On June 25th, Gimranäs AB invited egg producers, pullet growers, representatives of the professional journals and feed industry to a seminar held in the central Swedish town of Jönköping.


More than 40 participants gathered together amidst glorious weather in the Elite Stora Hotel located at Lake Vättern.

After snacks and coffee, Mr. Börje Hjalmarsson welcomed his guests. In the first presentation, Dr. Hans-Heinrich Thiele, head of LTZ’s technical service department, highlighted the necessity of appropriate pullet rearing in order to achieve a good performance of the laying hen at a later stage. The second speaker, Robert Pottgüter, a nutritionist at LTZ, illustrated the basics of modern layer feeding. Today’s LTZ layers have to be supplied with optimal nutrients to tap the full their genetic potential for a 90 + weeks production cycle!

After lunch, the geneticist Dr. Matthias Schmutz fascinated the audience with his speech. Using several examples, he illustrated different breeding strategies for the LSL / LB-Converter and pointed out the advantages of the Converter hens as compared to the Classic birds in terms of feed conversion especially for markets which are able to accept a slightly reduced egg size.

After an exciting discussion and the summary of Mr. Börje Hjalmarsson, all participants made their way home in the early evening.

Niels Fischer
Area Sales & Service Manager


The participants received lots of new information pertaining to breeding, growth and feeding for the LSL and LB Converter birds

Dr. Ling Ling Chuah – new team member of LOHMANN TIERZUCHT

Dr. Chuah was born in Malaysia. In 2009, she graduated as a veterinarian at the Putra University in Malaysia. Already during her studies, she was able to gain practical experience within the poultry sector. After completing her training, she was employed in the Technical Service Department at our long-standig customer, Huat Lai Resources Berhad in Malaysia and thereafter, as a Farm Manager at N&N Agriculture PTE LTD in Singapore.

After an intensive training program in Cuxhaven from September until December 2012, Dr. Chuah now supports our Technical Service Team in the Asian region and operates directly from her home country, Malaysia.



A new face at Lohmann Tierzucht – Dr. Sohail Habib Syed

We welcome Dr. Sohail Habib Syed as a new member of our Sales and Service Team.

Dr. Syed, a native of Pakistan, is a veterinarian and is responsible for the area of Sales and Technical Service in Pakistan. He performs his duties for Lohmann Tierzucht directly from his home country.

In order to prepare himself for his new field of activity, Dr. Syed completed a two-month training programme in Germany. Before working for Lohmann Tierzucht, Dr. Syed was employed at Tec Man International as a Sales and Service manager.




Nicole Rehse
Sales Department