to Oslo at noon.

Today, Steinsland & Co. is the market leader in Norway, covering about 75 percent of the white layer market. With about 2,300 grandparents, the company produces about 30,000 parent stocks for Norway and Island. The newly remodeled hatchery has a capacity of 2.7 million commercial female day-old chicks per year.

Steinsland employs 14 employees and rears 550.000 pullets in its own facilities annually.

Niels Fischer, Area Sales Manager