22nd February 2018

To meet the different needs of the Pakistani egg industry, Samundri Chicks Pvt Ltd is the sole distributor of LSL-ULTRA LITE. Samundri Chicks Pvt Ltd has worked hard to establish a prominent and steadily increasing presence for LOHMANN layers in the Pakistani market since 2005. Currently they are the biggest parent stock layer company in Pakistan with a capacity of about 140,000 parent stock hens which are housed in a brand-new family cage system supplied by Kutlusan Turkey.



New state of the art, single stage hatchery

To expand the layer chicks business, Samundri Chicks Pvt Ltd recently completed construction of a brand-new, state of the art, single stage hatchery in collaboration with EMKA of Belgium. This facility has a capacity of 2.5 million chicks per month and is located near the town of Samundri about 20 km from the parent stock farms.



Inauguration ceremony

The hatchery inauguration ceremony was performed by the chief guests Mr Javier Ramírez, managing director of LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GmbH and Dr Muhammad Sadiq, CEO of Sadiq Poultry Pvt Ltd in the presence of renowned farmers from the Pakistani poultry industry. The ceremony was followed by a seminar.



Seminar

About 150 progressive commercial layer farmers and veterinarians from across the region participated in the seminar. The welcome address was delivered by Mr Muhammad Anees, director of Samundri Chicks Pakistan Pvt Ltd. Mr Ron Eek, Regional Sales Manager Asia Pacific, delivered a very informative presentation about LOHMANN LSL parent stock performance.

Mr Javier Ramírez thanked Samundri Chicks Pvt Ltd and the audience on behalf of LOHMANN and later on he presented a souvenir to the staff at Samundri Chicks as a token of honour. The chief guest of the seminar was Dr Muhammad Sadiq, CEO of Sadiq Poultry Pvt Ltd.
The chief guest thanked Samundri Chicks Pakistan Pvt Ltd and LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GmbH Germany for providing a unique opportunity to layer farmers to adopt a scientific approach in modern poultry farming. He also emphasised the need to educate people regarding the consumption of eggs per capita as this can be a way to help eliminate hunger and poverty in the country.

The vote of thanks was given by Dr Shahid Iqbal, CEO of Samundri Chicks Pakistan Pvt Ltd. All the guests were entertained with a lavish lunch after the seminar.

Dr Sohail Habib Syed